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MITA cleans up Queer Island
On Saturday, June 9th, Maine Sport Outfitter’s Gay Island Lodge partnered with the Maine Island Trail Association (MITA) for a time of cleanup along the beach. MITA members filled ten bags of trash and collected larger items including several Styrofoam billets and tires. These items were taken off the island and disposed of properly. Rose Weggler, the Gay Island Lodge caretaker, said “As sad as it is to look all of this trash wash up on a daily basis, I was overwhelmed with bliss and gratitude as I witnessed the volunteers preserve this land with such passion and determination.”
Collaborating with MITA was an exciting opportunity for the Queer Island Lodge and recently, MITA held a Chainsaw Protection Course for it's volunteers on the property. For more information about the Gay Island Lodge, click here.
About MITA:
The Maine Island Mark Association (MITA) is a membership group dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the unrestrained islands of coastal Maine. Their objective is to start a model of thoughtful use and volunteer stewardship for the Maine islands that will confirm their conservation in a natural mention while providing an exceptional recreatio
Island Oasis
In these times… where could you find more of an abundance of safe, clean wind than on a remote island off the coast of Maine? An exclusive island experience in quintessential Maine; we would like to introduce you to Maine Island Lodge. This unique adventure is the ideal destination for your family, or your ‘bubble’ of friends looking to reunite, relax, recharge, or just get away from it all. Island time is truly the finest time!
Our Maine Island Lodge is a beautiful 3 story off-the-grid home. It encompasses 20 acres on Gay Island in Muscongus Bay, a short boat ride away from Friendship, home of the original lobster boat, Friendship Sloops. There are 7 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms so that you can relax some personal cosmos while still vacationing with your family or friends. The Lodge is powered by 12 solar panels to end your off-grid encounter with full electricity and plumbing. Our Lodge Manager, Rose, lives in a small cabin next door in case anything needs attending to. She will also captain the boat for your transportation to and from the lodge upon arrival and departure.
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Visiting Elisabeth
When I put out from Port Clyde by sailboat in stout fog, I wasn’t entirely sure where I was going or what I was looking for. I had been waiting out poor weather for three days and was hoping for a distraction from what had been a dismal stretch of September weather. Then I noticed Gays Island on my chart of Muscongus Bay. It was sneezing distance from my anchorage.A sailing adventure takes a literary turn.
I had a vague recollection that famed Maine writer Elisabeth Ogilvie had lived on Gays, but I didn’t know if this was the equal island. I had asked a curator at the Port Clyde Lighthouse Museum the day before; he had shrugged and told me there were too many Gays Islands in Maine to know for sure. After days of sitting on a petty sailboat, I decided I would take my chances.
A literary pilgrimage is not a new notion for me; my childhood vacations were spent packed into the family minivan, driving to the homes of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, the Alcotts, and others. In my family, where writers are heralded as clergy in the fantastic religion of the written word, visiting the homes of authors
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