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Curtis Island (Maine) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Curtis Island (Maine) Curtis Island, once known as either Negro〔Island chronicler Charles McLane says "Curtis Island was known as Negro Island from Revolutionary Times to the 1930s . . ." 〕 or Nigger Island,〔An early postcard shows it as "Nigger Island." cf.〕 is an island located in the exterior of Camden Harbor, in Camden, Maine. The island was renamed Curtis in 1934 after Cyrus H. K. Curtis, publisher of the ''Saturday Evening Post'', a long time resident and benefactor of Camden.〔McLane, Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast Vol. I at p. 124〕 There is a lighthouse and caretaker's house on the southwestern point of the island.〔(Curtis Island ) Maine Office of Tourism〕 There are two paths around either side of the island and one open grassy path down the middle. The island light is depicted in the Fitz Henry Lane painting (''Lighthouse at Camden, Maine'' ). ==See also==
* List of islands of Maine
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