Eagle Island (Casco Bay, Maine)
- Eagle Island (Casco Bay, Maine)
Infobox_nrhp | name =Eagle Island
nrhp_type =
caption =Peary's house on Eagle Island
nearest_city= Harpswell, Maine
area =
built =1904
added = November 23, 1971
governing_body = State
refnum=71000069 [cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
Eagle Island is a State Historic Site in the United States state of Maine. It is an island in Casco Bay, Maine and is preserved because it is the site of the retirement home of Admiral Robert Peary, the polar explorer. Peary bought the island in 1881 and retired there in 1911, after he had achieved fame and glory with his (sometimes disputed) expedition to the North Pole. His family continued to live in the house he built there, but donated the island to the people of Maine in 1955.
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External links
* [http://www.pearyeagleisland.org/aboutisland.htm Website of the Friends of Eagle Island]
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