Great Spruce Head Island, Maine

Great Spruce Head Island, Maine

Great Spruce Head Island is a privately owned island in Penobscot Bay, Maine. It has long belonged to the family of the painter Fairfield Porter and his brother, photographer Eliot Porter, both of whom did ample creative work there.


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