Great Gott Island, Blue Hill Bay, Tremont, Hancock County, ME

Local usage refers to a populated place known as "Gotts Island" that encompasses Great Gott Island, especially during the short-lived period when there was an island post office (1902-1928). (Raup, Henry A. Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine. Mount Desert Island Historical Society. (Mount Desert, Maine, 2021).SEE GOTTS ISLAND.

Alternate Item Title

Gotts Island (pop.place)

GNIS/GNS Feature ID

567145

Authoritative Source

U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS). “Archive database of 2021” at U.S. Geographic Information Names System (GNIS) (https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data : accessed 31 May 2024).

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Mt. Desert from Gott's Island

The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. View of Mt. Desert from Gott's Island.

Mt. Desert from Gott's Island, Vessel Frolic of Elmer Spurling

The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. View of Mt. Desert from Gott's Island. Foreground includes Frolic, fishing vessel of Elmer Spurling.