Deer Isle

 town (New England / New York), draw only border

The town was incorporated in 1789, at which time it included the islands of Little Deer Isle, Deer Isle, and Isle au Haut. In 1868 Isle au Haut became a separate town. In 1897 the southern third of Deer Isle incorporated as the town of Stonington.[1]

In the 19th century, the granite industry flourished on Deer Isle where its quarries supplied granite for structures such as the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the US Naval Academy, the Manhattan Bridge, and at JFK's tomb at Arlington National Cemetery.

In John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, Deer Isle was a stopping point for the author after the insistence of a close friend that he visit the location. Steinbeck wrote, "One doesn't have to be sensitive to feel the strangeness of Deer Isle."

It was Deer Isle that musician Dan Fogelberg and his wife Jean chose for their final home, and where he died in 2007. This isle was the home town of the dock that was the inspiration for the painter Farfield Porter. Many small private islands can be found in the waters surrounding Deer Isle.