Eagle Island | |
Nearest city | Harpswell, Maine |
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Coordinates | 43°42′40″N 70°3′10″W / 43.71111°N 70.05278°W |
Area | 17 acres (6.9 ha) |
Built | 1904 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000069 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 23, 1971 |
Designated NHL | August 25, 2014 |
Eagle Island is an island in Maine's Casco Bay and the site of the summer home of the North Pole explorer Admiral Robert Peary (1856–1920). The island and home are preserved as the Eagle Island State Historic Site.[1]