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Table of Contents – 1995 Island Journal – Volume 12

Eye of the RAVEN: Journeys along the Archipelago by Philip W Conkling — page 4

Ends of the Gulf
pages 9–45

“The Ocean Is Our Common Birthplace”
Remarks by Sen. George Mitchell at the Annual Conference of the Island Institute, October 15, 1994 — page 9

Communities
by Bob Moore
Bangor, Stonington, and Islesboro face their future by understanding their common past — page 12

Downtown Islands
by Scott Allen
Boston Harbor’s much-abused islands may be getting a facelift — page 20

The Irish Solution
by Deborah DuBrule
In County Clare, a resettlement project restores the rhythms of Ireland’s rural “islands” —page 25

Proprietors, Roosevelts, and Scoundrels
by Janice Harvey
For two centuries, Campobello’s story has been one of foreign control — page 31

Filament after Filament
by Kate Kennedy
Chebeague artist Shirley Burgess sews a web of connections — page 38

Witness to the Deep
by David Conover
Illustrations by Siri Beckman — page 36

The Past in Bits and Pieces
by Andrew Weegar
On Swan’s Island, two brothers have decided to protect the island’s maritime history. On an island, that means just about everything — page 42

FATHER AND SON pages 46-63
Andrew and Jamie Wyeth at Southern Island
Introduction by Christopher Crossman — page 47
Folio pages 52-63

Costs and Benefits by David D. Platt
Tamed for industry and settlement, the Penobscot River binds together a region of Maine as few other natural features can — page 64

Dancing in the Darkness by Philip W Conkling
A night aboard STARLIGHT V is a lesson in biology and teamwork — page 70

Stern Women by Karen Roberts Jackson
Mothers can haul lobster traps too — page 75

Brimstone
by Philip W Conkling
An event can burn in the mind like a fire gone underground — page 80

“Removed”
by Carl Little

How Sutton Island lost its year-round community — page 82

Fine Days, Hunter’s Moons

by Capt. Ted Spurling, Sr.
From Islesford, a gifted diarist chronicles day-to-day life — page 85

Reviews — page 94

Poetry: November Sun by Philip Booth page 96