Eagle Island Tours

Long Wharf (Commercial St.)

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Through tours to Eagle Island, visitors are able to explore the summer home of famed arctic explorer and Portland native Robert E. Peary, who claimed in 1909 to be the first person to reach the North Pole. (His accomplishments continue to be the cause of lengthy debates among arctic scholars). In 1904, Peary built a simple home on a remote, 17-acre island at the edge of Casco Bay; in 1912, ...more

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