Cabbage Island is a four and a half acre island south from
Wall Point in Linekin Bay. Cabbage Island was granted to
the Holbrook Family from the government of Massachusetts
in the late 1800’s, the grant included Linekin Neck
(now Ocean Point). Seal Ledges and Cabbage Island.
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In 1901 Mr. Ezekiel Holbrook purchased Cabbage Island from
his father When Mr. Holbrook was a young boy he hand dug a well
so the goats could have water. Cabbage Island is believed to
have received its name because of cabbages being grown there
and fertilized with kelp from its shores. |
| In 1905 Dr. Frank J. Triggs purchased the island from Mr.
Holbrook and changed its name to Independence Island. Dr. Triggs
was a dentist from Massachusetts. He built the lodge on the
island and used it summers. |
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In 1925 the island was sold again, to Mr. A.H. Phillips. Mr.
Phillips interests were supermarkets and shipping. It was Mr.
Phillips who built the boathouse on the west side of the island.
Mr. Phillips hired Mr. Wilbur Carter of Lobster Cove to take
care of the boats and island. He was paid with groceries that
Mr. Phillips shipped to the area during the depression. |
Mr. Phillips sold Independence Island to Adolf Fink, who
did not pay his taxes to the Town of Boothbay.
Donald and Ruth Leavitt were the next owners of the island.
It was purchased from the Town of Boothbay in 1948 for the
total of the taxes due, $3600 via a Quick Claim deed. |
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The island was used for personal use until clambakes were
opened to the public in 1956. In 1957 the Leavitt’s
petitioned the state legislature through local Representative
George Rankin III, to change the name back to Cabbage Island,
its historical name.
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On February 25, 1957 Governor Edmund Muskie signed the
petition and it became official. For the next 23 years Mrs.
Leavitt operated the twice-daily clambakes during the summer
months. The passenger boats Linekin I, Linekin II, and Linekin
III carried the many passengers to the island.
In 1983 Mrs. Leavitt sold Cabbage Island to a business firm
from Ohio and that firm operated clambakes during the summer
of 1986. |
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