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Scheduled daily June 28 through Labor Day

Sail the Argo from Pier 6 at Fisherman’s Wharf

All trips to Cabbage Island sail the Argo from Pier 6 at Fisherman’s Wharf
For reservations call 207-633-7200


PO Box 21
East Boothbay, Maine 04544

D.W. Moore Ltd.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

 


207-633-7200 PO Box 21 East Boothbay, Maine 04544