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Thread #111913   Message #2365497
Posted By: kendall
13-Jun-08 - 07:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hills of Isle au Haut (Gordon Bok)
Subject: RE: What are lyrics to Hills of Isle A Haut?
It's heavily wooded, but there are a couple of fields. It's populated, but very few people year round. There is a big pond and a crude road that goes around the edge of the island.
I found the people to be very nice. Of course, at the time I was a warden with the Maine dept. of fisheries, so we were not overly popular anywhere.
I'm going back 46 years, so things may have changed. At that time, there was a post office and a tiny store. No hotels, so visitors used to bring tents and sleeping bags.
Did I mention quiet? Like a tomb.