From collection Ellsworth Historical Society Postcards
Stonington, ME. Deer Isle from the water
"European settlers arrived in the mid-1700s. At this point, Stonington was not an independent town, and Maine was Massachusetts. But by 1897, Stonington had incorporated as a Maine municipality. This time period, around the turn of the century, was the era of cod and mackerel fisheries, of major granite quarry operations, and of booming industry for Stonington. What we know as the different neighborhoods on the island today--Sunshine and Sunset, Oceanville and the Reach--were actually self-contained communities in their own right back then. Each had a school, a post office, and a small village center, and the year-round population of the town was right about 5,000."
From the Stonington, ME, website: https://www.stoningtonmaine.org/visiting/history.php
