1. Whether for kids like Isla or our
Brooklin neighbors or visitors
from all over, MCHT is opening
up new preserves like Harriman
Point—and previously inaccessible
lands up and down the coast for
all to explore.
Join us!
(207) 729-7366
www.mcht.org

2. L
ast summer, four-year-old Isla, with her grandparents Steve and Julie, discovered the magic
of our newest preserve, Harriman Point. The point, located in Brooklin, embraces more
than two miles of coastline and proves a rich place for young and old to explore.
“My wife and I grew up less than ten miles away on Deer Isle,” Steve remarked, “and we always
knew about this place. But we couldn’t visit, until Maine Coast Heritage Trust preserved it—and
opened it to local people like us.”
“It’s majestic, pristine,” he said, remembering a sweet day with family, “with the ocean for a
backdrop and Cadillac Mountain in the far distance, the islands, the water, the rocks and sand.”
“Isla learned that crabs can pinch—even tiny fiddler crabs!” Julie said with a smile. “And that clams
squirt. And the wild peas and the beach roses were just blooming; I can almost smell them now.”
Steve and Julie’s fathers were both lobstermen, and both grandparents have a deep and abiding
knowledge and love of the coast. With their help, Isla is just beginning to make her own
discoveries. “She takes it all in and really absorbs it,” Steve observed. “That’s the beauty of it, what
she’ll carry forward every time she goes to any beach.”
“On the way home,” Julie added, “Isla asked, ‘Where do the crabs go at night? What do the clams
eat?’ And then she fell asleep.”Isla at the beach with her grandparents.
“It’s a gift, to be able
to go out on that point
and sit there taking in
that amazing view.
It leaves me totally
captivated, in awe.”