Maine Island Overlooking Deadly 1604 Colony Site Lists for $259,000
Little Dochet Island's 1.2 acres and 1900 cabin look across the St. Croix River to where scurvy killed 35 of 79 French colonists.
A 1.2-acre private island in the St. Croix River, part of the town of Robbinston, is for sale at $259,000, the Bangor Daily News reported.
Little Dochet Island is mostly wooded, with a rocky shoreline and a sandy beach on its south side that appears at low tide. Its only building is a 350-square-foot, one-room cabin from 1900 that has been fitted with new windows, siding and paint. Apart from cell service, there are no amenities. The island can be reached only by boat, about five minutes from a public launch in Robbinston roughly a mile away.
Britani Holloway, the listing agent, owns the island with a business partner; she works at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northeast Real Estate. The two purchased it several years back for seasonal use but ended up visiting less than expected, she said. It went on the market in January.
The river, shared by the U.S. and Canada, gives the island views of New Brunswick and of Saint Croix Island, now an International Historic Site. In 1604, 79 French colonists led by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, and cartographer Samuel Champlain settled there. According to the National Park Service, 35 died of scurvy that winter, and with help from the Passamaquoddy, the survivors held on until moving to Port Royale in Nova Scotia in 1605.
This story was first reported by Bangor Daily News.
