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Little Cranberry Island

Trevor's book The Secret Life of Lobsters documents the lives of fishing families on Little Cranberry Island, located off the coast of Acadia National Park in Maine. Trevor lived on the island for two years while researching the book. Only a mile and a half long, and with just a few dozen people living there year-round, it's a place of rugged beauty, tough work, rough weather, and ever-changing scenery as sea, land, and inhabitants interact.

All images are copyright © Trevor Corson unless noted otherwise.

Lobstering

Lobster boat at Cranberry Isles Fishermen's Co-op

Lobster boat at Cranberry Isles Fishermen's Co-op

Boats at rest, Little Cranberry Island harbor

Boats at rest, Little Cranberry Island harbor

Trevor Corson and Bruce Fernald aboard the "Double Trouble"

Photo: Merry White

Yup, that lobster boat name is taken

Yup, that lobster boat name is taken

Fishermen's Co-op bait shed

Fishermen's Co-op bait shed

Warren Fernald's lobster boat, Mother Ann

Warren Fernald's lobster boat, Mother Ann

Piles and miles of lobster trap rope

Piles and miles of lobster trap rope

Bruce Fernald's truck with a load of his signature color lobster buoys

Bruce Fernald's truck with a load of his signature color lobster buoys

Bruce Fernald's lobster buoys and traps waiting on the dock

Bruce Fernald's lobster buoys and traps waiting on the dock

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Grounding boats at low tide to work on their hulls. The boat behind the dock is Bruce Fernald's lobster boat, Double Trouble

Bruce Fernald and Jack Merrill talk across the sterns of their boats

Bruce Fernald and Jack Merrill talk across the sterns of their boats

T-shirt, Fourth of July lobster bake

T-shirt, Fourth of July lobster bake

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Trevor handling lobsters aboard the Double Trouble (photo courtesy of Evelyn Letfuss)

Bruce Fernald's lobster boat, Double Trouble

Bruce Fernald's lobster boat, Double Trouble

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Trevor working as crewman aboard Bruce Fernald's boat Double Trouble (photo credit needed)

Bruce Fernald helping to build his new lobster boat

Bruce Fernald helping to build his new lobster boat

Bruce Fernald's new lobster boat, Barbara Ann

Bruce Fernald's new lobster boat, Barbara Ann

Lobster traps stacked for the winter

Lobster traps stacked for the winter

Fourth of July lobster bake

Fourth of July lobster bake

Cranberry Isles Fishermen's Co-op in snow

Cranberry Isles Fishermen's Co-op in snow

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Trevor with Bruce Fernald at the helm of Bruce's new lobster boat (photo by Anu Partanen)

Warren Fernald hauling traps aboard the Mother Ann

Warren Fernald hauling traps aboard the Mother Ann

Island scenery

Marsh pool

Marsh pool

Wild iris

Wild iris

Truck on the town dock

Truck on the town dock

Fishermen's wharf under dusk clouds

Fishermen's wharf under dusk clouds

Young spruce

Young spruce

Morning dew on spider web

Morning dew on spider web

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Aboard the Sea Queen—inside the passenger cabin of the small ferry that transports residents and visitors to the island

Old schooner anchor

Old schooner anchor

Marsh in fog

Marsh in fog

Old farm

Old farm

Fundraiser for the volunteer fire department

Fundraiser for the volunteer fire department

Rosehip bushes, Sand Beach road

Rosehip bushes, Sand Beach road

Gray rock, The Gut

Gray rock, The Gut

Boat-launch rails

Boat-launch rails

Old life-saving station under sunset clouds

Old life-saving station under sunset clouds

Fall ferns

Fall ferns

Fog on back beach

Fog on back beach

Dead tree, the marsh

Dead tree, the marsh

Rocking chair with whale bone

Rocking chair with whale bone

Wood for chopping, early morning

Wood for chopping, early morning

Bunker Cove

Bunker Cove

Storm clouds over the hills of Mount Desert Island

Storm clouds over the hills of Mount Desert Island

Marsh Head

Marsh Head

Harborside seat

Harborside seat

Baker Island sandbar

Baker Island sandbar

Church van humor

Church van humor

Little Cranberry harbor, end of the day

Little Cranberry harbor, end of the day

Old life-saving station

Old life-saving station

Schooner at dawn

Schooner at dawn

Late afternoon path to the open sea

Late afternoon path to the open sea

Sunset, The Gut

Sunset, The Gut

Beachcombing

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island

Beachcombing, Little Cranberry Island