Allen from Benner
If you have visited me in summertime in Maine you have been to this magic spot where Englishmen first landed on the coast of Maine. Three hundred years later in 1905 the Governor of Maine and a fleet of yachts, warships, ferries, and coastal cruisers stood by as workmen placed a granite cross at the spot where George Weymouth and his crew first touched ground.
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| The Tercentennial granite cross at Allen Island |
This is Georges Harbor - Benner on the north hosts the Wyeth's cottage compound. On the south side of the narrow cut is the Allen Island Sea Station, as Betsy Wyeth called it.
I often saw Betsy's 36 foot launch Home Run at anchor, and artist son James Wyeth with family visiting his mother on his boat.
On a pair of Maine islands, the legacy of the Wyeths lives on - The Boston Globe By Murray Whyte - Globe Staff August 4, 2022
The Wyeths' place on Benner
Last year I slept on deck on Ralph & Hannah Wolf's CaLeRu and
woke to this first light at Georges Harbor
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