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The near full moon is very bright and made it challenging for me to get an exposure with the moon having some detail and also the foreground. The water in this area is subject to strong currents and is known as Will's Gut. Below is background to this name.

Bailey Island originally bore the name Newaggin, given to it by the local Abenaki Native Americans, and was first populated by European settlers in the 17th century.

The first settler of the island was William Black, son of Black Will who was a freed slave from Kittery, Maine. William sold the land his father had left him in the Upper Parish of Kittery and settled permanently on Bailey's Island. Because of this, the island became known as Will's Island.

The story goes that in 1742, Reverend Timothy Bailey may have bought Will's Island for one pound of tobacco and a gallon of rum from William Black. In another variation of the story, the minister's wife liked the island and so the Baileys bribed municipal officials to find a flaw in Will's title to the island and award it to them. In any event, after Timothy Bailey and his wife took possession of the island, William Black left to live on Orr's Island. From then on, the island was known as Bailey Island. [Wikipedia]
Date Taken on 6 August 2017, 20:16
Source Moonlight
Author Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA

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