Tag Archives: Queen Mary

What to expect when you visit

Whether you’re preparing for a summer visit to Hog Island or you’re just starting to consider one, we want you to know what to expect when you arrive. Anticipation is running high as the miles from home grow and arrival at Hog Island begins to set in. Reaching the Sanctuary You hit Route 32 and … | Read more.

FOHI Work & Learn Week 2006

The “Friends of Hog Island” completed its sixth annual “work-and-learn” week at the Audubon Camp in Maine in June, drawing participants to Hog Island for a six-day marathon of dormitory painting, trail maintenance, mainland and island gardening, and carpentry. Slideshow by Vic Gabay Completed activities Here is a list of the work completed during the … | Read more.

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Completed Activities for 2006

Repaired Queen Mary door Weeded flower and herb gardens and planters Scraped and stained bridge and kitchen Painted walk-in kitchen Repaired Porthole stairs Cleared trails and built bridges Painted the Porthole bathroom Painted Porthole chairs Picked up litter Cleaned Porthole, Queen Mary, Crow’s Nest Pruned, weeded, trimmed old plants Weeded mainland gardens Wrote reunion invitations … | Read more.

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Lasting images of Family Camp

By Ted Gilman For each of us, our time on Hog Island is unique. We bring our individual combinations of expectations and hopes, feelings and passions, knowledge of the natural world, personal challenges, and thoughts and concerns from home. The week at camp gave the boy’s grandmother a chance to share in the glow of … | Read more.

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