MONHEGAN ISLAND, MAINE - DECEMBER 03: Residents and lobstermen alike help on trap day to get all the lobster traps out to sea for the year, December 3, 1999 on Monhegan Island, Maine. Monhegan Island, home to lobstermen and painters and a popular destination for tourists is twelve miles off the coast of Maine. Ringed by high, dark cliffs, its interior a mix of meadows, marsh and spruce groves, Monhegan is one of just 14 true island communities left off the coast of Maine. The island has a 65 permanent, year-round residents and the population grows to around 200 in the summer, with day-trippers adding several hundred more. (Photo by Amy Toensing). _________________________________________<br />
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