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Facts about the city

Isle au Haut (/ˈaɪ.lə.hoʊ/) is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States, on an island of the same name in Penobscot Bay. The population was 73 at the 2010 census. Home to portions of Acadia National Park, Isle au Haut is accessible by mailboat (no auto ferries) from Stonington.

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History

The population was 79 at the 2000 United States Census census. Some fishermen left when motors replaced sails to power boats, allowing them to operate more conveniently from the mainland. Vacation houses, although far fewer than the nearby summer colony colonies of North Haven, Maine Haven, Vinalhaven and Mount Desert Island, more than double Isle au Haut's population during the summer. By the late 1800s, when the island's population reached about 275, a village had developed beside the Isle au Haut Thoroughfare separating Kimball Island. By 1935, the population had dropped to 75.