PearyEagleIsland.org
Title
Peary's Eagle Island: Welcome
Description
Eagle Island belongs to all of us as a living memorial to Admiral Robert E. Peary, the first to lead a party of explorers to the North Pole. The Island was given to the citizens of Maine by the Peary family in trust for all Americans. The Maine Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks & Lands, acts as a trustee in partnership with the Friends of Peary's Eagle Island .
The Friends goal is to help preserve and protect this national treasure. We believe that the Admiral and all his family would be pleased that each summer hundreds of visitors "from away" come to enjoy this beautiful island, which was a supreme joy to those who made their home there for so many years. This Island home is a national symbol of the persistence, endurance, and achievement, in the face of overwhelming odds, of Admiral Peary. His personal motto was --"Inveniam viam aut faciam" -- Find a way or make one.
The Friends was established in 1992 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all volunteer organization. The group works closely with the Bureau of Parks and Lands to identify and support the efforts to maintain and preserve the main house, caretaker's cottage, as well as the 17 acre island they rest on. The Bureau of Parks and Lands has done an outstanding job maintaining the Admiral's house, recently replacing the roof and siding with cedar shingles, rebuilding all the windows, and resealing the deck which surrounds the building.
