1947 fire origin area
Where the smoke was first reported, on October 17, 1947.
Story only. No route or directions are published for this place.
Smoke rose from a bog near the town dump on October 17. Four days later a wind shift sent the fire across the island, and by the time it was out it had burned about 17,675 acres and 67 of the town's 222 summer cottages. Historian Richard Hale questioned the dump as the origin. Interpretive point only.
Era1947 fire
Seasonyear round
Coordinates44.42, -68.265
Source of positionEST, estimated
Nearby tales
Hulls Cove School and Cover Farm0.7 miChurch of Our Father0.7 miDuck Brook Bridge1.8 miStone Barn Farm1.8 mi
Sources: Port o' Call, 1947 fire look back.