Bareneck Island
Private island owners are never strangers to maritime life—but rarely can they be so connected to so many facets of it as they can on Maine’s Bareneck Island. Located on the Sasanoa River, the Atlantic tidal channel that serves as the intersection of the Kennebec, Sheepscot and Back Rivers, 15-acre Bareneck Island is also just minutes from the town of Bath, known as the City of Ships and home to the Bath Iron Works shipyard, as wel ...
Private island owners are never strangers to maritime life—but rarely can they be so connected to so many facets of it as they can on Maine’s Bareneck Island. Located on the Sasanoa River, the Atlantic tidal channel that serves as the intersection of the Kennebec, Sheepscot and Back Rivers, 15-acre Bareneck Island is also just minutes from the town of Bath, known as the City of Ships and home to the Bath Iron Works shipyard, as well as the popular Maine Maritime Museum.
Bareneck Island features a lovely and completely turnkey 1800-square-foot post and beam house, with a large master bedroom and full bath on the second floor, plus a guest wing with its own full bath, bedroom and sleeping loft. A new roof was put on the home in 2018, and a permitted septic system and a permitted power cable to the shore are included. Sitting right on the water’s edge is an adorable guest cottage, with electric power and an outside sink. A tractor and two deep water moorings are also included, and a new aluminum ramp and 10x40’ float were installed in 2019.
Set in Maine’s gorgeous system of coastal rivers and just minutes from the Atlantic, Bareneck Island is the perfect home base for maritime adventure, and is even adjacent to some of America’s most important maritime history. Just a few miles away is the site of the original Popham Colony, which pre-dated Plymouth by 13 years in 1607. In nearby Bath, the exciting Maine’s First Ship project is currently reconstructing the very first English ship to ever be built in the Americas, to be launched in 2021. Getting to Bareneck Island is easy too—both Portland and Augusta are less than an hour’s drive from Derektor Robinhood Marine Center, and from here it’s only a few more minutes to Bareneck’s beautiful shores.
Private island owners are never strangers to maritime life—but rarely can they be so connected to so many facets of it as they can on Maine’s Bareneck Island. Located on the Sasanoa River, the Atlantic tidal channel that serves as the intersection of the Kennebec, Sheepscot and Back Rivers, 15-acre Bareneck Island is also just minutes from the town of Bath, known as the City of Ships and home to the Bath Iron Works shipyard, as well as the popular Maine Maritime Museum.
Bareneck Island features a lovely and completely turnkey 1800-square-foot post and beam house, with a large master bedroom and full bath on the second floor, plus a guest wing with its own full bath, bedroom and sleeping loft. A new roof was put on the home in 2018, and a permitted septic system and a permitted power cable to the shore are included. Sitting right on the water’s edge is an adorable guest cottage, with electric power and an outside sink. A tractor and two deep water moorings are also included, and a new aluminum ramp and 10x40’ float were installed in 2019.
Set in Maine’s gorgeous system of coastal rivers and just minutes from the Atlantic, Bareneck Island is the perfect home base for maritime adventure, and is even adjacent to some of America’s most important maritime history. Just a few miles away is the site of the original Popham Colony, which pre-dated Plymouth by 13 years in 1607. In nearby Bath, the exciting Maine’s First Ship project is currently reconstructing the very first English ship to ever be built in the Americas, to be launched in 2021. Getting to Bareneck Island is easy too—both Portland and Augusta are less than an hour’s drive from Derektor Robinhood Marine Center, and from here it’s only a few more minutes to Bareneck’s beautiful shores.
