Cliff Island Maine.
My adventures on Cliff Island. Cliff island is a small island in Casco Bay off the coast of Maine. You can get to Cliff Island by taking an hour-long ferry ride from Portland, Me. Cliff island is the farthest island the casco bay lines makes a stop at. The ferry ties up at the dock and the deckhand shouts “lines on” as the ferry docks. My family lived year round on cliff island and stayed through the cold dark winters for nine years. My parents were teachers at the Cliff Island school. A one room school house that has been in operation since the 1880s. I attended the cliff island school until second grade. The school teaches a handful of kindergarten to fifth grade students. In the time my parents taught there were never more than six or seven students of all ages. During the long winters we spent on the island there was no activity I enjoyed more than sledding. My family and friends loved meeting up at Ed’s hill to sled whenever there was snow. We also loved co...