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[[File:Cushing Island Portland Harbor Alfred Thompson Bricher.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|''Cushing Island, Portland Harbor'', [[Alfred Thompson Bricher]], ca. 1870]]
[[File:Portland casco bay 08.07.2012 17-49-41.jpg|thumb|Cushing Island opposite the Portland Head Lighthouse.]]
'''Cushing Island''', or '''Cushing's Island''', is a privately owned island in [[Casco Bay]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maine]]. Part of the city of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], roughly 45 families live there seasonally.
== History ==
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Ferry service is provided by the St Croix, which departs from Long Wharf in Portland and lands at the summer dock, also known as Civilian Dock. Access to the island is for private/owners use only. Water taxi service is available from Portland. Many of the islanders also own boats, with berthing spaces at Civilian and Government docks.
Much of the island is a nature preserve owned by the Cushings Island Conservation and protected from development. This area is largely forested with well-maintained walking trails and abandoned military fortifications from when it was the US Army’s Fort Levitt.<ref>The Fort at Cushings Island, Peter Murray, {{ISBN
==See also==
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{{Casco Bay}}
{{Maine Islands}}
{{Authority control}}
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