Town Contact Information

Town of Isle au Haut, P.O. Box 71, Isle au Haut, ME 04645

Telephone and Fax: 335-5001

Email: selectboard1@isleauhautmaine.us

Website: isleauhautmaine.us

Selectmen meet: Every other Mon. at Town Office, 6:30 p.m.

Municipal Information

Town Description

No one arrives accidentally at Isle au Haut. Seven miles off the coast of Stonington, Isle au Haut is accessible by the mail boat and by private vessel. The island is the year-round home to some 70 people whose needs are met by the one store, gift shop, post office, library and church. A one-room school accommodates the island’s elementary students, with high schoolers educated off-island.

Isle au Haut is one of the 15 offshore islands still occupied year-round. The first summer visitors arrived about 1880, and three-quarters of the homes on the island are for seasonal or recreational use.

More than half of the island is part of the Acadia National Park system. All of the island’s camping facilities are on the park’s land. Reservations must be made before arriving on the island. Day visitors enjoy walking the island’s paths, which encompass both a quiet inlet on the village/town landing side and open surf on the “wild” side of the island.

Town Officials

Town Meeting was held April 30, 2024, after press time. Elected officials might have changed at that time.

Selectmen are overseers of the poor, sealers of weights and measures, and surveyors of wood and lumber.

First Selectman

Peggi Stevens

selectboard1@isleauhautmaine.us

Second Selectman

Abigail Hiltz

selectboard2@isleauhautmaine.us

Third Selectman

Kyle Devereux
selectboard3@isleauhautmaine.us

Treasurer

Ellen Fedosh
treasurer@isleauhaut.maine.us

Tax Collector

Lisa Turner

taxcollector@isleauhautmaine.us

Tax Assessors

Abigail Hiltz

assessor1@isleauhautmaine.us

Bryan Carroll

assessor2@isleauhautmaine.us

Aidan Olney

assessor3@isleauhautmaine.us

Town Clerk

Kendra Chubbuck 335-5001

clerk@isleauhautmaine.us

Registrar

Kendra Chubbuck

Plumbing Inspector

open

Harbormaster

Tucker Runge

harbormaster@isleauhautmaine.us

Code Enforcement Officer

open

Planning Board

Wendell Chamberlain, chair

planningboardchair@isleauhautmaine.us

Tucker Runge

Mike Fedosh

Daniel MacDonald

Michael Delchamp

Waylan Small, alt.

Robert DeWitt, Jr., alt.

Board of Appeals

Gregory Runge, chair

Ellen Fedosh

Kendra Chubbuck

Crystal Gareau

Lisa Turner

Road Commissioner

Tucker Runge 335-5571

roadcommissioner@isleauhautmaine.us

Emergency Management

open

emergencymanagement@

isleauhautmaine.us

Colwell Ramp Waterfront Access Board

Kyle Devereux

Charlie Kisk

Lighthouse Committee

Bernadine Barter, Sue Chamberlain, Wendell Chamberlain, Mike Fedosh, Alison Richardson, Marshall Chapman, alt., Kathie Fiveash, alt.

Tax Information

Types of property assessed and subject to tax: real estate. Tax bills mailed by July 1 and are due Sep. 1. Interest rate for unpaid bills: check with tax collector for current rate. Tax exemptions: homestead and veterans. To appeal assessment, go to the board of assessors.

Mill rate: changes yearly.

To calculate tax: mill rate multiplied by valuation.

Town Ordinances

Zoning, food sovereignty, parking.

Permits

Planning Board; CEO.

Post Office

Isle au Haut 04645

Lobby: Mon.-Sat. winter, 7 a.m.-4 p.m.; summer 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Window: Mon.-Sat. year-round, 7-11 a.m.

Isle au Haut by

the Numbers

Geographic Profile

Total area: 11.6 sq. miles

Shoreline: 48.26 miles

Population

2000: 79

2010: 73

2020: 92

Education

Education Contact Numbers

Superintendent of Schools

251 N. Deer Isle Road, Unit 1, Deer Isle

Daniel Ross, supt. 348-9100

School House 335-2521

Principal/teacher: Michele Turner

School Board

Rita MacWilliam, chair 335-2010

Patricia Barter, Mike Fedosh, Kathie Fiveash, Sharen Wilson

Enrollment

K-8—4

Emergency and

Public Services

Trash & Recycling

Summer: Saturday pickup. Off-season: Tuesday biweekly.

Public Restrooms

Acadia Park ranger station.

Fire Department

To report a fire: 911

Fire permits may be obtained from:

Co-Chief Kyle Devereux 335-2039

Co-Chief Bryan Carroll 335-2028

Recreation

Walking Trails

Acadia National Park.

Public Landings

Town Landing.

Cemeteries

Thorofare.

Knox County Officials

Knox County

County Seat: Rockland

62 Union St., Rockland

594-0420; fax: 594-0443

knoxcountymaine.gov

County Admin Gordon V. Page

County Sheriff Patrick Polky

Finance Director/Treasurer
Kathy Robinson

County Commissioners

Edward Glaser

Richard Parent Jr.

Sharyn Pohlman (Isle au Haut)

District Attorney Natasha Irving

Register of Probate Elaine Hallett

Register of Deeds Madelene Cole