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Blue Duck
Blue DuckThe Blue Duck was the general store on Little Cranberry Island in the 1800's. Click here to see a photograph from 200 years ago. Sailors depended on this store as a place to stock up on goods that they needed for their long voyages overseas. Voyages usually lasted for several months. Imagine being out on the ocean for months at a time without your friends and family! What do you think the ships looked like 200 years ago? Click here to see a photograph of the harbor in the 1800's.
 
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