THE public is welcome on Appledore until sundown, and there is much to see. It is inhabited mostly by seagulls and summer students from Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire who work at the Shoals Marine Laboratory field station. The island is also a migratory way station for more than 125 species of birds, and harbor seals, whales, porpoises, and dolphins frequent its waters.
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Shoals Marine Lab maintains several moorings on the west side of the island. Visitors are welcome to use them for limited periods, but this is not a good place to spend the night. Row ashore to the dock, sign in, and pick up a map of the island. Just to the left of the dock there is a delightful, well-protected tidal pool for swimming.
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To the north, beyond the lab building, is the Laighton family cemetery, the foundation of the old Appledore House, and a recreation of Celia Thaxter’s garden, as described in her book An Island Garden, illustrated by Childe Hassam. Lichen-covered whale bones lie near the Lab’s dinner bell, up near Kiggins Commons. Stay on the trails to avoid nesting gulls and rampant poison ivy.
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