The dream of Maine—lighthouses, dining on red lobsters, crashing shores—is encapsulated by the small, rocky Isle au Haut where reclusiveness is cultivated, but the island’s sparse inhabitants are now opening their arms and hoping to welcome new neighbors, who are landbound but share their dream, to join them on their lonely isle in Maine.
If living on a lonely island sounds appealing, the community really wants you—but with a few caveats.