Bailey Island is an island in Casco Bay, and a part of the city of Harpswell, Maine, USA. As of the 2000 census, the island had a year-round population of 400. Casco Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the southern coast of Maine. ... Harpswell is a town located in Cumberland County, Maine. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The island was first populated in the 1600s, when it was known as 'Newaggin'.

The Bailey Island Bridge[1][2][3] which spans Will's Gut and connects Bailey's Island to Orr's Island was completed in 1928 and is the World's only cribstone bridge. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Three prominent women psychoanalysts; Esther Harding, Eleanor Bertine and Kristine Mann, were followers of Carl Gustav Jung and long time summer residents of Bailey Island. Kristine Mann[4], known in Jung's work as Miss-X, was one of Jung's subjects. Jung is known to have visited Bailey Island, and lectured at the Bailey Island Library Hall. Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of the neopsychoanalytic school of psychology. ...

Suggested reading

• Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen, "Bailey Island: Memories, Pictures & Lore", Mayhaven Publishing (May, 2003), ISBN 1878044966
• Harpswell Historical Society Website[5]