Louis W. Cabot has spent the past 77 years summering among the islands and along the coast of Maine. When he was eight years old, his parents, Tom and Virginia Cabot, first took Louis and his brothers to Swan’s Island and began teaching them to sail. Every summer thereafter they sailed up and down the coast aboard the family’s blue yawl, AVELINDA.
Louis Cabot now spends summers in an 1850 farmhouse in West Tremont and moors his own Seguin sloop, YONDER, at Goose Cove on the “quiet side” of Mount Desert Island. He is a trustee of the Island Institute, and is deeply concerned that the island way of life is seriously threatened and could someday be lost.
One of Louis Cabot’s passions is photography. It began when he was a child and has stayed with him throughout his life. Seeing wildlife, the waters and islands through photo-seeking eyes has given a unique flavor to his appreciation of Maine’s beauty.
“Island Reflections,” his first publicly offered collection of photographic prints, captures the magic of Maine in all seasons. An exhibit of that name opens at the Seal Cove Gallery on Kellytown Road in West Tremont on Aug. 4. All proceeds from the sale of these prints will be donated to the Island Institute in support of the Institute’s Island Fellows program on Swan’s Island.