BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 10, 2023
A 6,500-square-foot retreat on 483 acres on the shores of Craig Pond in Orland nearly broke a Maine real estate record last month when it sold for a whopping $8.2 million to a New Hampshire businessman. The estate, dubbed “Floating Boulder” by the seller, New Brunswick native and former Irving Oil CEO Kenneth Irving, sold on Dec. 9, 2022. Irving served as CEO of the multibillion New Brunswick company Irving Oil for 10 years between 2000 and 2010, taking over from his father, Arthur Irving, who is the son of company founder K.C. Irving. He now lives in British Columbia. On Dec. 9, 2022, a deed was transferred from Penny Candy Cove to George Manning Rountree of Hanover, New Hampshire. Rountree is CEO of White Mountains, an insurance and related financial services holding company based in New Hampshire.