KENNEBEC JOURNAL • July 26, 2024
Guided tours across Swan Island are canceled during this year’s Richmond Days celebration, but people will still have the chance to explore the island on their own on the weekends through August. The first island tour was scheduled for Saturday, during the town’s annual Richmond Days event. But Thursday that the event was cancelled after the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife declared the island’s pier unsafe last week. However, the ferry service will still run on weekends through the end of August by using a different dock. For years, a ferry service brought people back and forth from the island to enjoy its campsites and explore the wildlife preserve, but in 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended the service following a failed inspection.