CombinationSea6976 t1_j5ti4i5 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 1:38 PM

Reply to comment by Seyword in The Irving Family is the single largest landowner in Maine, owning 1,267,792 in the state. They have also planted more than 1 billion trees across Canada and the United States. by Raz0rRamon

I live here in Orland and have for many years. Million dollar real estate properties are popping up here all over the place nowadays Used to be a not so popular town. I’m puzzled as to why all of the sudden interest here.

Seyword t1_j5tisjh wrote on January 25, 2023 at 1:43 PM

Looks like he owned close to 500 acres there, not sure if it was all sold with that house. My guess would be that people were able to buy the land relatively cheaply and the spend their money on the build.

CombinationSea6976 t1_j5tnb0q wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:18 PM

The old timers here in Orland largely worked at the paper mill in neighboring Bucksport. Many families pooled together and scraped up money to by land and make seasonal camps on Toddy pond, Craig’s pond, Alamoosoock lake, Heart pond, Jacob Buck’s pond in Bucksport just to name a few. Mostly generationally owned which now seem to be being snapped up for incredible sums of money by folks from away.