The Peaks Island Land Preserve (PILP) is a non-profit organization concerned with conserving natural land on

Peaks Island, Maine Peaks Island is the most populous island in Casco Bay, Maine. It is part of the city of Portland and is approximately from downtown. The island is served by Casco Bay Lines and is home to its own elementary school, library, and police station ...

for public use. As of 2013, the PILP managed over of land. It was founded in 1994 to preserve

Battery Steele Battery Steele (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Battery Construction #102) is a United States military fortification on Peaks Island, Portland, Maine in Casco Bay. Completed in 1942 as part of World War II, it is located on on the oceanside area of ...

, an historic United States military fortification built on Peaks Island during World War II. After acquiring Battery Steele, PILP began to obtain land through purchase and donation across the island. The PILP held its first post-incorporation meeting in 1995 at the

Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center The Fifth Maine Regiment Community Center is a historic building at 45 Seashore Avenue on Peaks Island, an island neighborhood of Portland, Maine in Casco Bay. It was built in 1888 by American Civil War veterans "as a memorial to their deceased co ...

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Peaks Island Land Preserve
Peaks Island, Maine Non-profit organizations based in Maine Organizations established in 1993 Land trusts in the United States 1993 establishments in Maine {{US-org-stub