Description
In Greenlaw Chopping Township (Unorganized Territory), on the shore of Big Lake, 1 mi. SW of Hardwood Island
History
The name honors Thomas Calligan (1840-1913), who settled on the property in 1871. Calligan was a sergeant in the Maine Light Artillery during the Civil War, also chief engineer and overseer of boats for a local tannery company. He also taught school, served on the Superintending School Committee, and in 1897 was elected treasurer of Hinckley Township (present-day Grand Lake Stream Plantation).