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The Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor was founded on September 2, 1896 in Islesboro, Maine for the purpose of promoting boating, golfing and kindred interests. The club features a beautifully maintained 9-hole course with views of the Camden Hills and certified as an Audubon International Golf Course Sanctuary. The par is 36 and the length is 3,058 yards. Alex Findlay (1913) is the architect.

The Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor is a natural, hilly course that is part of a private yachting-tennis-golf club. The course is renowned for its challenging, grass-covered mounds and sweet Penobscot Bay breezes. The course is known for its natural, hilly mounds and several holes of shoreline play that give it a true links feel, with the fairway of the first tee offering stupendous sunset views of Gilkey Harbor and the Camden Hills beyond. The Tarratine is a challenging course, with holes that invite you to draw the ball, several forced carries and two par 5s.

The first Islesboro Open was organized in the early 1980s, an unprecedented contest that has evolved into twice-yearly scrambles that raise funds for local programs. The Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor is a private, members only club.