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Legends How Frye Island Got Its Name (submitted by MB & SK) Frye Island, the largest island in Sebago Lake was named after Captain Frye. Frye Island is separated from Raymond Cape by a narrow band of water called, the Notch. The story goes that this Captain Frye was being chased by some Indians. He ran to the end of the Cape where he found himself at the edge of a cliff eighty feet high. He jumped from the cliff into the snow below and crossed the Notch on the ice to the island. The Indians were so amazed that they didn't even follow him. Since that time the cliff has been known as Frye's Leap and the Island as Frye's Island. ************ The Story of the Images At Frye's Leap Frye's Leap is also known as The Images. This is because even today faded Indian drawings can be seen here; one shows the leap of Captain Frye, another a picture of a young Indian girl who jumped to her death rather than be captive to a white man. The young Indian girl's name was Naragora, the daughter of Waldola. A white man had been sick and was being nursed by Naragora. Her father went hunting and it was then that the white man asked Naragora to marry him. She said, 'No'. He became very angry and threatened her. She ran and found her father and on their return, found the white man had gone. For their safety, they left the area of the lake, only to be chased by the white man. A fight evolved and Waldola was killed. The white man dragged Naragora to the woods and as night fell, he kept guard over her. When he was sleeping she ran. He woke and chased her to the edge of the cliff. She paused a moment, looked at him, and to his surprise, she leapt, and the waters of Sebago closed over her forever.