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Eastport is a city and archipelago in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,288 at the 2020 census , making Eastport the least-populous city in Maine. [ 2 ] The principal island is Moose Island , which is connected to the mainland by a causeway .
The city of Eastport is located on Moose Island at the far southeastern tip of Maine, with the Canadian province of New Brunswick just across Passamaquoddy Bay.In the mid-19th century, Eastport served as a major regional commercial center, and developed a significant sardine-packing industry in the 1870s.
The Boynton Street Historic District encompasses three historic Federal-period houses between 13 and 26 Boynton Street in Eastport, Maine. Built between 1810 and 1920, these well-preserved buildings represent the finest concentration of their type in easternmost Maine. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]
Sipayik is located near the Canada–United States border in Washington County, Maine on a peninsula with the Little River and Passamaquoddy Bay to the east and Cobscook Bay to the west. [2] It borders Eastport and Perry, and according to the United States Census Bureau, has a total area of 0.6 mi 2 (1.6 km 2).
Moose Island is an island in Eastport, Maine, located at the entrance to Cobscook Bay from Passamaquoddy Bay in the Bay of Fundy. Shackford Head State Park is on Moose Island. Connected to the mainland portion of Washington County at Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation by a causeway , the city of Eastport occupies several islands ...
Fort Sullivan (briefly Fort Sherbrooke) was a 19th-century military fortification in Eastport, Maine.It lay opposite New Brunswick, Canada, and served as an important coastal defense for the easternmost United States of America during the 19th century.
Shackford Head State Park is a public recreation area on Moose Island in the city of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. The 87-acre (35 ha) state park occupies a peninsula that separates Cobscook Bay and Broad Cove. The land is named for John Shackford, an American Revolutionary War soldier who once owned the headlands. [3]
The Eastport City Hall, originally built as the Boynton High School, is an historic municipal building at 78 High Street in Eastport, Maine. Built in 1847 to a design by Gridley James Fox Bryant, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1] [2] It served as a school until 1917, and has housed the city's offices since ...