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In 1961-62, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built two rubble-mound jetties to protect the 8-foot-deep (2.4 m) channel to Wells Harbor. The north jetty was 580 feet (180 m) long, the south one 920 feet (280 m), and extended roughly from the inner harbor to just past the beaches.
Maine State Routes 11 and 100 run through Clinton village as Main Street, leading northeast 5 miles (8 km) to Burnham village and southwest 7 miles (11 km) to Fairfield. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Clinton CDP has a total area of 9.2 square miles (23.7 km 2 ), of which 8.8 square miles (22.9 km 2 ) are land and 0.3 square ...
Wells is on the southern coast of Maine, surrounded by Kennebunk to the northeast, Sanford to the northwest, North Berwick to the west, South Berwick to the southwest, and Ogunquit to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 73.61 square miles (190.65 km 2 ), of which 57.55 square miles (149.05 km 2 ...
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The protected lands comprising the Wells Reserve are entirely within the Town of Wells, Maine. These conservation lands are owned by the Maine Department of Conservation (533 acres), United States Fish and Wildlife Service / Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (1,428 acres), Town of Wells (249 acres), and Wells Reserve Management Authority ...
The Merriland River is a 12.9-mile-long (20.8 km) [1] river in southern Maine.It is a tributary of the Little River, a tidal river flowing to the Atlantic Ocean.Its basin country is United States.
A few harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) haul-out sites exist on the Brave Boat harbor, Lower Wells, Mousam River and Goose Rocks divisions. Peak use occurs during the winter, but individuals are observed throughout the year. The Lower Wells haul-out site receives the most use, with peak counts of 30 seals.
The island measures one and a half miles long by a quarter-mile wide and lies about a quarter of a mile from Clinton Harbor. It has about 54 houses and summer cottages (mostly built before 1950). Many have piers for boats and fishing. The normal summertime population of the island is between 100 and 150 people.