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Port of Portland (Maine) (2 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Ports and harbors of Maine" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The Port of Portland is a seaport located in Portland, Maine. It is the second-largest [3] tonnage seaport in New England as well as one of the largest oil ports on the East Coast (the second-largest prior to 2016 [4]). It is the primary American port of call for Icelandic shipping company Eimskip. [5]
Bar Harbor is a resort town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census , its population is 5,089. [ 3 ] The town is home to the College of the Atlantic , Jackson Laboratory , and MDI Biological Laboratory .
Boothbay Harbor is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,027 at the 2020 census. [2] It includes the neighborhoods of Bayville, Mount Pisgah, and Sprucewold, and the villages of Isle of Springs and West Boothbay Harbor. During summer months, the entire Boothbay Harbor region is a popular yachting and tourist ...
The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
Mount Desert Island (MDI; [4] French: Île des Monts Déserts) in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest island off the coast of Maine.With an area of 108 square miles (280 km 2) [5] it is the 52nd-largest island in the United States, the sixth-largest island in the contiguous United States, and the second-largest island on the Eastern Seaboard, behind Long Island and ahead of Martha's Vineyard.
Southwest Harbor is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Located on Mount Desert Island , the population was 1,756 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The municipality contains within it the villages of Southwest Harbor , Manset, Seawall, Wonderland, and Pemetic Hills.
The Rockland Breakwater is a breakwater sheltering the harbor of Rockland, Maine.More than 4,000 feet (1,200 m) long, it was built in the 1890s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers out of locally quarried granite to improve the harbor's ability to shelter ships from coastal storms.