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The Bristol Parks and Recreation Department owns and operates the outbuildings surrounding the lighthouse as Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park. The keeper's house is now the Fishermen's Museum at Pemaquid, [9] which contains displays and artifacts of the lighthouse and local maritime history. Opened in 2008, the Learning Center is a community ...
Bristol, known from 1632 to 1765 as Pemaquid (/ ˈ p ɛ m ə k w ɪ d /; today a village within the town), is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,834 at the 2020 census. [2] A fishing and resort area, Bristol includes the villages of New Harbor, Pemaquid, Round Pond, Bristol Mills
The Beach is owned by the Town of Bristol in mid-coast Maine and, along with its "sister" park- the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, are operated by the Bristol Parks Commission. [ 12 ] In 1958 there was a special town meeting held where voters of New Harbor approved a large purchase of what was once called "Big Beach."
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site is a publicly owned historic property operated by the state of Maine near Pemaquid Beach in Bristol, Maine.The site includes the reconstructed Fort William Henry, archaeological remains of 17th- and 18th-century village buildings and fortifications, and a museum with artifacts found on the site including musket balls, coins, pottery, and early hardware.
The West Quoddy Head Light sits on the easternmost point of the continental United States. [5] The tallest tower is that of Boon Island Light at 137 ft (42 m), [6] though the Seguin Light focal plane, at 180 ft (55 m), is the highest in the state. [2] Map of All Lighthouses in Maine
State Route 130 (SR 130) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located in southern Lincoln. It is one of several routes which dead-end on the Atlantic coast at their southern ends. The southern terminus of SR 130 is at Pemaquid Point in Bristol , at the intersection of Bristol Road and Pemaquid Loop Road.
The Maine Island Trail passes through Muscongus Bay. The bay is bounded by Marshall Point Light, Pemaquid Point Light, and contains Franklin Island Light. Towns bordering Muscongus bay are Bristol, Bremen, Waldoboro, Friendship, Cushing, and St. George. The type of sailboat called the Muscongus Bay sloop is also known as the Friendship Sloop.
Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine.The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. [2] The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid (1696).