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Jetty at Lucinda Point with Hinchinbrook Island in the background, circa 1905. Lucinda is located on the traditional lands of the Biyaygiri people. [10]The town was named after Lady Lucinda Musgrave, the wife of the Governor of Queensland, Sir Anthony Musgrave from 1883 to 1888, or the Queensland Government steam yacht, the Lucinda, that was in turn named after her.
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County.Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. [4]
The Portland–Lewiston–South Portland Combined Statistical Area is made up of four counties in Maine. The statistical area includes two metropolitan statistical areas . [ 5 ] As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 591,361 (a July 1, 2009, estimate placed the population at 623,365).
Stevens Avenue (known colloquially as Stevens Ave) is a major street in the Deering neighborhood of Portland, Maine, United States.Part of Maine State Route 9 from Woodford Street southward, it runs for around 2 miles (3.2 km) from Forest Avenue, at Morrills Corner, in the north to Outer Congress Street in the south.
Container shipping through Portland has increased considerably over that same period. [8] 100 cruise ships docked in Portland in 2019, making it Maine's second-largest cruise ship port behind Bar Harbor. [9] A regional ferry service, Casco Bay Lines, also operates out of the Port of Portland.
Fort Allen Park is an urban park in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, Maine, United States.It covers 9 acres (3.6 ha) and abuts the Eastern Promenade to the south. It was built in the 1890s, designed by the city's chief engineer William Goodwin and backed by mayor James P. Baxter, according to a plaque in the park.
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Portland Observatory in c. 1910. At the center of Munjoy Hill, on the crest of the hill (between Kellogg and St. Lawrence Streets), are the Portland Observatory [4] and the neighborhood fire station (housing Engine 1, Ladder 1, and Ladder 5). Housing in the neighborhood is a mix of single- and multi-family structures.