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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 Boothbay Harbor CDP is located in the east-central part of the town of Boothbay Harbor at (43.852819, −69.624271), [3] in southwestern Lincoln County The CDP is bordered to the south by the water body of Boothbay Harbor, an inlet off the Gulf of Maine, and to the southwest by Mill Cove, an arm of Boothbay Harbor.
Damariscove is an uninhabited island that is part of Boothbay Harbor in Lincoln County, Maine, United States, approximately 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the coast at the mouth of the Damariscotta River. The long, narrow island is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) long and 1,500 feet (460 m) at its widest point.
Boothbay is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2020 census . It includes the neighborhoods of Back Narrows, Dover, Linekin, Oak Hill, Ocean Point, Spruce Shores, and the villages of East Boothbay and Trevett.
By the late 19th century, Boothbay Harbor had become a major commercial and shipbuilding center of Mid Coast Maine, with a growing tourist trade and scheduled steamer service from cities further south. This station was established in 1883 to mark the easternmost entrance to the harbor area, and the western approach to the Damariscotta River.
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The first such whale hunting ship was the steamer Mabel Bird, which towed whale carcasses to an oil processing plant in Boothbay Harbor. At its height in 1885 four or five steamers were engaged in whale fishery at Boothbay Harbour, dwindling to one by the end of the decade. Over 100 whales were killed annually during some years.
The table below provides information on Maine islands, organized by several key columns. Below is an explanation of each column. Registry #: The unique identifier assigned to each island by the Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR).