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The river flows into Wells Harbor, then empties between a pair of jetties into the Gulf of Maine. [ 2 ] The Webhannet watershed includes 1,510 acres (6.1 km 2 ) of land under conservation, including 1,167 acres (4.72 km 2 ) of estuary salt marsh and uplands protected by the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge .
There has been a port at Wells for over 600 years. The harbour is protected by salt marshes behind a sand bar.Because it is a natural safe haven from the unpredictable North Sea weather the Port of Wells was one of England's major harbours in Tudor times and a thriving, centre for shipping and maritime industry in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Wells was the resilient northeastern frontier of English colonial settlement. Except for a few forts and garrisons, early attempts to colonize Maine above Wells were abandoned because of attacks by Native Americans, who resented the encroachment on their territory. Wells endured three major attacks, most famously the Raid on Wells in 1692.
Wells Harbor is the 'golden spot' for nature photography. Coughlin, who lives in Kennebunk, got his camera as a retirement gift. He discovered photography during his teenage years but put his ...
Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, England.. The civil parish has an area of 16.31 km 2 (6.30 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 2,451, [1] reducing to 2,165 at the 2011 census.
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The Wells Harbour Railway was a 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge railway that ran at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England. It was 1,200 yards (1,100 m) long, running between Wells Harbour and Pinewoods. The line operated for 45 years, from 1976 to 2021, when it was closed and replaced with a bus service.
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.