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Saint Croix Island (French: Île Sainte-Croix), long known to locals as Dochet Island (/ ˈ d u ʃ eɪ /), is a small uninhabited island in Maine near the mouth of the Saint Croix River that forms part of the Canada–United States border separating Maine from New Brunswick.
The state is also the location of the National Park Service's only International Historic Site, the St. Croix Island International Historic Site, important in both U.S. and Canadian history as the site of the first French settlement of Acadia in 1603.
St. Croix Island, on the US side of the St. Croix River 45°07′42″N 67°08′02″W / 45.128333°N 67.133889°W / 45.128333; -67.133889 ( St. Croix Island International Historic St. Croix Junction
Gas prices on St. Croix were slightly higher than average than in the continental U.S. On January 18, 2012, Hovensa announced that its refinery would be permanently shut down. [48] [49] This had a major adverse effect on the economy of St. Croix and the entire U.S. Virgin Islands, as the refinery employed 1,200 residents and 950 contractors. [49]
In 2004, Chief Akagi was authorized to represent the Passamaquoddy at events marking the 400th anniversary of French settlement of St Croix Island (the first French effort at permanent settlement in the New World). This indicates that the government had acknowledged the tribe to some extent, and progress is being made in formal recognition.
Passamaquoddy Bay (French: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. [1] Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its western shore bounded by Washington County, Maine.
The McGlashan-Nickerson House is a historic house on St. Croix Drive in the village of Red Beach, part of Calais, Maine. Built about 1883, it is a fine example of Italianate architecture, built for one of the principals of the Maine Red Granite Quarry Company. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
In 1999 the tower was deeded to the St. Croix Historical Society as part of the Maine Lighthouse Program, a precursor to the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Whitlocks Mill Light Station on January 21, 1988, reference number 87002276.
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