DownEast Fisheries Trail
Maine Sculpture Trail
DownEast Acadia Birding Trail
DownEast Fisheries Trail
The long history of fishing in the region begins with the native Wabanaki peoples followed by the Vikings and later European settlers .
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These traditions still exist today in the fishing communities along the coast . Stops include fishing camps , wharves , packing plants , smokehouses , and aquaculture facilities . All sites are accessible from the road .
Suggested Stops
Learn about local fisheries and the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem at Discovery Wharf in Stonington .
Visit the Peter Gray Hatchery and learn about the efforts to restore wild Atlantic salmon populations .
Head to Tidal Falls in Hancock where the ebb and flow of the Taunton River creates reversing falls .
Stop at McCurdy ’ s Smokehouse in Lubec , the nation ’ s last traditional smoked-herring facility that shipped the cured fish around the world .
Maine Sculpture Trail
This 34-piece outdoor exhibit spans over 200 miles along the Penobscot River and DownEast coast to the Canadian border , where it meets the International Sculpture Trail . Carved from granite sourced from local quarries , these world class works of art dot the region from Bucksport to Calais .
Sculptures Across the Region
Addison : Spirit of the Marsh Bar Harbor : Tension Bucksport : Before the Wind Calais : Nexus Castine : Home and Away Deer Isle : Deer Isle Project Eastport : Nature ’ s Grace Ellsworth : I Want to Ride a Cloud Franklin : Recurrent Journey
Hancock : Sublime Portal – Whispering Stones
Harrington : Time and Tide
Jonesport : Connection Lamoine : Dialog Lubec : Beyond the Horizon Machias : The Islands of Maine Milbridge : Transitory Roque Bluffs : Warm Wind Sorrento : Gate of the Sun Southwest Harbor : Sisters Steuben : A Glimpse of the Moon Sullivan : Sullivan Tower Surry : Wave Sounds Winter Harbor : Cleat
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Visitor Resources
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DownEast Acadia Birding Trail
Maine is a top birding destinations , and DownEast Acadia marks the furthermost extreme of many migratory species ’ range . Birders of all kinds will find lots to love across the region , which includes national wildlife refuges , public reserved lands , state parks , and birding festivals . Visit our website for info .
Popular Birding Locations
Blue Hill Peninsula Holbrook Island S . P .; Old Settlement Quarry ; Crockett Cove ; and Barred Island Preserve
Acadia National Park / Ellsworth Beech Mountain ; Lurvey Spring Rd ; Pretty Marsh ; Blagden Preserve ; Sieur de Monts ; and The Wildlands ;
Schoodic to Jonesport Schoodic Point ; Petit Manan ; Addison Marsh ; and Great Wass Preserve
Machias Bay Roque Bluffs and East Machias River
Grand Lakes Downeast Lakes Land Trust ; The Pocumcus Lake Trail ; and Big Musquash Stream
Way DownEast
Hamilton Cove ; South Lubec Sand Flats ; Cobscook Bay State Park ; and Moosehorn NWR
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