Downeast Fisheries Trail
Fishing is a heritage in the DownEast Acadia region that extends back generations to the first European settlers and further back for tribal communities . These traditions remain deeply ingrained in today ’ s way of life among the small fishing communities along the coast . The trail takes visitors to fishing camps , wharves , packing plants , smokehouses , commercial fishing areas , and research facilities that help sustain today ’ s fisheries building on local resources to strengthen community life and visitor experience .
Luckily all of the trail ’ s 45 sites are accessible from the road . Leave plenty of time to explore this trail .
Richard Crouse
DownEast Acadia Birding Trail
Maine is one of North America ’ s top birding destinations , and the DownEast Acadia marks the furthermost extreme of many migratory species ’ range . Birding enthusiasts of all kinds will find lots to love all across the region , which includes the lands of Acadia National Park , national wildlife refuges , public reserved lands , and state parks .
TOP BIRDING LOCATIONS Blue Hill Peninsula Holbrook Island S . P . Blue Hill The Wildlands Old Settlement Quarry Crockett Cove Barred Island Preserve Scott ’ s Landing
Acadia National Park Seawall Bass Harbor Beech Mountain Lurvey Spring Road Somes Sound Pretty Marsh Jordan Pond Cadillac Mountain Blagden Preserve Park Loop Road Sieur de Monts Thompson Island
Grand Lakes Downeast Lakes Land Trust Locations
Schoodic to Jonesport Schoodic Point Petit Manan Addison Marsh Columbia Great Wass Preserve Jonesport
Machias Bay Roque Bluffs Machias
Way DownEast Western Head Bold Coast Boot Head Hamilton Cove Quoddy Head State Park South Lubec Sand Flats Cobscook Bay State Park Moosehorn NWR Eastport
SUGGESTED STOPS
• At Discovery Wharf in Stonington , visitors can engage with and learn about local fisheries and the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem .
• Downeast Salmon Federation ’ s Columbia Falls location features a reconstructed fish camp that displays traditional ways of harvesting and processing fish .
• Grab a picnic and head to Tidal Falls in Hancock where the ebb and flow of the Taunton River creates reversing falls .
• Be sure to stop at McCurdy ’ s Smokehouse in Lubec , the nation ’ s last traditional smoked-herring facility illustrates the processes used to prepare the cured fish to be shipped around the world .