a town in Hancock County, incorporated in 1870. Mount Desert Narrows separates Mount Desert Island from Trenton and Lamoine. Eastern Bay is east of the narrows between Lamoine and the island. Lamoine State Park and Lamoine Beach are both on the shore of Eastern Bay. They are at the end of Maine Route 184, which departs from U.S. Route 1 in Ellsworth.
The following are the locations and sizes of Maine’s twenty largest lakes. Historical ice out dates for Maine Lakes are one measure of the impact climate change in the state. See more details for Maine’s sixty largest lakes. Name Town County Acres Sq.mi. Moosehead Greenville Piscataquis 74,890 117.02 Sebago Sebago Cumberland 28,771 44.95 Chesuncook T5…
is located in East Madison in the town of Madison. Since it is only a few miles north of the larger community of Skowhegan, Lakewood is often mistakenly thought to be in that town. Lakewood is the site of a summer resort and theater that attracted major productions and accomplished actors for more than half…
Just northwest of the “grand lake” area of Washington County, it has frontage on Upper Sysladobsis, Sysladobsis, and Junior Lakes, among others. Nearly 11% of Lakeview’s area is accounted for by its lakes. Its southwestern portion contains a tract of Penobscot Indian Territory. The once very small community has been growing consistently from 1970 through 2010.
The small community’s more than doubling in population from 2000 to 2010 may be due to the selling of large tracts of woodland to private individuals for the creation of “wilderness” estates around Schoodic Lake. Lake View Plantation’s town office is located in nearby Brownville. Home to a section of public reserved land.
While growing slowly, this still small community retains its rural, farming and home town identity. Lagrange was named for the estate of the Marquis de La Fayette, the French friend of the American Revolution. See photos. A section of Maine Public Reserved Land is in the southwest corner of the township, managed for recreation and sustainable forestry.
(1921 – 1977) was born in Old Town and learned skills with woodworking from his carpenter father. In a 2005 review of his life and work, J. T. Leonard of The Times Record in Brunswick noted When artist Bernard “Blackie” Langlais died in 1977 he left behind hundreds of pieces of artwork, ranging from oil…
George Washington Ladd (1818-1892) a U.S. Representative was born in Augusta on September 28, 1818. He attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary. He was in the drug business in Bangor and later in lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery businesses. Elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March…
Consecutive Championships School No. Year Boys Cape Elizabeth 3 1998-2000 Scarborough 4 2010-2013 Girls Waynflete 3 2003-2005 GIRLS BOYS Year No Classes No Classes 1998 Waynflete Cape Elizabeth 1999 Waynflete Cape Elizabeth 2000 Bonny Eagle Cape Elizabeth 2001 Waynflete No. Yarmouth 2002 Yarmouth Cape Elizabeth 2003 Waynflete Cape Elizabeth 2004 Waynflete…
Peter Kyros (1925-2012 ) a U.S. Representative was born in Portland on July 11, 1925. He attended the public schools in Portland and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1947, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1957. Kyros father also had served in the U.S. Navy, followed…