Otter Island Ledge Day Beacon in Muscle Ridge Channel (2015)
This island group township in Knox County is just offshore from South Thomaston in the Gulf of Maine. Its more than a dozen islands includes the larger Andrews, Dix, Fisherman and Pleasant. [click images to enlarge and clarify, for these and all others]
The “shoals” refer to ledges and reefs that threaten safe passage. Otter Ledge Day Beacon in the north announces one of those hazards.
Two Bush Island Lighthouse in the Muscle Ridge Islands from near Nettle Island
Island with fishing gear near Nettle Island in the Muscle Ridge Islands (2015)
“The Neck” on Andrews Island near Nettle Island (right) in the Muscle Ridge Islands (2015)
Two Bush Island Lighthouse through an opening in the Muscle Ridge Islands in Muscle Ridge Channel from near Sprucehead Island (2015)