INDEX TO MAINE COAST HARBORS AND ANCHORAGES

Abagadasset River (Merrymeeting Bay), 110
Acadia National Park, 180, 260–262, 269, 300, 302, 304–313, 316–322; visiting by boat, 302
Adams Island (Ogunquit), 43
Addison (Pleasant River), 337
Agamenticus Yacht Club (York Harbor), 41
U.S.S. Albacore, 39
Allen Cove (Blue Hill Bay), 294
Allen Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 166, 168–169, 171
Alley Island (Mount Desert Narrows), 298
Allied Whale Project, 151, 294, 321
Amaretto, 188
America, 141
American Eagle, 200
American Revolution, 30, 34, 80, 244, 247, 299, 346, 351, 363, 368, 389
Ames Cove (Islesboro), 229, 230, 231
Anchors, Anchoring: with large tidal range, 5, 364–365
Andrews Island (Deer Island Thorofare), 259
Androsscoggin River, 110
Angel Gabriel, 148
Anguilla Island (Roque Island), 345, 346, 348, 349
Antoinette, Marie, Queen of France, 126, 128
Appalachian Mountain Club, 114, 115
Appledore, 135
Appledore Island (Isles of Shoals), 30, 32
Approaches to the coast of Maine, 24
Aquaculture, 136, 383; clams, 341; hatcheries, 341, 354; research, 144; salmon, 288, 353, 354, 385, 388, 396, 398
Archangel, 80, 168
Arnold, Benedict, 112
Arrossac, Chief, 168
Arrowsic Bridge (Sasanoa River), 113
Arundel Yacht Club (Kennebunk River), 46
Ash Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 193
Aspinquid, 29
Atlantic (Swan's Island). See Swan?s Island: Atlantic
Atlantic Challenge, 226
Atlantic Neptune (J.F.W. DesBarres), 310
Audubon, John James, 306, 437
Audubon, Maine Society, 10, 53, 81, 82, 148, 357, 395
Audubon, National Society, 55, 91, 94, 151, 152, 158, 336, 358; Casco Bay, 93; Eastern Egg Rock, 163; Hog Island, 156–157; Matinicus Rock, 186; midcoast, 163; Penobscot Bay, 151, 180, 188; Ross Island, 117
Augusta (Kennebec River), 103; tidal range, 104
Auks, 186, 330, 339, 345, 351, 353, 357, 358, 380, 395

Babbidge Island (Fox Islands Thorofare), 217
Babson Islands (Eggemoggin Reach), 284
Back Bay, N.B. (Letete Passage), 404, 405
Back Channel (Kittery), 35, 36–37
Back Cove (Casco Bay), 62
Back Cove (New Meadows River), 99
Back Cove (Sorrento), 322, 323
Back River (Inside Passage), 115
Back River (Sheepscot River), 124
Badgers Island (Piscataqua River), 34
Bagaduce River (Castine), 179, 247, 251
Bailey Island (Casco Bay), 61, 84, 85, 88, 89, 90
Baileys Mistake (Eastern Harbor), 359
Baker Island (Cranberry Islands), 302, 313, 314, 316
Bald eagles, 88, 111, 264, 330, 336, 337, 339, 341, 351, 353, 363, 386, 387
Bald Porcupine Island (Frenchman Bay), 319
Balmy Days, 164, 166
Bangor, 179, 238, 241, 245, 246–247, 306, 313
Bangs Island (Casco Bay), 76
Bar Harbor (Frenchman Bay), 229, 269, 293, 300, 302, 318–321, 322, 325, 367
Bar Harbor Yacht Club (Hulls Cove), 319, 321
Bar Island (Bar Harbor), 302, 319
Bar Island (Blue Hill Bay), 294
Bar Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390
Bar Island (Gouldsboro Bay), 334
Bar Island (Machias Bay), 351, 352
Bar Island (Muscongus Bay), 155, 169
Bar Island (Roque Island), 345, 346, 348
Bar Island (Somes Harbor), 309, 311
Bare Island (Machias Bay), 351
Bare Island (Merchants Row), 273
Bareneck Island (Inside Passage), 114
Barges, The (Blue Hill Bay), 294
Barnes Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390
Barred Islands (Penobscot Bay), 180, 257
Bartender Island (Barred Islands), 257, 258
Barters Island (Sheepscot River), 124, 125
Bartlett Harbor (North Haven Island), 212
Bartlett Island (Blue Hill Bay), 294, 298–299, 300, 301
Bartlett Narrows (Blue Hill Bay), 298–311
Barton Island (Grand Lake), 435
Basin Cove (Potts Harbor), 84
Basin Island (New Meadows River), 96
Basin, The (New Meadows River), 62, 92, 96–97
Basin, The (Vinalhaven), 222
Basket Island (Casco Bay), 72
Basket Island (Wood Island Harbor), 52
Bass, 104, 443
Bass Harbor (Mount Desert Island), 285, 286, 293, 294, 301, 302–304; Bass Harbor Bar: currents, 20
Bates Island (Casco Bay), 76
Bath (Kennebec River), 92, 103, 107–110; Inside Passage, 113, 123, 135; tidal range, 104
Bath Iron Works, 64, 67, 107–110
Bay of Fundy, 23, 331, 364, 368, 372, 392, 402, 405, 406, 408, 411, 413, 436; passages to Saint John, N.B., 403–404; tides and currents, 365, 375
Bayside (West Penobscot Bay), 238
Beal Island (Inside Passage), 114
Beals Island (Moosabec Reach), 339, 340–341, 344, 345
Bean, L.L., 79, 80, 81, 82
Beans Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390, 391
Bear Island (New Meadows River), 94, 95
Bear Island (Cranberry Islands), 304, 311, 313
Beaver Harbour (Bay of Fundy), 406
Beaver Island (Johns Bay), 148
Bedroom, The (Grand Lake), 430, 431–432
Belfast (West Penobscot Bay), 108, 179, 238–239, 241, 367
Bellamy, Captain, 351
Belleisle Bay (Saint John River), 411, 422, 424, 425, 426
Bellows, George, 167
Belyeas Cove (Washademoak Lake), 428
Belyeas Point (Long Reach), 422
Ben Island (Quahog Bay), 90
Benjamin River (Eggemoggin Reach), 282–283
Benner Island (Muscongus Bay), 168
Bernard (Bass Harbor), 303–304
Better Boating Association, 20
Bickford Island (Cape Porpoise Harbor), 50
Biddeford (Saco River), 29, 53, 54
Biddeford Pool, Biddeford Pool Yacht Club, 29, 51–53
Big Barred Island. See see Barred Islands (Penobscot Bay)
Big Barred Island (Penobscot Bay), 257
Big Cove (Washademoak Lake), 428–429
Big Garden Island (White Islands), 223
Big Hen Island (Ridley Cove), 91, 92
Big Hen Island (Winter Harbor), 218, 219
Big Moose Island (Schoodic Peninsula), 324, 327
Big White Island (Hurricane Sound), 221, 223
Billings Cove (Eggemoggin Reach), 282
Billy's Shore (Sabbathday Harbor), 236
Birch Cove (Bartlett Island), 298
Birch Cove (Passamaquoddy Bay), 393, 395
Birch Harbor (Schoodic Peninsula), 332
Birch Island (Middle Bay), 82
Birch Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 195
Birch Island (Washademoak Lake), 428
Black Island (Casco Passage), 285
Black Island (Muscongus Bay), 152
Blackbeard (Edward Teach), 32, 75
Blacks Harbour, N.B. (Bay of Fundy), 368, 403, 405; ferry to Grand Manan Island, 370, 371, 403, 405
Bliss Harbour, Bliss Islands (Bay of Fundy), 402, 404–405
Blue Hill, Blue Hill Harbor, 269, 294, 295–297, 298
Blue Hill Bay, 4, 208, 269, 285, 294, 296, 297
Blueberries, 337, 353
Bluefish, 87, 104, 443
Bluenose, 319, 321
Bluff Island (Saco Bay), 55, 57
Bocabec Cove, Bocabec River (Passamaquoddy Bay), 393, 394–395
Bois Bubert Island (Pigeon Hill Bay), 335–336
Bold Island (Merchants Row), 274, 275–276
Bombazine Island (New Meadows River), 92, 99
Boon Island (southern coast), 34, 39–40, 151
Booth Bay, 24
Boothbay Harbor, 103, 104, 107, 131, 132–135, 140, 164, 293; Inside Passage, 113–115, 123
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, 132
Bounty Cove (Islesboro), 236
Bowdoin, 108, 109, 141, 248
Bradbury, Charles, 50, 51
Bradbury Island (East Penobscot Bay), 256
Bragdon Island (New Meadows River), 98
Bragdon Island (York Harbor), 41
Bremen (Medomak River), 159
Bremen Long Island (Medomak River), 158, 159
Brewer (Penobscot River), 246
Brickyard Cove (Quahog Bay), 91
Brighams Cove (New Meadows River), 97
Brimstone Island (Penobscot Bay), 180, 228–229
Bristol, 140, 148
Broad Arrow. See Masts and the Broad Arrow
Broad Cove (Eastport), 385, 386
Broad Cove (Rockland), 197
Broad Cove (St. George River), 173
Broad Sound (Casco Bay), 61, 76, 77, 83
Brooklin (Eggemoggin Reach), 284
Brooks Cove (Goose Rock Passage), 120
Brothers Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 417, 418
Brunswick, 87, 91
Buck Island (Weir Cove), 252
Buckle Harbor (Swan's Island), 285, 286
Bucks Harbor (Eggemoggin Reach), 180, 253, 254–255, 282
Bucks Harbor Yacht Club, 254, 255
Bucks Harbor (Machias Bay), 351, 352
Bucksport (Penobscot River), 244–245, 290
Bunker Cove (Roque Island), 345, 346–347
Bunker Hole (Roque Island), 347
Bunkers Harbor (Schoodic Peninsula), 332
Buoys. See Lobster buoys; Navigation
Burgess, Abbie, 151, 187
Burnt Coat Harbor (Swan's Island), 278, 286, 287, 288–289, 294
Burnt Coat Island (New Meadows River), 92
Burnt Cove (Deer Isle), 259–260
Burnt Island (Booth Bay), 132
Burnt Island (Fox Islands Thorofare), 217
Burnt Island (Isle au Haut), 265
Burnt Island (Muscongus Bay), 48, 152, 166, 169, 171
Burnt Island (Seal Harbor, Muscle Ridge), 192, 220
Burnt Island Thorofare (Isle au Haut), 265
Burnt-Pell Passage (Isle au Haut), 265
Burr, Aaron, 112
Bush Island (Ridley Cove), 91
Bush, President George, 45, 46
Bustins Island (Casco Bay), 62, 82
Butman, S.S. William, 183
Butter Island (Penobscot Bay), 180, 257, 258

Cabbage Island (Linekin Bay), 136
Cabot Cove (Pulpit Harbor), 211
Cabot, Thomas D., 258, 353
Cadillac, Sieur Antione de la Mothe, 299
Cadillac Mountain (Mound Desert Island), 299, 300, 302, 318, 320, 322
Calais (St. Croix River), 367, 393, 398, 399
Calderwood Island (Fox Islands Thorofare), 217
Caldwell Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 169–170
Calendar Islands (Casco Bay), 61
Calf Island (Flanders Bay), 323, 324
Calf Island (Little Kennebec Bay), 349
Cambridge Narrows, N.B. (Washademoak Lake), 428, 429
Camden (Penobscot Bay), 108, 173, 179, 198, 204–208, 212, 242, 293, 310; passages east from, 209
Camden Yacht Club, 206, 207
Camp Ellis (Saco River), 53, 54
Camp Island (Merchants Row), 274, 275
Campbell Island (Greenlaw Cove), 281
Camping, 8
Campobello Island (New Brunswick), 363, 367, 375, 376–377, 378–383, 389
Canada: entering, 6, 366–367,; cruising license, 366; customs, 366–367, 371, 374, 377, 378, 382, 397, 399, 407, 409; duties, 367; Fisheries and Oceans Dept., 443
Canadian Coast Guard. See Coast Guard, Canadian
Cantons Island (Long Reach), 422, 423
Cape Elizabeth, 16, 24, 29, 57, 61, 62, 151
Cape Harbor (Cape Newagen), 116–117
Cape Island (Cape Harbor), 116
Cape Island (Cape Porpoise), 51
Cape Neddick, Cape Neddick Harbor (southern coast), 39, 42, 43
Cape Newagen (Southport Island), 24, 116–117
Cape Porpoise Harbor (southern coast), 29, 39, 48, 50–51
Cape Rosier (East Penobscot Bay), 180, 247, 251–255
Cape Small (Casco Bay), 61, 92, 103, 105
Cape Small Harbor (Casco Bay), 92–93
Cape Split, 337– 338
Card Cove (Quahog Bay), 90
Carlton Bridge (Bath), 104, 110
Carrying Place Cove (New Meadows River), 94
Carson, Rachel, 88, 116. See also Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Carter, Robert, 31, 48, 123, 196, 281
Carters Cove, Carters Point (Long Reach), 422, 423
Carver Cove (Fox Islands Thorofare), 217
Carvers Harbor (Vinalhaven), 180, 221, 225, 226–228, 278
Casco Bay (Cape Elizabeth to Cape Small), 58–99
Casco Bay, Friends of, 66
Casco Bay Island (Head Harbour Passage, N.B.), 389
Casco Passage, 269, 270, 285; currents, 20
Casino, the. See North Haven Casino
Castin, Baron de, 148, 247
Castine (East Penobscot Bay), 179, 236, 238, 241, 247–249, 250, 251, 363, 396
Castine Conservation Trust, 251
Castine Yacht Club, 248
Castle Island (Hockomock Bay), 114
Cathance River (Merrymeeting Bay), 110
Cathline Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 419
Cedar Island (Hurricane Sound), 221, 222
Cedar Island (Ises of Shoals), 31
Cedar Island (Sipp Bay), 386
Cellular phones, 22
Center Harbor (Eggemoggin Reach), 282, 283–284
Center Harbor Yacht Club (Eggemoggin Reach), 283, 284
Center Island (Quahog Bay), 89, 90
Centerboard Yacht Club (South Portland), 62, 66
Chamcook Harbour (Passamaquoddy Bay), 393, 396
Champlain, Samuel de, 103, 164, 168, 242, 247, 260, 286, 299, 318, 363, 398, 413; places named by, 57, 407
Chance Harbour, N.B. (Bay of Fundy), 407
Chandler Bay, 345, 346, 349
Chandler Cove (Great Chebeague Island), 73
Charter boats, charter companies, 440
Charts, 20; Atlantic Neptune, 310; Canadian, 364; harbor, x; region overviews, x. See also Navigation: publications
Chatto Island (Center Harbor), 283
Chauncey Creek (Pepperrell Cove), 36
Cheney Island (Grand Manan), 369
Cherry Island (Friar Roads), 378, 389
Children, sailing with, 234–235
Chipman, N.B. (Salmon River), 431, 435
Christmas Cove (Damariscotta River), 136, 139, 141, 146
Cimbria, 309
Civil War, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 94, 106, 244, 278, 344, 357
Clam Cove (Penobscot Bay), 201–202
Clam Island (Medomak River), 159
Clapboard Island (Casco Bay), 71, 72
Clark Island (Kittery), 36
Clark Island (Long Cove), 190, 278
Clearwater, 142
Cliff Island (Casco Bay), 61, 74–75, 76
Clough, Captain Samuel, 128
CNG, 12, 72, 206
Coast Guard, Canadian, 23, 357, 363, 402, 403, 408, 415, 422; at Saint John, 407; emergency numbers, 438
Coast Guard, United States, 198, 272, 289, 304, 305, 315; and lighthouses, 151; boardings, 105; Boothbay Harbor, 132; calling in emergencies, 23; Eastport, 365, 383, 384; emergency numbers, 438; Jonesport, 340, 344; navigation recommendations, 21; Penobscot River, 243; Portland, 62; Portsmouth Harbor, 33; radio monitoring, 22; rescues, 105; Rockland, 197
Cobscook Bay, 336, 354, 363, 375, 376, 378, 380, 381, 383, 386, 387–399
Cobscook Falls, 388
Cocktail Cove (Great Diamond Island), 70
Colwells Creek (Saint John River), 426, 427, 428, 429
Communications. See Cellular phones; Marine operators; VHF radio
Conary Nub (Morgan Bay), 297
Conkling, Philip, 173, 341, 380
Contention Cove (Patten Bay), 298
Contributors, 460
Coombs Cove (Islesboro), 236
Coot Islands (Merchants Row), 275
Cora F. Cressy, 157–158
Corea Harbor, 333–334
Cormorants, 117, 394
Corsair, 107
Cousins Island (Casco Bay), 72–73, 76, 78
Cousins River (Royal River), 78
Cow Island (Great Diamond Island), 70, 71
Cow Island (Medomak River), 159
Cow Island (Saco River), 54
Cows Yard, The (Head Harbor Island), 331, 339, 343–344
Cowseagan Narrows (Back River), 116
Cozy Harbor (Sheepscot River), 116, 118–119
Crab Island (Harraseeket River), 81
Cradle Cove (Seven Hundred Acre Is.), 229, 230, 231–232
Crafts Cove (Washademoak Lake), 428
Cranberry Island (Muscongus Bay), 162
Cranberry Islands (Mount Desert Island), 302, 308, 311, 313, 315, 316. See also Acadia National Park
Crane Island (Hurricane Sound), 222
Crawford Island (Kennebec River), 110
Crescent Beach (Muscle Ridge Channel), 196
Crie, Robert, 185
Criehaven. See Ragged Island (Criehaven)
Criehaven Harbor (Ragged Island), 185
Crockett Cove (Deer Isle), 259
Crockett Cove (Vinalhaven), 220, 221
Cross Island (Machias Bay), 351, 353, 354
Cross River (Sheepscot River), 125
Crotch Island (Cliff Island), 74
Crotch Island (Meduncook River), 161
Crotch Island (Merchants Row), 270, 272, 273, 274, 278
Crotch Island pinky, 74
Crotch Islands (Muscongus Bay), 157
Crow Cove (Islesboro), 229, 233
Crow Island (East Penobscot Bay), 256
Crow Island (Frenchboro), 289
Crow Island (Great Chebeague Island), 76
Crow Island (Great Diamond Island), 70
Crow Island (Mackerel Cove), 287
Crow Island (Muscongus Bay), 157
Crow Island (Reversing Falls), 413
Crow Island (Thread of Life), 146
Cruising permits. See Canada, entering; United States, entering
Crumple Island (Western Bay), 343
Cuckolds, The (Booth Bay), 105, 132; lighthouse, 24
Cumberland Bay (Grand Lake), 430, 433
Cundys Harbor (New Meadows River), 95–96
Currents. See Tides and tidal currents
Curtis Island (Camden), 204, 205, 208, 293
Cushing Island (Casco Bay), 61, 68, 71
Customs. See Canada, entering; United States, entering
Cutler (Little River), 293, 331, 354, 355–356, 357, 367, 370, 372

Dagger Island (Isle au Haut), 265
Dagger Island (North Haven Island), 218
Damarill, Humphrey, 129
Damarill?s Cove (Damariscove), 129
Damariscotta, 136–145
Damariscotta River, 49, 103, 146
Damariscove Island (Booth Bay), 103, 129–131, 135
Dark Harbor (Islesboro), 180, 229
Dark Harbour (Grand Manan), 368, 370
Darling, Ira C., Center, 49, 136, 144
Darling Island (Blue Hill Bay), 297
Dash, 81
David Island (Cozy Harbor), 119
Davies, Captain Robert, 106
Davis Cove (Muscongus Bay), 152, 161–162
Davis Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 168, 171
Davis Strait (Muscongus Bay), 152, 171
Deadheads, 104, 242, 411, 414, 425
Deadman Cove (Monhegan Island), 166
Deckers Cove (Townsend Gut), 123
Deep Cove (Eastport), 386
Deep Cove (Rockland), 197
Deep Hole (Deer Isle), 281
Deer Island (New Brunswick), 375, 376, 378, 380, 383, 384, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 396, 406
Deer Island Thorofare, 270, 274, 275, 279, 280; currents, 20
Deer Island Thorofare (Merchants Row), 180, 259, 269, 270, 272
Deer Isle, 180, 208, 256, 258, 259, 260, 269, 273, 277, 279, 280, 281, 354
Deer Isle (village), 258, 259
Deer Isle Sailing Center (Deep Hole), 281
Deer Isle Yacht Club (Sylvester Cove), 259
Delight, 313
Dennetts Island (Piscataqua River), 34
Dennys Bay (Cobscook Bay), 386
DesBarres, Joseph F.W.. See Atlantic Neptune
Devil Island (Merchants Row), 273, 274, 275–276
Diamond Cove (Great Diamond Island), 68, 70–71
Dick Island (Bocabec River), 394
Digdeguash Harbour, River (Passamaquoddy Bay), 393, 394
Dingley Cove, Dingley Island (New Meadows River), 96, 97
Dinner Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390
Dipper Harbour, N.B. (Bay of Fundy), 406–407
Discoverer, 210
Dix Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 180, 195–196, 278
Dix Island Harbor (Muscle Ridge Channel), 194
Dodge Point (Damariscotta River), 136, 144–145
Dog Island (Western Passage), 389
Dogfish Island (Vinalhaven), 220
Dogs Head Island (Harpswell Sound), 87
Donna and Mary, 182
Dorr, George B., 302
Double Shot Island (Roque Island), 345, 346, 348
Douglas Harbour, N.B. (Grand Lake), 430, 431–432
Douglas Islands (Narraguagus Bay), 336, 337
Down East (Schoodic Point to West Quoddy Head), 328–359
Down East Yacht Club (Boothbay Harbor), 133
Dram Island (Sorrento), 318, 322, 323
Drisko Island (Western Bay), 339
Drury Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 419
Duck Harbor (Isle au Haut), 260, 261–262, 302
Duck Island (Isles of Shoals), 30, 32, 117
Ducktrap Harbor (West Penobscot Bay), 237
Dudley Island (Friar Roads), 382
Dulse. See Seaweed
Dumpling Islands (Fox Islands Thorofare), 212, 213
Duncan, Rodger, 135, 136
Dunn Island (Mason Bay), 349
Duty. See Canada, entering; United States, entering
Dyer Bay, 334
Dyer Island (Pleasant Bay), 338
Dyon, 189

Eagle Island (Blue Hill Bay), 285
Eagle Island (Casco Bay), 62, 76, 77, 83
Eagle Island (Penobscot Bay), 180, 258, 259
Eagles. See Bald eagles
East Bay (Cobscook Bay), 386
East Boothbay (Damariscotta River), 141–142
East Quoddy Head (Campobello Island), 377, 378, 390
Easterly Bar Island (Roque Island), 346, 347
Eastern Bay (Frenchman Bay), 321–322
Eastern Bay (Great Wass Island), 330, 339, 340, 341, 343
Eastern Branch (Johns River), 146, 149, 150–152
Eastern Cove (Frenchboro), 291
Eastern Egg Rock (Muscongus Bay), 154, 156, 163, 167, 358; puffin project, 156, 163
Eastern Harbor (Cape Split), 331, 337, 338–339
Eastern Mark Island (Deer Island Thorofare), 270
Eastern Point Harbor (Flanders Bay), 323
Eastern River (Kennebec River), 111
Eastern Wolf Island (Bay of Fundy), 406. See also Wolves, The
Eastport (Friar Roads), 48, 330, 340, 354, 355, 363, 365, 367, 375–378, 380, 383–385, 386, 389, 396
Eastward, 135, 136
Eaton Island (East Penobscot Bay), 256
Ebenecook, 124
Ebenecook Harbor (Sheepscot River), 115, 116, 121–122
Egg Rock (Frenchman Bay), 318, 324, 327
Eggemoggin Reach, 180, 253, 254, 269, 270, 281–282, 283–285, 310; currents, 20
Eiders, 130, 131, 158, 163, 294, 348, 349, 351
Eldridge, Captain Asa, 201
Eliot, Charles W., 302, 316
Elizabeth Ann, 164
Ellingwood Rock (Seguin Island), 24, 105
Elliot (Piscataqua River), 39
Ellsworth (Union River), 298, 306, 313
EMERGENCY HELP, 23; EMERGENCY NUMBERS, 438
Emery Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 196
Enchanted Island (Merchants Row), 273
Endeavour, 107
Englishman Bay, 345, 349, 350
Ensign Islands (Gilkey Harbor), 230
Environmental advocacy groups, 10
Erbs Cove, 426
Escargot Island (Barred Islands), 257
Evandale, N.B. (Saint John River), 426, 427
Ewe Island (Merchants Row), 279

Factory Island (Saco River), 54
Fairwinds (Belleisle Bay), 425
Falls Island (Cobscook Bay), 386, 388
Falls Island Passage (Cobscook Bay), 388
Falmouth Foreside (Casco Bay), 62, 71–72
False Whitehead Harbor (Muscle Ridge Channel), 193
Fan Island (Little Kennebec Bay), 350
Fanjoys Point (Grand Lake), 432–433
Farnahm Cove (Damariscotta River), 141
Farnsworth Art Museum (Rockland), 198, 200
Federal Harbor, Federal Island (Cobscook Bay), 387
Ferry Beach (Saco Bay), 53, 54
Ferry service, 441
Fiddle Head Island (East Penobscot Bay), 256
Fiddlehead Island (Hurricane Sound), 221, 222
Fires, fire-danger broadcasts, permits, 8, 9
Fisherman Island Passage (Booth Bay), 132
Fisherman?s Cove (Cliff Island), 74, 75
Fishing, fishermen, 9, 10; cod, 30, 41, 443; herring, 156, 157, 372, 383; salmon, 443; sea urchins, 98; sport, 114, 117, 443; tuna, 84, 85, 120; VHF channels, 22
Fishing Island (Portsmouth Harbor), 36
Five Fathom Hole (Musquash Harbour), 407
Five Islands (Sheepscot River), 116, 118, 119–120
Five Islands Yacht Club, 119
Flake Island (Isle au Haut), 263, 265
Flanders Bay (Frenchman Bay), 324
Flash Island (Ridley Cove), 91
Flat Island (West Penobscot Bay), 233
Flea Island (Pleasant Point Gut), 172
Fletcher Neck (Biddeford Pool), 51
Flint Island (Narraguagus Bay), 336
Float plan, 6
Flowers Cove (Grand Lake), 434
Flying Dragon, 108
Fog, 14, 16, 339; at Petit Manan, 334; at Machias Seal Island, 357; in Bay of Fundy, 402; navigating in, 17–18; gauging current in, 20
Folly Island (Bartlett Narrows), 298, 300
Folly Island (Cape Porpoise), 50
Foraging, 9, 229
Fore River (Casco Bay), 62
Fore River (Portland), 62
Forresters Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 421
Fort Baldwin (Popham Beach), 106
Fort Charles (Pemaquid Harbor), 148
Fort Constitution (Portsmouth Harbor), 34
Fort Edgecomb (Sheepscot River), 128
Fort Foster (Gerrish Island), 36
Fort Frederick, 148
Fort George (Castine), 238, 247, 248, 250
Fort Gorges (Portland Harbor), 62, 68, 244
Fort Island (Damariscotta River), 136, 143
Fort Island (Stage Island Harbor), 51
Fort Kent, 243
Fort Kent (Penobscot River), 244
Fort Knox (Penobscot River), 179, 241, 244, 245
Fort Madison (Castine), 247, 248
Fort McClary (Pepperrell Cove), 35, 36
Fort McKinley (Great Diamond Island), 70, 71
Fort Pemaquid (Pemaquid Harbor), 147
Fort Pentagoet (Castine), 247
Fort Point Cove (Penobscot River), 242–243
Fort Popham (Kennebec River), 106, 244; tidal range, 104
Fort Preble (South Portland), 66, 244
Fort St. George (Kennebec River), 106
Fort Scammell (Casco Bay), 244
Fort William and Mary (Portsmouth Harbor), 34
Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Harbor), 148
Foster Island (Johns River), 150
Fox Island (Cobscook Bay), 388
Fox Islands (Penobscot Bay), 180, 210. See aslo Fox Islands Thorofare; North Haven; Vinalhaven
Fox Islands Thorofare (Penobscot Bay), 180, 209, 210, 212–213, 214–218, 220, 259, 270; currents, 20
Francis Todd, 320
Franklin Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 161, 162
Fredericton, N.B. (Saint John River), 403, 411, 435, 436–437
Fredericton Yacht Club, 437
Freeport, 79, 81
Freese Island (Pickering Cove), 280
French Lake (Grand Lake), 411, 430, 435
Frenchboro (Long Island), 262, 269, 289–291, 294, 302
Frenchman Bay, 4, 269, 294, 318, 323, 324, 327, 336
Friar Roads, 378, 384, 389
Friars Bay (Campobello Island), 376, 379
Friends of Nature, 276
Friendship Harbor (Muscongus Bay), 152, 160–161
Friendship Long Island (Muscongus Bay), 161, 162
Friendship sloops, 114, 132, 135, 136, 160, 161, 174, 284, 344; illus., 100-101, 160, 183
Frye Island, N.B. (Bay of Fundy), 402, 404, 405
Fuel, 12; availability Downeast, 331
Fundy and Saint John region (Passamaquoddy Bay to Fredericton), 400–437
Fundy Traffic, 23, 363, 371, 403, 407, 408, 415

Gage, Colonel Thomas, 429
Gagetown Island (Saint John River), 430, 431, 435
Gagetown, N.B. (Saint John River), 411, 426, 429–430, 435
Galley Cove (Bartlett Island), 299
Gardiner (Kennebec River), 104, 112–113; tidal range, 104
Garrison Island (Friendship Harbor), 161
Gay Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 160, 162, 172
George Island (Ridley Cove), 91, 92
Georges Harbor (Muscongus Bay), 152, 168–169
Georges Islands (Muscongus Bay), 168
Georgetown Island (Sheepscot River), 116
Gerrish Island (Pepperrell Cove), 36
Ghost Island (Belleisle Bay), 425
Gibson, Charles Dana, 231
Gifte of God, 106
Gilbert, Captain Raleigh, 106
Gilbert Island (Saint John River), 436
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 242
Gilkey Harbor (Islesboro), 229, 230, 231, 237
Gilpatrick Cove (Northeast Harbor), 307
Goat Island (Cape Porpoise), 50, 51
Goat Island (Grand Lake), 434
Goat Island (Kennebecasis Bay), 418
Goat Island (Portsmouth, N.H.), 39
Gomez, Estavan, 164
Goose Cove (Blue Hill Bay), 301
Goose River (Rockport), 203, 204, 310
Goose Rock Passage, 113, 115, 116, 120, 121
Gooseberry Island (Biddeford Pool), 52
Gooseberry Island (Toohacher Bay), 288
Gorgeana, 41
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, 41, 73, 129
Goslings, The (Casco Bay), 83
Gosnold, Bartholomew, 45, 154
Gosport Harbor (Isles of Shoals), 30, 31
Gouldsboro Bay, 334
Governor Curtis, 221
GPS, 18, 21, 363
Grand Bay (Saint John River), 416, 417–418, 419, 421, 422
Grand Harbour (Grand Manan), 373, 375
Grand Lake (Saint John River), 403, 411, 430, 431–435
Grand Manan Channel, 24, 331, 365, 370, 402; currents, 20, 370
Grand Manan Island (New Brunswick), 17, 293, 355, 356, 359, 363, 367, 368–369, 370–375, 380, 382, 385, 389, 403; passages to, 370
Granite, 180, 190, 197, 224, 226, 228, 272, 274, 275, 277–278, 295; quarries, 195–196, 228, 272, 278, 280, 289, 308
Grassy Island (Long Reach), 422, 423
Great Bay (Piscataqua River), 34, 38, 39
Great Beach (Roque Island), 347, 348, 349
Great Chebeague Island (Casco Bay), 61, 62, 72, 73, 76
Great Cove (Bartlett Island), 299
Great Cove (Piscataqua River), 39
Great Cranberry Island (Mound Desert), 304, 311, 313–314
Great Diamond Island (Casco Bay), 70, 71
Great Duck Island, 264
Great Spruce Head Island (Penobscot Bay), 180, 257, 259
Great Spruce Island (Roque Island), 345, 346, 347, 348
Great Wass Island, 330, 331, 337, 339, 341, 343
Green Island (Eastern Bay), 341
Green Island (Laireys Narrows), 221
Green Island (Merchants Row), 273; illus., 275
Green Island (Petit Manan Point), 56, 334, 335, 395
Green Islands (Ebenecook Harbor), 116, 122
Green Islands (Penobscot Bay), 179, 180, 184
Greening Island (Somes Sound), 308
Greenland Cove (Muscongus Sound), 152, 154, 156, 157
Greenlaw Cove (Deer Isle), 281
Greens Island (Vinalhaven), 225, 226
Gregorys Point (Long Reach), 422
Grimross Island (Saint John River), 435
Grindel Point (Islesboro), 232, 237
Grindstone Neck (Winter Harbor), 318, 324, 325
Grog Island (Merchants Row), 273, 279
Guillemots, 264, 349
Gulf of Maine, 29
Gulls. See Seagulls
Gut, The (Biddeford Pool), 51, 52
Gut, The (South Bristol): east, 146, 147; west, 139–141

Haddock Island (Muscongus Bay), 154
Hakluyt, 242
Haley, Captain Samuel, 32
Haley?s Cove (Isles of Shoals), 32
Halfway Rock (Casco Bay), 16, 61, 75, 83
Halifax Island (Roque Island), 345, 348, 349
Hall, Ebenezer, 184, 185
Hall Island (Muscongus Bay), 162–163
Hall Quarry (Somes Sound), 278, 307, 308
Ham Loaf Island (Card Cove), 90
Hampden (Penobscot River), 246
Harbor Island (Bucks Harbor), 254
Harbor Island (Burnt Coat Harbor), 288
Harbor Island (Frenchboro), 289, 290
Harbor Island (Merchants Row), 279
Harbor Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 162–163
Harbor Island (Naskeag Harbor), 284
Harbor Island (New Meadows River), 89, 94, 95
Harbor seals. See Seals
Harbors: ratings, xiv; symbols, xi
Harbour Bridge (Saint John, N.B.), 413
Harbour de Lute (Campobello Island), 376, 379
Hardhead Island (East Penobscot Bay), 258, 259
Hardwood Island (Bartlett Narrows), 300, 301
Hardwood Island (Merchant Row), 263, 265
Hardwood Island (Merchants Row), 279
Hardwood Island (Moosabec Reach), 340
Hardwood Island (Passamaquoddy Bay), 392
Hardy, 154; Hardy III, 164, 166
Hardy Island (Medomak River), 159
Harkness, 182, 247
Harmon Harbor (Sheepscot River), 118, 120
Harpswell Harbor (Harpswell Sound), 86
Harpswell Neck (Casco Bay), 61, 83, 84, 86
Harpswell Sound (Casco Bay), 61, 85, 86, 87
Harraseeket River (Casco Bay), 62, 79–81
Harraseeket Yacht Club (South Freeport), 62, 81
Harrington Bay, Harrington Riuer, 337
Harris, Anita, 251
Harris Island (York River), 40, 41
Haskell Island (Merriconeag Sound), 84
Hassam, Childe, 30
Hatchet Cove (Muscongus Bay), 160
Hatfield Point, N.B. (Belleisle Bay), 424, 426
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 30
Hay Island (Seal Bay), 220
Haycock Harbor (eastern coast), 359
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 280
Head Harbor (Isle au Haut), 260, 261
Head Harbor (Head Harbor Island), 334, 343–344
Head Harbor Island (Eastern Bay), 338, 339, 341
Head Harbour (Campobello Island), 367, 370, 376, 377
Head Harbour (Campobello), 365, 378
Head Harbour Island (Campobello Island, N.B.), 377
Head Harbour Passage, 375, 376, 377, 378, 381, 384, 389, 390; currents, 20, 378
Heads, 9. See also Pump-out stations
Heart Island (East Penobscot Bay), 258
Helen J. Steitz, 207
Hells Half Acre (Merchants Row), 273, 275, 276
Help, emergency. See Emergency Help
Hendricks Harbor (Sheepscot River), 119
Henry Cove (Winter Harbor), 324, 326
Henry Islands (Smith Cove), 250
Heritage, 200
Hermit Island (Cape Small Harbor)), 92, 93
Herons, 82, 83, 92
Hesper, 108, 116, 126, 127
Hewett Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 194
Hickey Island (Little Kennebec Bay), 350
High Head Yacht Club (Harpswell Sound), 87
High Island (Poorhouse Cove), 149
High Island (Tenants Harbor), 190
High Island, High Island Harbor (Muscle Ridge Channel), 195–196
Hinckley, Henry R. & Co., 306–307
Hockomock Bay (Inside Passage), 114–116
Hockomock Channel (Medomak River), 158–159
Hodgdon Cove (Townsend Gut), 123
Hodgdon Island (Back River), 124
Hodgsons Island (Damariscotta River), 143
Hog Island (Cobscook Bay), 387
Hog Island (Damariscotta River), 145
Hog Island (Digdeguash River), 394
Hog Island (Marsh Cove), 218
Hog Island (Metinic Island), 181
Hog Island (Moose Snare Cove), 350
Hog Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 156–157, 158, 358
Hog Island (Saint John River), 422, 424, 426
Hog Island (Washademoak Lake), 427, 428
Hog Island Passage (Belleisle Bay), 424
Holbrook Island (Cape Rosier), 248, 251, 252; harbor, 251; sanctuary, 250, 251, 252
Hole-in-the-Wall (Saint John River), 426, 427
Holmes Bay (Machias Bay), 351
Home Harbor (Muscle Ridge Channel), 194
Homer, Winslow, 56, 67
Hopkins, Eric, 213, 215
Hopkins Island (New Meadows River), 96
Hornbarn Cove (Muscongus Bay), 161
Horne, Sir William Van, 396
Horse Island (Potts Harbor), 83
Horseshoe Cove (Cape Rosier), 253–254
Hospital Island (Smith Cove), 249
House Island (Casco Bay), 68
How to use this book, xiv–xv
Howard Cove (Machias Bay), 351, 352
Huestis Island (Saint John River), 431
Hulls Cove (Frenchman Bay), 300
Human waste. See Heads; Pump-out stations
Hungry Island (Medomak River), 159
Hunting Island (Sheepscot River), 116
Hupper Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 171
Hurricane holes. See Hurricanes, hurricane holes
Hurricane Island (Hurricane Sound), 194, 212, 221, 224–225, 278
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS), 10, 23, 169, 180, 186, 188, 198, 200, 218, 220, 224–225, 351, 353
Hurricane Sound (Penobscot Bay), 180, 220–226
Hurricanes, hurricane holes, 14, 15
Hussey Sound (Casco Bay), 61, 71
Hutchins Island (Islesboro), 230, 236

Ice, 12; harvesting, 91, 93, 140, 141
Indian Creek (Vinalhaven), 228
Indian Island (Head Harbor Passage, N.B.), 389
Indian Island (Kennebecasis Bay), 418
Indian Island (Rockport Harbor), 151, 203
Indian Lake (Grand Lake), 411, 430, 435
Indiana, Robert, 227
Indians, 55, 174, 197, 228, 229, 242, 247, 248, 352; Indian attacks, wars, 7, 29, 34, 42, 46, 51, 69, 112, 117, 129, 148, 168, 184, 185; land deals, 154; middens, 124, 145, 345; Passamaquoddy Tribe, 389; place names, 111, 114, 136, 181, 241, 294, 299, 336, 351, 368, 386, 389, 392, 406, 418, 429; Sagamores, 116; taken by Waymouth expedition, 168. See also Norumbega
Indiantown Island (Townsend Gut), 124
Ingalls Head (Grand Manan), 373, 375
Ingram, David, 242
Inner Duck Rock (Monhegan Island), 166
Inner Harbor (Southeast Harbor), 280
Inner Harbor (Winter Harbor), 326
Inner Heron Island (Damariscotta River), 139, 146
Inside Passage (Bath to BoothBay Harbor), 103, 104, 107, 113–115, 116, 120, 123–124, 135
Introduction to cruising in Maine, 2–25
Ironbound Island (Frenchman Bay), 269, 318
Irony Island (Casco Bay), 83
Isaac H. Evans, 282
Island Institute, ix, 10, 168, 173, 186
Islands, general, landing on, 7–8
Isle au Haut (Penobscot Bay), 180, 208, 260–261, 262–265, 269, 270, 273, 276, 285, 293, 296, 300, 302; lighthouse, 151. See also Acadia National Park
Isle au Haut (village), 260, 262, 263
Isle au Haut Thorofare, 260, 261, 262–265, 372
Isle of Bacchus (Richmond Island), 57
Isle of Pines (Long Reach), 423
Isle of Springs (Sheepscot River), 115, 116, 124
Isles of Shoals, 29, 30–32, 39, 117
Islesboro Harbor (Islesboro), 237
Islesboro Island (Penobscot Bay), 180, 209, 229–230, 251
Islesford. See Little Cranberry Island
Islesford Ferry, 313
Issac H. Evans, 200

Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor), 302, 321
Jackson, President Andrew, 212, 243, 244
Jamaica Island (Piscataqua River), 36
Jefferson, President Thomas, 108, 128, 364
Jemseg River (Saint John River), 403, 430, 431
Jenkins Cove (Belleisle Bay), 424, 425, 426
Jenny Island (Ridley Cove), 89, 91
Jericho Bay, 262, 265, 269, 270, 281, 285
Jewell Island (Casco Bay), 61, 73, 75–76
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 30, 189
Job Island (Islesboro), 230
John F. Randall, 140
John Island (Bartlett Narrows), 298
Johns Bay, 139, 146–175, 149
Johns Island (Casco Passage), 285
Johns Island (Johns Bay), 148
Johns River (Johns Bay), 149, 150
Johnson Bay (Lubec), 382, 383
Johnson Cove (Little Kennebec Bay), 349
Jones Cove (Damariscotta River), 142
Jones, John Paul, 34
Jonesport (Moosabec Reach), 277, 293, 339, 340, 341, 344–345, 346, 357
Jordan Island (Frenchman Bay), 318, 324
Jordan River (Mount Desert Narrows), 322
Jordans Delight (Narraguagus Bay), 337, 338
Josiah's River (Ogunquit), 43
Joy Bay (Gouldsboro Bay), 334

Katona, Steven, 293
Keirsteadville, N.B. (Belleisle Bay), 424
Kench, Thomas, 286
Kennebec River, 16, 24, 29, 92, 93, 103–104, 105–112, 136, 140, 149, 170, 336; currents, 104; tidal range, 19
Kennebecasis Bay (Saint John River), 411, 416, 418, 419, 420, 421
Kennebecasis Island (Saint John River), 416, 417, 418, 419
Kennebecasis River (Kennebecasis Bay), 418, 421
Kennebeccasis Yacht Club. See Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club
Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, 29, 45–49, 108, 132, 293
Kennebunk River. See Kennebunk, Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport Conservation Trust, 51
Kent Cove (Fox Islands Thorofare), 216
Kent, Rockwell, 167
Ketepec, N.B. (Grand Bay), 416, 417
Kidd, Captain, 32, 75
Killick Stone Island (Muscongus Bay), 154
Kimball Island (Isle au Haut Thorofare), 262, 263, 264
King, Steven, 246
Kingston Creek (Belleisle Bay), 424–425
Kittery, Kittery Point, 29, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 108, 367
Kittery Point Yacht Club, 38
Knight Island (Eastern Bay), 342–343
Knox, Major General Henry, 175, 240, 244
Knubble Bay (Inside Passage), 115, 121
Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club (Blue Hill Harbor), 294, 295, 296
Kress, Stephen, 156, 163, 358

Laireys Island, Laireys Narrows (Hurricane Sound), 221, 222
Lakeman Island, Lakeman Harbor (Roque Island), 345, 346, 348
Lasell Island (Penobescot Bay), 208
Lasell Island (Penobscot Bay), 209
Laundry Cove (Isle au Haut), 264, 265
Laura B., 164, 166, 170, 171, 172
Lazygut Islands (Deer Island Thorofare), 270
Leadbetter Island, Leadbetter Narrows (Hurricane Sound), 220–221
Leavitt Island (Ridley Cove), 92
Lee Cove (Saint John River), 416
Lems Cove (Bucks Harbor), 254
Letang Harbour, N.B. (Letang River), 404, 405
Letang River (Bay of Fundy), 405
Letete Passage (New Brunswick), 365, 375–377, 389, 392, 402–406; currents, 20
Levett, Captain Christopher, 40, 116
Lewis Cove (Linekin Bay), 135–136
Lewis R. French, 108
Libby Islands (Machias Bay), 108, 351
Liberty, 141
Liberty ships, 66
Lighthouses, 151; museums, 151, 172, 201, 232, 373, 437. See also Burgess, Abbie
Lime, 108, 174, 180, 197, 202, 203, 204
Lime Island (Penobscot Bay), 209
Lincolnville Beach (West Penobscot Bay), 202, 229, 230, 232, 233, 237
Lindbergh, Charles and Anne Morrow, 223
Linekin Bay (Booth Bay), 135–136
Lines Island (Kennebec River), 110
Little Barred Island (Penobscot Bay), 257
Little Bay (Piscataqua River), 39
Little Birch Island (Casco Bay), 83
Little Brimstone Island (Isle au Haut Bay), 228, 229
Little Burnt Island (Muscongus Bay), 169
Little Bustins Island (Casco Bay), 62, 81
Little Chebeague Island (Casco Bay), 73
Little Cranberry Island (Mound Desert), 302, 314–315, 316, 317; Little Cranberry Yacht Club, 314
Little Deer Isle, 256
Little Deer Isle (Penobscot Bay), 180, 254
Little Diamond Island (Casco Bay), 70, 71
Little Eaton Island (East Penobscot Bay), 256
Little Garden Island (White Islands), 223
Little Green Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 195
Little Harbor (New Hampshire), 33, 34
Little Hen Island (Seal Bay), 219, 220
Little Hurricane Island (Hurricane Sound), 221
Little Jewell Island (Casco Bay), 75
Little Kennebec Bay (Englishman Bay), 349, 350
Little Machias Bay, 355
Little Mark Island (Casco Bay), 77
Little Moshier Island (Casco Bay), 78
Little Oak Island (Montsweag Bay), 116
Little River, Little River Island. See Cutler
Little River (Damariscotta River), 137, 175
Little Sheepscot River, 116, 120
Little Snow Island (Quahog Bay), 90
Little Spruce Island (Roque Island), 345–347
Little Thorofare (Fox Islands Thorofare), 217
Little White Island (White Islands), 223
Littlejohn Island (Casco Bay), 73
Lobster buoys: avoiding entanglement, 5–6
Lobster Cove (Muscle Ridge Channel), 193
Lobster Island (Southern Harbor), 214
Lobsterboat races, 272, 324, 344
Lobsters, lobstering, 10, 48–49, 320, 368; lobster pounds, 93
Locust Island (Medomak River), 159
Long Cove (Harpswell Sound), 84, 87–88
Long Cove (Hurricane Sound), 221–222
Long Cove (Tenants Harbor), 190–191
Long Cove (West Penobscot Bay), 240, 241
Long Island (Blue Hill Bay), 294, 297
Long Island (Casco Bay), 61, 71, 73
Long Island (Cobscook Bay), 387
Long Island (Digdeguash River), 394
Long Island (Frenchboro). See Frenchboro
Long Island (Kennebecasis Bay), 418, 419, 420
Long Island (New Meadows River), 97, 98
Long Island (Saint John River), 427
Long Point (Belleisle Bay), 426
Long Point Island (Quahog Bay), 89
Long Porcupine Island (Frenchman Bay), 318
Long Reach (Saint John River), 411, 416, 421–422, 423, 424
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 30, 64
Loons, 148
Loran, 17, 18; interference, 18, 21, 331, 351, 370; use in Canada, 21, 363, 370
Lords Cove (Deer Island, N.B.), 389, 391
Louds Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 154–155, 156
Love Cove (Ebenecook Harbor), 116, 121, 122
Lovell, General Solomon, 250
Lowell Cove (Wills Gut), 89, 90
Lower Goose Island (Casco Bay), 83
Lower Hell Gate (Inside Passage), 20, 113, 114–115, 121, 135
Lower Musquash Island (Saint John River), 426, 427, 428
Lower Saint Marys, N.B. (Saint John River), 437
Loyalists. See United Empire Loyalists
Lubec, 293, 357, 359, 363, 365, 367, 375, 377, 380, 381–382
Lubec Narrows, 365, 375, 376, 381–382; currents, 20
Luckse Sound (Casco Bay), 61
Lunging Island (Isles of Shoals), 30, 32
Lunt Harbor (Frenchboro), 289–291
Luther Little, 108, 116, 126, 127

Machias (Machias River), 351
Machias Bay, 337, 351, 355
Machias River (Machias Bay), 117, 351, 352–353
Machias Seal Island, 163, 330, 345, 355, 356–358, 374, 380, 395
Machiasport (Machias River), 352–353
Mackerel Cove (Bailey Island), 84–85
Mackerel Cove (Swan's Island), 285, 286–287
MacMahan Island (Sheepscot River), 115, 116, 120
MacMillan, Admiral Donald, 77, 108, 141, 248
Mactaquac Dam (Saint John River), 403, 411, 436, 437
Maddock Cove (Ebenecook Harbor), 121, 122
Magaguadavic River (Passamaquoddy Bay), 393–394
Magellan, Ferdinand, 297
Maine: approaches to, 24; cruising season, 4; length of coast, 4; number of islands, 4
Maine Audubon Society. See Audubon, Maine Society
Maine Coast Heritage Trust, 10, 230, 252, 255, 316, 356
Maine Island Trail, Maine Island Trail Association, ix, 7, 8, 10, 76, 97, 273, 349
Maine Maritime Academy, 247, 248
Maine Maritime Academy (Castine), 179, 248, 249, 250
Maine Maritime Museum (Bath), 49, 107, 109, 200
Maine Seacoast Missionary Society, 184
Maine, State of; Bureau of Public Lands, 106, 144; Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 111, 443; Dept. of Marine Resources, 49, 135, 190, 443
Maine Watercraft Museum, 175
Maine Yankee (Montsweag Bay), 115
Malaga Island (Isles of Shoals), 30, 32
Malaga Island (New Meadows River), 92, 94–95
Malden Island (Five Islands), 119–120
Man Island (Head Harbor), 344
Manana Island (Monhegan), 24, 164, 165, 167
Manawagonish Island (Bay of Fundy), 408
Manset (Southwest Harbor), 306–307
Maple Juice Cove (St. George River), 150, 170, 173
Maquapit Lake (Grand Lake), 411, 430, 435
Maquoit Bay (Casco Bay), 61, 70, 82
Marble Cove (Saint John River), 416
Margaretta, 351
Marine mammal stranding hotline, 138, 293
Marine operators, 22, 23
Mark Island (Deer Island Thorofare), 259
Mark Island (Kennebec River), 106
Mark Island (Moosabec Reach), 344
Mark Island (Penobscot Bay), 209; lighthouse, 270
Mark Island (Winter Harbor), 324
Marsh Cove (North Head Island), 218
Marsh Island (Cape Split), 338
Marsh Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 154–155
Marsh Island (Roque Island), 345, 348
Marsh Island Harbor (Muscongus Bay), 155
Marshall Point (Port Clyde), 103, 151, 170–172
Mary and John, 106
Mason Bay (Chandler Bay), 349
Masts and the Broad Arrow, 64, 80
Mather Island (Kennebecasis Bay), 420
Mathews Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 421
Matinicus Island, Matinicus Harbor, 108, 179, 180, 181–185
Matinicus Rock, 163, 179, 180, 186–188, 293, 358, 380, 395; lighthouse, 24, 151, 183, 186, 187, 201; passages to, 24
Mayflower, 129
McCloskey, Robert, 235, 254
McCormack Cove (Kennebecasis Island), 416, 417
McFarland Island (Boothbay Harbor), 132
McFarlands Cove (Johns Bay), 146
McGee Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 169
McGlathery Island (Merchants Row), 273, 274, 276
McHeard Cove (Blue Hill Bay), 297
McLane, Charles, 195
McMaster Island (Letete Passage), 376, 392
Meadow Cove (Damariscotta River), 142
Medomak (Medomak River), 158–175
Medomak River (Muscongus Bay), 144, 150, 158–159, 160
Meduncook River (Muscongus Bay), 161
Meehans Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 421
Memorial Bridge (Portsmouth-Kittery), 38
Menhaden (pogies), 87, 443
Merchant Island, Merchant Harbor, 263, 265, 274, 279
Merchant Row (passage), 262, 263, 265, 269, 270; currents, 20
Merchants Row (islands), 180, 269, 270, 273–274, 275–279
Merepoint Bay (Casco Bay), 61, 82
Merepoint Yacht Club, 82
Merriconeag Sound (Casco Bay), 61, 84
Merriconeag Yachting Association (Harpswell Harbor), 86
Merritt Island (New Meadows River), 99
Merrymeeting Bay (Kennebec River), 103, 110
Metinic Island (Penobscot Bay), 179, 180, 181
Metric system, conversion, 364, 375
Midcoast (Cape Small to Marshall Point), 100–175
Middle Bay (Casco Bay), 61
Middle Hardwood Island (Eastern Bay), 341
Milbridge (Narraguagus River), 337
Milkish Channel (Saint John River), 416, 417, 419
Mill Cove (Grand Lake), 430, 432
Mill Cove (Harpswell Sound), 86
Mill Cove (Long Reach), 423
Mill Cove (New Meadows River), 99
Mill Cove (Quahog Bay), 91
Mill River (Winter Harbor, Vinalhaven), 218
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 208
Million Dollar Bridge (Portland), 62, 66, 67
Minister Island (Passamaquoddy Bay), 396
Ministerial Island (Casco Bay), 76
Mink Island (Cross Island), 353
Mink Island (Eastern Bay), 341
Minturn (Swan's Island). See Swan?s Island: Minturn
Miss Lizzie, 260
Mistake Cove (Long Reach), 423–424
Mistake Intervale (Long Reach), 422–424
Mistake Island, Mistake Island Harbor (Eastern Bay, 331, 339, 341, 342–343, 343
Mohawk Island (Letete Passage), 392
Monckton, Colonel Robert, 429
Monhegan Island, 103, 105, 129, 135, 152, 164–167, 186; excursions to, 154, 164, 171, 172; lighthouse, 24, 151, 164, 167; passages to, 24
Monroe Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 196
Montsweag Bay (Inside Passage), 115–116
Moore, Ruth, 302
Moores Harbor (Isle au Haut), 262
Moorings, 11. See also Anchors, Anchoring
Moosabec Reach, 310, 339, 340, 341, 344; currents, 20
Moose Island (Blue Hill Bay), 301
Moose Island (Eastport), 383, 386, 389, 406
Moose Island (Stonigton), 272
Moose Snare Cove (Little Kennebec Bay), 350
Morgan Bay (Blue Hill Bay), 297
Morgan, Dodge, 63
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 310, 346
Morse Cove (Penobscot River), 243
Morse Island (Muscongus Bay), 160, 162
Moshier Island (Casco Bay), 81
Mosquito Cove (Saint John River), 416
Mosquito Island (Penobscot Bay), 171
Mount Agamenticus, 29
Mount Desert (Isle au Haut to Schoodic Point), 266–327
Mount Desert Island, 4, 208, 260, 269, 270, 275, 285, 287, 290, 293, 294, 296, 299–300, 301–313, 316–321, 322, 324, 325, 327, 334, 343, 367, 370; passages to, 24; visibility, 24
Mount Desert Narrows, 298, 321–322
Mount Desert Rock, 186, 269, 293, 294, 313; lighthouse, 24, 151, 294; passages to, 24
Mount Katahdin, 55, 241
Mouse Island (Burnt-Pell Passage), 265
Mouse Island (Penobscot Bay), 209
Mouse Island (Perry Creek), 215
Mud Hole (Great Wass Island), 339, 341–342
Muddy River (Merrymeeting Bay), 110
Muir, Emily, 275
Mullen Cove (North Haven Island, 217
Muscle Ridge Channel (Penobscot Bay), 180, 181, 191–192, 193–197
Muscongus Bay, 103, 150–153, 154–175, 358
Muscongus Sound (Muscongus Bay), 152, 155, 156
Musquash Harbour, River, N.B. (Bay of Fundy), 407
Musquash Island (Musquash Harbour), 407
Mussels, 190, 354; and red tide, 190; cultured, 191, 218

Narraguagus Bay, Narraguagus River, 337, 338, 372
Narrows, The (Damariscotta River), 143, 144
Naskeag Harbor (Eggemoggin Reach), 284–285
Natalie Todd, 320
National Audubon Society. See Audubon, National Society
Nature Conservancy, The, 10, 72, 82, 83, 130, 131, 223, 228, 256, 260, 264, 276, 278, 294, 318, 322, 330, 335, 336, 339, 341, 343, 349, 351, 352, 353, 387
Nautilus Island (Castine), 247, 250, 251
Navigation, 13; Bay of Fundy, Passamaquoddy Bay, 363–364; Canadian buoyage, 363; publications, 21, 364; Saint John River, 411; waypoints: calculating, lists, 21
Navy Island (St. Andrews, N.B.), 396, 397
Negro Island (Bagaduce River), 251
Negro Island (Biddeford Pool), 52
Nevers Island (Saint John River), 431
New Castle, N.H. (Portsmouth Harbor), 33
New Harbor (Muscongus Bay), 149, 152, 154, 164, 293
New Meadows River (Casco Bay), 61, 62, 88, 91, 92–93, 94-99
Newcastle (Damariscotta River), 128, 136, 144, 145
Newcastle Creek (Grand Lake), 430, 434
Nigh Duck (Monhegan Island), 166
No Mans Island (Merchants Row), 276
No Mans Land (Matinicus), 183
North Haven (village), 180, 211, 212, 214–215, 229
North Haven Casino (North Haven Yacht Club), 214
North Haven Island (Penobscot Bay), 180, 200, 209, 210, 212, 213
North Head (Grand Manan), 367, 368, 370–373, 374
Northeast Arm (Grand Lake), 430, 433, 435
Northeast Cove (Dyer Island), 338
Northeast Harbor (Cross Island), 353
Northeast Harbor (Mount Desert Island), 269, 293, 302, 304, 307, 310, 311–313, 314, 316, 318
Northeast Harbor Fleet (Gilpartick Cove), 307
Northern Harbour (Deer Island, N.B.), 390
Northern Island (Long Cove), 190
Northport Yacht Club (Bayside), 238
Northwest Cove (Dyer Island), 298
Northwest Harbor (Cross Island), 353
Northwest Harbor (Deer Isle), 258
Northwest Harbour (Deer Island, N.B.), 389, 390–391
Norton, Captain Barna, 345, 357
Norton Island (Seal Harbor, Muscle Ridge), 192
Norumbega, 241
Notices to Maine Cruisers, xiii, 460
Notices to Mariners, 20, 21
Nottingham, 39
Nubble, The (Metinic Island), 181

Oak Bay (St. Croix River), 399
Oak Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 195
Oak Point (Long Reach), 411, 423, 424
Oak Point, cove west of (Townsend Gut), 123
Oakhurst Island (Ridley Cove), 92
Oar Island, Oar Island Cove (Hockomock Channel), 157–158, 159
Ocean Star, 67
Oceanside Conservation Trust, 74
Odiorne State Park (New Hampshire), 33
Ogilvie, Elizabeth, 185
Ogunquit (southern coast), 43, 44
Old Cove (Matinicus), 184
Old Harbor (Vinalhaven), 225, 226
Old Man Island (Little Machias Bay), 158, 353, 380
Old Orchard Beach (southern coast), 29
Old Sow (Western Passage), 365, 376, 380, 384, 389, 396
Opechee Island (Casco Passage), 285
Orcutt Harbor (Cape Rosier), 254
Oromocto, N.B. (Saint John River), 435, 436
Oromocto Boat Club (Saint John River), 436
Oromocto Island (Saint John River), 436
Oromocto River (Saint John River), 436
Orono Island (Casco Passage), 285, 287
Orrs Cove (Quahog Bay), 90–91
Orrs Island (Casco Bay), 61, 84, 85, 88, 89
Orrs-Bailey Yacht Club (Merriconeag Sound), 85
Ospreys, 88, 126, 210, 330, 336, 337, 348, 351, 424
Otis Cove (St. George River), 152, 170, 173
Otok, 131
Otter Cove (Eastern Harbor), 338
Otter Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 195
Otter Island (Muscongus Bay), 162
Outer Bar Island (Corea), 333, 334
Outward Bound School. See Hurricane Island Outward Bound School (HIOBS)
Oven Mouth (Cross River), 20, 125
Owls Head, Owls Head Harbor (Penobscot Bay), 191, 196–197, 310; lighthouse, 151, 198; transportation museum, 201
Ox Island, Ox Island Channel (Saint John River), 436

Palmer Creek (Saint John River), 427
Palmer Island (Medomak River), 159
Parker Island (Letete Passage), 392
Partridge Island (Saint John), 151, 408
Passagassawakeag River (Belfast), 238
Passamaquoddy Bay (West Quoddy Head to Calais), 360–364, 365, 367, 372, 378, 381, 388, 389, 392–393, 394–398, 406, 413; approaches to, 375–376, 381; tides, 383, 392
Patten Bay (Union River Bay), 298
Pattishall, Captain Richard, 129
Peaks Island (Casco Bay), 61, 62, 68, 69–70, 71, 76
Peary, Admiral Robert, 77
Pell Island (Merchants Row), 265
Pemaquid Harbor (Johns Bay), 129, 146, 147–149
Pemaquid Neck, Pemaquid Point, 103, 146, 147, 149, 152, 154, 155
Pemaquid River (Pemaquid Harbor), 148, 149
Pendleton Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390
Pennamaquan River (Cobscook Bay), 386, 387
Penobscot Bay (Marshall Point to Isle au Haut), 4, 176-180, 181-275, 277, 281, 296, 358, 370
Penobscot Expedition, 179, 242, 247, 250
Penobscot Island (Seal Bay), 219
Penobscot Marine Museum (Searsport), 179, 239, 240
Penobscot River, 16, 117, 140, 170, 238, 241, 242–247, 250, 296; tidal range, 19
Pentecost Harbor (Georges Islands), 80, 168
Pepperrell Cove (Portsmouth Harbor), 34, 35–36, 37
Pepperrell Cove Yacht Club, 31, 36
Pepperrell, Sir William, 35
Perkins Cove (Ogunquit), 43–44
Perkins Island (Kennebec River), 106
Perry Creek (Fox Islands Thorofare), 180, 215–216
Peterson, Roger Tory, 156
Petit Manan Bar, 335
Petit Manan Island, 16, 327, 334–335, 336, 337, 345, 395; lighthouse, 201, 335
Pets, 10; entering Canada with, 366; entering U.S. with, 367
Pettingill Island (Casco Bay), 82
Philbrook Cove (Seven Hundred Acre Island), 233
Pickering Cove (Southeast Harbor), 280
Pickering Island (East Penobscot Bay), 180, 256
Pierce Cove (Ebenecook Harbor), 121, 122
Pig Island (Saint John River), 424
Pigeon Hill Bay, 335–336
Pigs Island (Casco Bay), 82
Pine Island (Washademoak Lake), 428, 429
Pirates, 32, 346, 351. See also Bellamy, Captain; Blackbeard (Edward Teach); Kidd, Captain; Quelch
Piscataqua River, 29, 33, 39; currents, 34
Pleasant Bay, Pleasant River, 336, 337, 338
Pleasant Cove (Damariscotta River), 136, 143–144
Pleasant Cove Island (Damariscotta River), 144
Pleasant Point Gut (St. George River), 152, 170, 172
Plymouth, Mass., Plymouth Plantation, 29, 103, 106, 129, 174, 247
Point Lepreau, N.B. (Bay of Fundy), 404, 406, 407
Pole Island (Quahog Bay), 89, 90
Pond Island (Casco Passage), 285
Pond Island (Kennebec River), 104
Pond Island (Narraguagus Bay), 338
Pond Island (Penobscot Bay), 180, 255
Pond Island (Schoodic Peninsula), 302, 326, 327
Pond Island, Freinds of, 255
Pond Island Passage (Blue Hill Bay), 269
Pool, The (Biddeford Pool). See Biddeford Pool
Poorhouse Cove (Johns Bay), 146
Poorhouse Cove (Johns River), 149
Popes Folly Island (Friar Roads), 382
Popes Island (Head Harbour Passage, N.B.), 389
Popham, Captain George, 106
Popham Colony, 29, 103, 106, 107, 108
Porcupine Island (Little Kennebec Bay), 350
Porcupine Islands (Frenchman Bay), 269, 318, 319
Port and Starboard Yacht Club (Bucks Harbor), 352
Port Clyde (St. George River), 152, 166, 168, 169, 171–172, 293
Porter, Eliot, 17, 186, 257
Portland (Casco Bay), 24, 61, 62–67, 68–71, 76, 85, 86, 87, 144, 293, 367
Portland Head, Portland Head Light, 62, 64, 105, 108, 151
Portland Yacht Club (Falmouth Foreside), 62, 71, 72
Ports of Entry. See Canada, entering: United States, entering
Portsmouth (New Hampshire), 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 293, 367
Portsmouth Yacht Club (New Castle), 31, 33, 38
Potato Island (Burnt Coat Harbor), 288
Potato Island (Merchants Row), 273
Potts Harbor (Casco Bay), 83
Pound of Tea Island (Harraseeket River), 81
Pratts Island (Cozy Harbor), 119
Preble Island (Sorrento), 318, 322, 323
Preface, viii-ix
Preparations for cruising in Maine, 5
Prescott Park (Portsmouth, N.H.), 38, 39
Pretty Marsh Harbor (Blue Hill Bay), 294, 300
Princess Margaret Bridge (Fredericton, N.B.), 436, 437
Pring, Martin, 45, 164, 210
Printz Cove (Grand Lake), 434
Private property, 7
Propane, 12
Prospect Harbor (Schoodic Peninsula), 331, 332
Prouts Neck (Saco Bay), 55, 56–57, 229
Prouts Neck Yacht Club, 56
Public and private property. See Private property
Public transportation, 442. See also Ferry service
Pudding Island (Ragged Island), 186
Puffins, 163, 167, 180, 186–188, 264, 330, 339, 345, 346, 357, 358, 380, 395
Pulpit Harbor (North Haven Island), 48, 180, 209, 210–211, 212
Pump-out stations, 439
Pumpkin Knob (Casco Bay), 62
Purdys Point (Long Reach), 422
Putz, George, 185

Quahog Bay (Casco Bay), 61, 62, 87–88, 89, 90, 91
Quelch, 32
Quoddy Narrows, 381
Quoddy River (Deer Island, N.B.), 390

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, 45
Rackliff Island (Seal Harbor, Muscle Ridge), 192
Radar, 17, 18, 21
Radiotelephone. See VHF radio
Ragged Island (Criehaven), 179, 180, 182, 185–186
Ragged Island (Quahog Bay), 89
Ram Island (Booth Bay), 132
Ram Island (Hatchet Cove), 160
Ram Island (Holbrook Island Harbor), 251, 252
Ram Island (Kennebec River), 110
Ram Island (Muscongus Sound), 156
Ram Island (Penobscot Bay), 201
Ram Island (Saint John River), 436
Ram Island (Tibbett Narrows, Western Bay), 339
Randolph (Kennebec River), 112–113
Ranger (J-boat), 107
Ranger (John Paul Jones), 34
Raspberry Island (Port Clyde), 171
Raspberry Island (Quahog Bay), 89
Razor Island (Cobscook Bay), 387
Razor-billed auks. See Auks
Reach, The (Vinalhaven), 225–226, 227
Red Island (Cobscook Bay), 386, 387
Red Jacket, 108, 201
Red tide, red tide hotline, 190
Reeds Island (Little River), 137
Reindeer Cove (Greens Island), 226
Renforth, N.B. (Renforth Cove), 420
Renforth Boat Club (Renforth Cove), 420
Renforth Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 420
Repairs, 12
Revere, Paul, 34, 250
Reversing Falls (Saint John River), 402, 412, 413–416, 418, 421, 431, 435; and river level, 411; and river tide cycles, 411; approaches downriver, 414; approaches upriver, 413–414; direction of current, 403, 408; emergencies in, 415; timing passage, 404, 408; viewing, 409
Revolution, American. See American Revolution
Rich Cove (Quahog Bay), 91
Rich, Louise Dickenson, 128, 341
Richmond (Kennebec River), 104, 111, 112
Richmond Island, Richmond Island Harbor (Saco Bay), 29, 57
Ridley Cove (Casco Bay), 89, 91, 96
Riggs Cove (Inside Passage), 121
Rivers: current, 20, 104; seamanship, 104
Roberts, Kenneth, 39
Robinhood Cove (Inside Passage), 116, 121
Rockefeller family, 289, 290, 298, 300, 302, 316, 324
Rockland (Penobscot Bay), 151, 179, 180, 182, 191, 197–201, 202, 212, 214, 221, 225, 226, 293, 310
Rockport (Penobscot Bay), 179, 198, 201, 202, 203–204, 310
Rockport Boat Club, 203
Rodgers Island (Johnson Bay), 383
Rogues Island (New Meadows River), 89
Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano, 363, 376, 379, 380, 392
Roque Island, Roque Island Harbor, 108, 310, 330, 334, 337, 343, 345–346, 347–349, 370
Rosier, James, 164, 170, 173; reports of lobsters, 48. See also Waymouth, Captain George
Ross Island (Grand Manan), 369
Ross Island (Muscongus Bay), 117, 154
Rothesay, N.B. (Kennebecasis Bay), 420
Rothesay Yacht Club, 420
Round Island (Machias Bay), 351
Round Island (Merchants Row), 273, 274, 276, 278
Round Pond (Muscongus Sound), 154, 155
Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club (Brothers Cove), 411, 413, 416, 418, 423
Royal River (Casco Bay), 77–78
Rum Key (Frenchman Bay), 318
Rush Island (Long Reach), 423
Russ Island (Merchants Row), 273, 275
Rutherford Island (Damariscotta River), 139

Sabbathday Harbor (Islesboro), 229, 236
Saco (Saco River), 53, 54
Saco River (Saco Bay), 29, 53–54
Saco Yacht Club (Saco River), 54
Saddle Island (Penobscot Bay), 209
St. Andrews, N.B. (Passamaquoddy Bay), 247, 363, 365, 367, 376, 384, 389, 392, 393, 396–398, 430
St. Andrews Yacht Club, 397
St. Croix Island (St. Croix River), 363, 398
St. Croix River, 149, 363, 367, 378, 381, 389, 393, 396, 398–399
St. Croix Yacht Club, 399
St. George, N.B. (Magaguadavic River), 393
St. George River (Muscongus Bay), 103, 150, 151, 152, 168, 169, 170, 171–175
St. Helena Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390, 391
St. Helena Island (Merchants Row), 278
Saint John, N.B. (Bay of Fundy), 357, 363, 406, 407–409, 411, 413, 416, 418, 420, 423, 430, 435, 436; passages to, 403–404
Saint John Power Boat Club (Marble Cove), 416
Saint John River (New Brunswick), 242, 364, 402, 403, 408, 411–412, 413, 416, 421, 423, 426, 431, 435, 436, 437; cable ferries, 418, 419, 422, 424, 426, 427; Coast Guard on, 422; tides, 411, 430. See also Reversing Falls
St. Stephen, N.B. (St. Croix River), 367, 393, 397, 398, 399
Sally, 128
Sally Islands (Gouldsboro Bay), 334
Salmon, Atlantic, 104, 117, 337, 354, 396, 443; fishing permit, 9. See also Aquaculture: salmon
Salmon River (Grand Lake), 430, 435
Salt Island (Machias Bay), 351
Salt Marsh Cove (Damariscotta River), 144
Saltonstall, Commodore Dudley, 242, 250
Samoset, Chief, 154
Sand Cove (Grand Bay), 416
Sand Cove (Marshall Island), 289
Sand Cove (Winter Harbor), 324, 325, 327
Sand Cove North (Great Wass Island), 341
Sand Island (Casco Bay), 76
Sand Island (Hatchet Cove), 160
Sands Cove (Hurricane Sound), 225
Sandy Cove (eastern coast), 359
Sasanoa River (Inside Passage), 104, 107, 113–114, 135
SatNav, 21
Saturday Cove (West Penobscot Bay), 237–238
Sawyer Cove (Bartlett Narrows), 301
Sawyer Cove (Jonesport), 344
Sawyer Island (Sheepscot River), 115, 124
Scarborough, 29
Scarborough Beach, 57
Schoodic Island (Schoodic Point), 327
Schoodic Peninsula, Schoodic Point, 302, 318, 324, 326, 327, 330, 331, 338, 345, 372. See also Acadia National Park
Scotia Prince, 63, 67, 81
Sea urchins, 98
Seagulls, 56, 158, 395
Seal Bay (Vinalhaven), 219–220
Seal Cove (Blue Hill Bay), 301
Seal Cove (Damariscotta River), 136, 142–143
Seal Cove (Fox Islands Thorofare), 216
Seal Cove (Grand Manan Island), 357
Seal Cove (Grand Manan), 367, 368, 373–374
Seal Cove (Ragged Island), 186
Seal Cove (Richmond Island), 57
Seal Harbor (Islesboro), 233
Seal Harbor (Mount Desert Island), 302, 310, 316–317
Seal Harbor (Muscle Ridge Channel), 191, 192
Seal Harbor Yacht Club (Mount Desert Island), 316
Seal Island (Penobscot Bay), 179, 180, 188, 293
Sealand Cove (Eastern Bay), 341
Seals, 138; Andre, 204; captive, 398; stranding hotline, 138
Search-and-rescue, 438. See also Emergency help
Sears Island (Penobscot Bay), 179, 233, 240, 241
Searsport (Penobscot Bay), 179, 238, 239–240
Seavey Island (Kittery), 34–36
Seavey Island (Muscongus Bay), 152
Seaveys Island (Isles of Shoals), 32
Seaweed: harvesting, 115, 368; processing, 198
Sebasco (New Meadows River), 94–95
Sebasco Harbor (New Meadows River), 62, 92, 94, 96
Sebascodegan Island (Casco Bay), 92
Second Island (Deer Island Thororfare), 259
Sedgwick (Benjamin River), 283
Seguin, Friends of, 151
Seguin Island, 94, 103, 105, 151, 186; lighthouse, 24, 105, 151
Seven Hundred Acre Island (Penobscot Bay), 229, 230, 231–232
Shabbit Island (Moosabec Reach), 340
Shags. See Cormorants
Shampers Cove (Belleisle Bay), 424
Shapleigh Island (Portsmouth, N.H.), 39
Sheep Island (Blue Hill Bay), 285
Sheep Island (Gouldsboro Bay), 334
Sheep Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 196
Sheep Island (New Meadows River), 96
Sheep Island (Smith Cove), 250
Sheep Porcupine Island (Frenchman Bay), 318, 321
Sheepscot Bay, 118
Sheepscot River, 103, 104, 116–128, 136, 346
Sherman Cove (Camden Harbor), 206
Sherman Zwicker, 107, 109
Ship Island (Blue Hill Bay), 294
Shipbuilding. Casco Bay, 64, 66, 79; Downeast, 355; midcoast, 104, 106, 128, 136, 139, 141, 158, 171, 174; museum, 37; Penobscot Bay, 201, 205, 207, 238; southern coast, 34, 46, 49. See also Bath Iron Works; Liberty ships; Maine Maritime Museum (Bath); Maine Watercraft Museum; Penobscot Marine Museum (Searsport)
Shipstern Island (Narraguagus Bay), 336, 337, 338
Shorey Cove (Roque Island), 345, 349
Signe, 108
Simpsons Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390
Sipp Bay (Cobscook Bay), 386
Sister Island (Casco Bay), 82
Skillings River (Frenchman Bay), 322
Slins Island (Seal Harbor, Muscle Ridge), 192
Slocum, Joshua, 155
Small Point Harbor (Casco Bay), 92–93
Small Point Yacht Club, 93
Smith, Captain John, ix, 30, 139, 146, 164, 247
Smith Cove (Cape Rosier), 248, 249–250
Smith?s Isles (Isles of Shoals), 30
Smuttynose Island (Isles of Shoals), 30, 31
Smuttynose Island (Monhegan), 164, 165
Snow Island (Quahog Bay), 62, 89, 90
Snow Squall, 109
Somes Cove (Blue Hill Bay), 301
Somes Harbor, Somesville (Somes Sound), 307, 309–311
Somes Sound (Mount Desert Island), 277, 278, 304, 307–308, 309–311, 346, 347
Sorrento (Frenchman Bay), 269, 318, 322–323
Sorrento Yacht Club, 322, 323
South Addison (Cape Split), 338–339
South Bay (Cobscook Bay), 386, 387
South Bay (Grand Bay), 416
South Bristol, 139–141, 144, 147. See also Gut, The
South Freeport (Harraseeket River), 62, 79
South Portland (Casco Bay), 62–67
Southeast Harbor (Deer Isle), 280–285
Southern coast (Isles of Shoals to Cape Elizabeth), 26-57
Southern Harbor (Fox Islands Thorofare), 213–214
Southern Island (Tenants Harbor), 189
Southern Wolf Island (The Wolves), 406
Southport Island (Sheepscot River), 116, 118, 121, 132, 135; Inside Passage, 123
Southport Yacht Club (Cozy Harbor), 118
Southwest Cove (Merchant Island), 279
Southwest Harbor (Mount Desert Island), 49, 269, 293, 303, 304–306, 307, 314, 318
Sow Island (Casco Bay), 82
Spanish-American War, 34, 68, 106, 244
Spar Island (Mason Bay), 349
Spectacle Island (Deer Island, N.B.), 390
Spectacle Islands (Cape Rosier), 252
Spectacle Islands (Townsend Gut), 124
Spectacles, the (Long Cove), 190
Speedwell, 210
Spring Cove (Cushing Island), 68
Sprout Island (Merchants Row), 273
Spruce Head (Muscle Ridge Channel), 193–194
Spruce Island (Gilkey Harbor), 230, 231, 232
Spruce Island (Head Harbour Passage), 378
Sprucehead Island (Muscle Rdige Channel), 192, 193
Squirrel Island (Booth Bay), 131, 132, 135
Squirrel Island Boating Association, 131
Stage Island (Biddeford Pool), 51, 52
Stage Island, Stage Island Harbor (southern coast), 51
Stage Neck (York River), 40, 41
Star Island (Isles of Shoals), 30, 31, 32
Starboard Cove, Starboard Island (Machias Bay), 351
State of Maine, 247, 248
Stave Island (Casco Bay), 74
Stave Island, Stave Island Harbor (Frenchman Bay), 324
Steele Harbor, Steel Harbor Island (Eastern Bay), 339, 342
Stephen Taber, 108
Stimpsons Island (Fox Islands Thorofare), 217
Stockton Harbor (Penobscot Bay), 240, 241
Stone Island (Machias Bay), 351
Stone Island (Muscongus Bay), 169
Stone Island (Starboard Cove), 351
Stonington (Deer Island Thorofare), 180, 259, 262, 269, 270–273, 275, 278
Stratton Island (Saco Bay), 55, 57
Strawbery Banke (Portsmouth, N.H.), 38
Strout, Captain Joshua, 151
Sturgeon Island (Merrymeeting Bay), 110
Submarines, 34, 62, 68, 73, 75, 76, 355; museums, 37, 39
Sugar Loaves, the (Fox Islands Throrofare), 212, 213
Suliote, 238
Sullivan Harbor (Frenchman Bay), 322
Sunbeam, 184; Sunbeam IV, 311. See also Maine Seacoast Missionary Society
Supplies and services, 12
Surry (Patten Bay), 298
Sushi, 85, 120
Sutton Island (Cranberry Islands), 88, 304, 308, 311, 313
Swan, Colonel James, 286, 290
Swan Island (Kennebec River), 104, 111–112, 336
Swan Island Yacht Club (Richmond), 111
Swan?s Island, 264, 269, 270, 278, 285–289, 302, 303, 354; Atlantic, 286, 287; Minturn, 286, 287, 289
Sylvester Cove (East Penobscot Bay), 259

Taft, Hank and Jan, xii, xiii
Tarkington, Booth, 49
Tarratine Yacht Club (Islesboro), 229, 230, 231
Taunton Bay (Frenchman Bay), 322
Teel Island (Muscongus Bay), 169–170
Telephones. See Cellular phones
Ten Pound Island (St. George River), 173
Tenants Harbor (Penobscot Bay), 166, 171, 179, 181, 189, 190, 191, 278, 367
Tenants Island (Cape Small Harbor), 93
Tennants Cove (Saint John River), 426–427
Tennants Island (Cape Small Harbor), 92, 93
Tenpound Island (Matinicus), 182, 186
Terns, 93, 186, 188, 345, 357, 380, 395
Thatch Island (Saint John River), 435, 436
Thaxter, Celia, 30, 31, 32
Thief Island (Muscongus Bay), 154
Thomas Lawson, 68
Thomaston (St. George River), 150, 170, 174–175, 202
Thompson Island (Muscongus Bay), 152, 171
Thorne Island (Kennebec River), 110
Thorofare, The (Roque Island), 346, 347
Thread of Life (Johns Bay), 136, 139, 146
Three Islands (New Meadows River), 98
Thrumcap Island (Cape Rosier), 253
Thrumcap Island (Potts Harbor), 83
Thrumcap Island (Thread of Life), 146
Thumb Island (Letete Passage), 392
Tibbett Island, Tibbett Narrows (Western Bay), 339
Ticonderoga, 41, 108
Tides, 18; anchoring with, 18; and rivers, 19; broadcasts, 19; drain, 19; neap, 18; range, 18, 363; rule of twelfths, 19; spring, 18; tables, 19; tidal currents, 18, 19
Timberwind, 203
Time zones, 365, 371
Tinker Island (Blue Hill Bay), 294, 301
?tit Manan. See Petit Manan Island
Tom Cod Cove (Cape Rosier), 252
Tommy Island (Narraguagus Bay), 338
Toms Island (Western Bay), 339
Toothacher Bay (Swan's Island), 288–289
Toothacher Cove (Swan's Island), 354
Torrey Islands (Eggemoggin Reach), 282, 283
Torryburn Cove (Kennebecasis Bay), 420
Townsend Gut (Inside Passage), 113, 115, 123–124
Trafton Island (Narraguagus Bay), 331, 337–338
Transportation, public, 442. See also Ferry service
Trash, disposing of, 9
Treasure Island (Little River), 137
Treat Island (Friar Roads), 382
Trott Island (Stage Island Harbor), 51
Trumpet Island (Blue Hill Bay), 294
Tumbler Island (Booth Bay), 132
Tuna, 84, 85, 120
Turkey Cove (St. George River), 170, 172
Turnip Island (Little Sheepscot River), 120
Turnip Island (Southern Harbor, North Haven I.), 214
Turnip Island (Thread of Life), 146
Turtle Head Cove (Islesboro), 233
Turtle Island (Frenchman Bay), 318
Twin Beach (Roque Island), 347
Two Bush Channel (Penobscot Bay), 191, 194
Two Bush Islands (Merchants Row), 274
Twobush Island (Muscongus Bay), 169

Uni, 98. See also Sea urchins
Union River Bay, Union River (Blue Hill Bay), 298
United Empire Loyalists, 408, 409, 426, 430, 437
United States: entering, 24, 377; cruising permit, 367; customs, 319, 355, 367, 381, 382, 384, 399; duties, 367
United States Coast Guard. See Coast Guard, United States
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 188, 353, 395
United States Navy, 71, 73, 107, 196, 315; Brunswick, 82, 89; Cutler, 353; Portsmouth, 34, 36, 37; Schoodic Point, 324
Unity, 351
Upper Flag Island (Casco Bay), 77, 83
Upper Goose Island (Casco Bay), 83
Upper Hell Gate (Sasanoa River), 20, 113, 114, 121, 135
Urquharts Cove (Belleisle Bay), 426

Vaill Island (Casco Bay), 71
Valley Cove (Somes Sound), 302, 307, 308–309
Vances Beach (Kennebecasis Bay), 419
Vaughn?s Island (Cape Porpoise), 51
Verona Island (Penobscot River), 242, 244
Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 103, 150, 164, 241, 242, 299
Vessel Traffic Services. See Fundy Traffic
VHF radio, 22; in Canada, 363; range Downeast, 331; red tide information, 9; ?securité? calls, 18, 63, 319. See also Marine operators
Vinalhaven (Penobscot Bay), 180, 200, 277, 278, 354; Fox Island Thorofare, 210–220; west coast, 220–228; east coast, 228
Vines, Captain Richard, 29
Virgin Island (Sipp Bay), 386
Virginia, 106, 107, 108

Wadsworth Cove (Damariscotta River), 136, 144
Waldoboro (Medomak River), 108, 150, 158, 159
War of 1812, 128, 237, 244, 247, 357, 398
Warren, 242
Warren Island (Gilkey Harbor), 229, 230, 232
Washademoak Creek (Saint John River), 426, 427, 428
Washademoak Lake (Saint John River), 411, 426, 427, 428, 429
Washington, President George, 64, 105, 151, 175, 240, 244, 286
Wasson Brook (Grand Lake), 433
Water, drinking, 6, 12
Water Cove (Wills Gut), 89
Waterman Cove (Fox Islands Thorofare), 216
Watts Cove (St. George River), 170, 173
Waymouth, Captain George, 168, 174; at Monhegan, 164; at St. George River, 170, 173; capture of Indians, 168; reports of lobsters, 48; reports of masts, 80
Weather forecasts, 15; fire danger, 9; red tide information, 9; tide information, 19; VHF channels, 9
Weather patterns, 13–15
Webb Cove (Deer Island Thorofare), 270, 279–280
Webhannet River (Wells), 45
Weir Cove (Cape Rosier), 252
Weirs, 203, 262, 302, 330, 334, 335, 337, 338, 341, 348, 356, 359, 364, 368, 371, 372, 373, 374, 379, 388, 404
Welcome, 206
Wells Harbor (southern coast), 29
Welshpool (Campobello Island), 376, 379–380
Wentworth, Gov. John, 34
West Bay (Gouldsboro Bay), 334
West Brown Cow (Casco Bay), 75
West Jonesport (Moosabec Reach), 340, 344
West Point Harbor (New Meadows River), 94
West Quoddy Head, 16, 293, 363, 381, 382; lighthouse, 151, 364, 382
Westerly Bar Island (Roque Island), 346, 347
Western Bay (Blue Hill Bay), 298, 321
Western Bay (Great Wass Island), 330, 339, 340
Western Egg Rock (Muscongus Bay), 152
Western Island (Corea), 333
Western Passage (Gouldsboro Bay), 334
Western Passage (Passamaquoddy Bay), 376, 378, 384, 388, 389, 396
Westfield Beach (Saint John River), 418, 422
Westport Island (Sheepscot River), 120
Westward, 109
Whales, 269, 292–293, 294, 313, 321, 371, 377; stranding hotline, 138, 293; True's beaked, 208, 293
Wharton Island (Medomak River), 159
Wheat Island (Burnt-Pell Passage), 265
Wheaton Island (Matinicus), 182, 184
Whelpley Cove (Long Reach), 422, 423
White, E.B., 284, 297
White Head (Casco Bay), 68
White Head Island (Grand Manan), 369, 373, 375
White Island (Isles of Shoals), 30, 32, 34
White Islands (Hurricane Sound), 212, 221, 223
Whitefin, 108
Whitehawk, 108
Whitehead Island (Muscle Ridge Channel), 191, 192; lighthouse, 191, 201
Whitehead Passage (Casco Bay), 62, 68
Whites Cove (Grand Lake), 430, 432
Whites Island (Wiscasset), 128
Whiting Bay (Cobscook Bay), 386
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 30, 81
Widgeon Cove (Harpswell Sound), 86
Widow Island (Fox Islands Thorofare), 213, 217
Wiggins Cove (Grand Lake), 430, 433
Willauer, Peter, 186
William Henry Memorial Fort (Pemaquid Harbor), 148, 149
Williams Island (Merepoint Bay), 82
Williams Island (New Meadows River), 99
Williams, William, 39, 151
Wills Gut, east (Casco Bay), 89
Wills Gut, west (Casco Bay), 85
Wilson Cove (Ragged Island), 186
Wilson, Jon, 284
Wilsons Beach (Campobello Island), 367, 377, 378
Windjammers, 108, 118, 132, 135, 179, 200, 203–206, 208, 210, 223, 235, 272, 276; illus., 124, 275
Winds, prevailing on Maine coast, 13
Winnegance Bay (New Meadows River), 97
Winter Harbor (Frenchman Bay), 229, 269, 318, 324–327, 331. See also Henry Cove; Inner Harbor; Sand Cove
Winter Harbor (Vinalhaven), 180, 218, 219
Winter Harbor Yacht Club (Sand Cove), 324, 325, 327
Winterport (Penobscot River), 241, 245
Wiscasset (Sheepscot River), 108, 116, 125, 126–128, 140
Wiscasset Yacht Club, 126
Witch Island (Johns Bay), 146, 147
Witches Island (Cape Harbor), 116
Wolves, The (Bay of Fundy), 389, 403, 406
Wonsqueak Harbor (Schoodic Peninsula), 332
Wood Island (Biddeford Pool), 52
Wood Island (Casco Bay), 92
Wood Island (Grand Manan), 374, 375
Wood Island (Piscataqua River), 24, 34, 35
Wood Island Harbor (Biddeford Pool), 51–53
Wooden Ball Island (Penobscot Bay), 179, 180, 188
WoodenBoat School (Eggemoggin Reach), 282, 284, 285
Woods Island (Kennebec River), 110
Working Harbors, 10, 11
World War I, 195; forts, 70
World War II, 7, 62, 66, 68, 188, 315; artifacts, 37; defenses, 34, 36, 68, 70–73, 76; forts, 70, 106; ships, 107. See also Liberty ships; Submarines
Wreck Island (Merchants Row), 273, 276, 278–279
Wyer Island (Harpswell Sound), 86
Wyeth, Andrew, 173, 189, 200
Wyeth, Betsy, 200
Wyeth, Jamie, 167

Yarmouth (Nova Scotia), 67, 321
Yarmouth (Royal River), 77–78
Yarmouth Island (Quahog Bay), 89, 91
Yellow Head Island (Machias Bay), 351
York Beach (southern coast), 42
York Harbor, York River, York Village (southern coast), 29, 40–42, 151
York Island (Isle au Haut), 260
York Narrows (Swan's Island), 269, 285, 287
Youngs Cove (Grand Lake), 430, 433