MAPLE JUICE COVE is a large, round bay half a mile wide on the west side of the St. George River about 2 miles above the entrance. Acces is easy, and the cove provides a calm and secure anchorage. This must have been one of the “very gallant Coves” described by James Rosier, chronicler of George Waymouth’s expedition in 1605.
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The arm of the cove extending to the north is the home of a small fishing community, and some handsome old houses are set on the meadows of Stones Point. It is not unusual to see ten or more cruising boats in Maple Juice Cove on a summer day, nor would it be crowded. Seals like it here too, and the water is warm enough to join them for a dip.

Approaches. Harbor chart. Coming upriver, leave can “7” to port and turn to the west into the cove.
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Anchorages, Moorings. Anchor anywhere in the cove in 9 to 15 feet of low water, in mud.
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Getting Ashore. Row your dinghy in to the far end of the floats at Blue Water Seafood, but don’t get in their way. Do not be tempted to land at Stones Point, or you are likely to encounter an irate property owner.
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For the Boat and Crew. Blue Water Seafood (207-354-6798). Blue Water is a lobster company occupying the red buildings at the northern entrance to the cove. They generously welcome cruising boats or their tenders to temporarily tie up to their wharf while crews take a look at the Olson House, the farmhouse made famous by Andrew Wyeth’s painting Christina’s World. Hint for a truly artistic experience: they also sell lobsters retail.
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Things to Do. A quarter of a mile up the road, on the right, is the distinctive, weathered farmhouse which was the backdrop for Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting, which made its debut in 1948. Christina was a crippled woman who lived in the farmhouse with her brother Alvaro. “I kept thinking about the day I would paint Christina in her pink dress,” Wyeth told his biographer, “like a faded lobster shell I might find on the beach.”

The Olson House is now owned by the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. For more information visit The Wyeth Center.BROUGHT YOU THIS INFORMATION. BUY THE GUIDE!
When the tide is down, row over and examine what is left of the hulk near Blue Water Seafood. Referred to as “the old tug,” her superstructure now forms the restaurant for the Tugboat Inn in Boothbay Harbor.