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Calais Area
Moosehorn National
Wildlife Refuge
Is a seventeen thousand
acre refuge and breeding ground set aside for migratory
birds
and other wildlife. Click the link below for a
detailed article about this refuge.
Moosehorn Refuge Link
Moosehorn
Refuge Link
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Calais
Calais (CAL-us), was
named for the French city with the same spelling (yet
the pronunciation is quite different) due to the
similarities in location. At the center of the St.
Croix River Valley, it enjoys 4,000 residents, a
technical college well known for marine-oriented
programs, as well as, lying directly across the river
from St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. Calais is the
fifth busiest port of entry to the United States on the
Canadian border.
Calais Regional Chamber
of Commerce
www.calaismaine.com
Washington County
Technical College
www.wctc.org/index.html
Maine Travel Website
www.mainetravel.net/calais.html
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St. Croix Island Serves as a marker
of one of the earliest European settlements on the coast
of North America, and was the first attempt by the
French settlers at establishing a year-round colony in
North America.
National Park Service -
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Ellsworth
Ellsworth is a commerce center in Hancock County and a
short drive from Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor.
The town is situated on the Union River, and served as a
shipbuilding port many years ago. It now features
shopping centers in a historic downtown atmosphere,
museums, and tree-lined streets. Major local highways
intersect in the center of Ellsworth, and connect to
places along the coast and interior to DownEast Maine.
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Ellsworth Area
Acadia National Park
George B. Dorr devoted 43
years of his life and family fortune to preserving what
is referred to as the "Acadian landscape" at the turn of
the century. Acadia was the first national park
established east of the Mississippi and is located on
the coast of Maine with over forty-seven thousand acres
of granite mountains, forests, lakes and ponds as well
as ample ocean shoreline.
National Park Service -
Acadia
Maine Travel - Ellsworth
Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce |
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Bar Harbor Area
Bar Harbor is a scenic
area with a downtown area full of eateries and shops, a
great many indoor and outdoor activities and is located
a short distance from Acadia National Park which has
over fifty miles of carriage trails.
Useful Links:
Bar Harbor Website
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Machias Area
Roque Bluffs State Park
The
boundaries of the park include both a fresh water pond
and a 900-yard-long sandy beach. There are rest rooms, a
children's playground, dressing rooms, picnic tables and
grills and it is open during daylight hours through out
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Machias
Machias Is the second largest community in Washington
County, the county seat, and the home for one of the
University of Maine's campuses. Machias is a coastal
country town whose homes and shops border the Machias
River saltwater inlet. It is home to the "Bad Little
Falls," which can be viewed from the town's local park.
Machias Area Chamber of Commerce
University of Maine - Machias
Maine Travel - Machias |
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