Mid Coast Maine’s lonely lighthouses and scenic harbors festooned with lobster boats and buoys are part of our maritime heritage and also important tools for Maine’s working fishermen today. Fishing and boat building have been mainstays of the region’s economy since the 1700’s.

Beginning with Maine’s first ship, The Virginia, built at Popham Colony in 1607, to the mighty windjammers of the sailing era, to the modern frigates of Bath Iron Works, some of the world’s best-built ships have been crafted in Mid Coast Maine. Museums and boat-building schools preserve and pass on the knowledge of these maritime artisans.

Captains of the seafaring era also left behind a legacy of impressive architecture in their homes and the civic institutions they endowed. Ship captains’ mansions still grace tree-lined streets, while estate auctions and antique shops offer a share of their treasures.

Historic Sites BATH Fort Popham, Rt. 209, Phippsburg BRUNSWICK Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum – Maine Street home of the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg. DAMARISCOTTA Oyster Shell Heaps of Damariscotta and Newcastle; ancient remnants (dating back at least 2,400 years) of centuries of feasts left by Indians who summered along the Damariscotta River. Visit by land or water. Fort Edgecomb – 1809. 2-story octagonal wooden block-house and restored fortification. Fort William Henry – 1692 stone fortification guarding colonial Pemaquid. Fort and museum. New Harbor, take Rt. 130 from Damariscotta. Lighthouses BATH Doubling Point Light – 1898. Kennebec River. Access from Whitman’s Landing Road, Arrowsic. Doubling Point Range Lights - east bank of Kennebec River. Line up the two lights as you pass Ram Island and follow them up the channel until the Doubling Point Light is in view, then swing west for Bath. Fuller Rock Light - off Rt. 209, Small Point, Phippsburg. Perkins Island Light – 1898. View from Parker Head Road, Phippsburg. Pond Island Lighthouse - overlooks mouth of the Kennebec River. View from Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg. Seguin Island Light Station – 1795. View from Popham Beach State Park, Phippsburg, or visit by boat. Squirrel Point Light - Kennebec River. Access on foot from Bald Head Road, Arrowsic. BELFAST Fort Point State Historic Site and Lighthouse, Cape Jellison Stockton Springs BOOTHBAY HARBOR Burnt Island Light – 1821. Boothbay Harbor. Access by boat or kayak. Cuckolds Light – 1892. Southport. View from Cape Newagen, or by boat. Hendrick’s Head Light – 1829. Southport. Privately owned, view by boat. Ram Island Light – 1883. Access from Grimes Cove at Ocean Point, Boothbay. BRUNSWICK Halfway Rock Light Station - Off Bailey Island in Casco Bay. CAMDEN Curtis Island Light – 1836. Overlooking Camden Harbor. Grindle Point Light – 1850. Isleboro Island. 20 minutes by ferry from Lincolnville Beach. Indian Island Light – 1851. Rockport Marine Park. DAMARISCOTTA Pemaquid Point Light – 1827. New Harbor, overlooking Muscongus Bay. ROCKLAND Rockland Breakwater Light – 1888/1902. Rockland Harbor. Marshall Point Light – 1832/1858. Rt. 131, Port Clyde. Owl’s Head Light – 1825. Owl’s Head Light State Park. Maine Lighthouse Museum - Rockland. For lighthouse excursions in Mid Coast Maine, search Tours or see More Info for links to regional chamber websites.