muscongus bay atlas

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

Ocean F loor and Land Ter rain

Land elevation

760 ft

0 ft

Ocean floor depth

0 ft

- 395 ft

Haddock IslandKelp Ledge

Little EggRock Shoals

NortheastPoint

Ledges

Cow IslandDry Ledges

Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock

Garden IslandSouth Ledge

New HarborSunken Ledges

Cow IslandSunken Ledges

Little FranklinLedge

New HarborDry Ledges

CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge

Inner Shag LedgeOuter Shag Ledge

HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows

P E N O B S C OT B AY

M U S C O N G U S B AY

KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George

Little Griffen Isand

OarIsland

BensIsland

Little CaldwellIslands

Killick StoneIsland

Smutty Nose IslandMonhegan

Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland

FriendshipLong Island

Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island

Wreck IslandHall Island

Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

PleasantMountainMeadow

Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

235

220

MAP 2

1:150,000

Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6 ¢0 1 2 3 4

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

Housing Uni t Growth

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£¤



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oyste

r Rive

r

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

235

220

1:150,000

¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

MAP 23

Number and age of housing units

Fewest units (Monhegan)

Most units (Waldoboro)*Pie size is relative to numberof housing units per town ≤ 10 years of age

> 10 years of age> 20 years of age> 30 years of age≥ 40 years of age

Exisiting housing units (2000)* Relative age of existing housing unitsHousing unit change(1990-2000)

≥ 31%21% - 30%11% - 20%≤ 10%

Digital Data Sources: U.S. Census Bureau QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

Commercial Fi sher ies and Aquacul ture - Present



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

nd

Ledg

es

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

d Pas

sage

Hocko

moc

k Chan

nel

OldHum

p Chann

el

Fly i

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

row

s

Lower Narrows

Davis Stra

it

TheNarr

ows

P E N O B S C O T B AY

M U S C O N G U S BAY

KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George

Little Gr iffen Isand

OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

Chr istmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

Med

omak

Rive

r

St.G

eor g

eRi

ver

Goo s

eR i

ver

Weskeag River

Oyster

Rive

r

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

9032

130

220

131

131

131

235

220

MAP 15

1:150,000

Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

Management

Processing

Mussel and Mahogany clamprocessing plant

Kelp processing plant

Georges River Five Town RegionalClam Management Program area

Aquaculture

Standard shellfish leaseLimited purpose license Elver

Alewife - municipal harvest

Fishing

Sea scallopSoft-shell clam

Northern shrimp - trappingNorthern shrimp - trawling

Digital Data Sources: Maine Dept. of Marine Resources, Center for Community GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

Impor tant Habitats



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Med

unco

okRiv

er

1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

235

220

MAP 5

Habitat for speciesof management concern

MNAP rare community

Protected natural resources

Mudflat

Rare plant community

#* Other diadromous fish habitatAlewife habitat

Wetland

Eelgrass bed

Atlantic s almonnursery area

Significant wildlife habitat

Deer wintering areasHarlequin duck habitatMigratory shorebirdfeeding/roosting areaSeabird nesting islandTidal waterfowl andwading bird habitatUpland sandpiper habitat

Essential wildlife habitat

Endangered, threatened, or specialconcern species habitat

Bald eagle nesting siteRoseate t ern nesting area

Redfin pickerelRare birdFresh water musselDamselfly

1:150,000

¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

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Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Community GIS, Beginning with Habitat Program QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

Coastal Communi t ies



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

235

220

MAP 1

Local features

Village

GF Church

") Library

#* Post office

") School

#* Town office

Hydrography/hydrology

l Ocean feature

Waterbody, lake

River

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS, Center for Community GIS

1:150,000

¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

Political boundariesTown boundary

County boundary

Railway

Secondary road

Main roadTransportation

Land Cover - 2004



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

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220

MAP 4

1:150,000

¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4Land cover classifications

Low lying or no vegetation

Developed

Wetland

Forest

Working forest

Farmland

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NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oyste

r Rive

r

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

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220

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¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

MAP 22

Population change(1990-2000)

Total population by yearPopulation levels* Year

≥ 21%> 11% - 20%> 1% - 10%≤ 0% Lowest (Monhegan)

Highest (Waldoboro)*Height of the bars is relativeto population levels by period 2000

1990198019701960


Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro


Land elevation0 ft

760 ft

Ocean floor depth0 ft

- 395 ft



NortheastPointLedges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Poland

Ledges

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEastLedge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

IslandPassage

Hockomock Channel

OldHump C

hannel

Flying

Passage

Keene Narrows

Lower N

arrows

DavisStrait

The Narrows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland

Smutty Nose IslandMonheganIsland

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhiteheadHarbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

MuscongusSound

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

MedomakRiver

St. GeorgeRiver

GooseRiver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Meduncook

River

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

PemaquidPond

Webber PondBiscayPond

BoydPond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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32

32

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97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

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MAP 2

1:150,000

Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6 ¢0 1 2 3 4

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS QLF/Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:


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Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Poland

Ledges

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEastLedge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

IslandPassage

Hockomock Channel

OldHump C

hannel

Flying

Passage

Keene Narrows

Lower N

arrows

DavisStrait

The Narrows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove


Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

MuscongusSound

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

MedomakRiver

St. Geor geRiver

GooseRiver

Weskeag River

Oyster River

Meduncook

River

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

PemaquidPond


BoydPond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

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90

32

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220

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Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

MAP 23






≥ 31%21% - 30%11% - 20%≤ 10%

Digital Data Sources: U.S. Census Bureau QLF/Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:






Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

PolandLe

dges

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEastLedge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

OtterIsland Passage

Hockomock Channel

OldHump

Channel

Fly ing

Passage

Keene N

arrows

Lower N

arrows

DavisStrait

The Narrows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove


Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

MuscongusSound

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

Chr istmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

Medom

akRiver

St.Geor geRiver

GooseR iver

Weskeag River

Oyster River

Meduncook

River

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

PemaquidPond


BoydPond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

9032

130

220

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220

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Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

Management

Processing



Georges River Five Town RegionalClam Manamgent Program area

Aquaculture

Standard shellfish leaseLimited purpose harvest Elver


Fishing



Digital Data Sources: Maine Dept. of Marine Resources, Center for Community GIS QLF/Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

Impor tant Habitats





Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Poland

Ledges

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEastLedge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

IslandPassage

Hockomock Channel

OldHump C

hannel

Flying

Passage

Keene Narrows

Lower N

arrows

DavisStrait

The Narrows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove


Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

MuscongusSound

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

PemaquidPond


BoydPond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond

MedomakRiver

St. Geor geRiver

GooseRiver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Meduncook

River

1

1

32

32

32

97

97

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90

32

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220

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220

MAP 5


MNAP rare community


Mudflat



Wetland

Eelgrass bed








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¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Community GIS, Beginning with Habitat Program QLF/Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:






Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Poland

Ledges

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEastLedge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

IslandPassage

Hockomock Channel

OldHump C

hannel

Flying

Passage

Keene Narrows

Lower N

arrows

DavisStrait

The Narrows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove


Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

MuscongusSound

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

MedomakRiver

St. Geor geRiver

GooseRiver

Weskeag River

Oyster River

Meduncook

River

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

PemaquidPond


BoydPond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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32

32

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32

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MAP 1

Local features

Village

GF Church

") Library

#* Post office

") School

#* Town office


l Ocean feature

Waterbody, lake

River


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Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

QLF/Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:


County boundary

Railway

Secondary road


Land Cover - 2004





Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Poland

Ledges

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEastLedge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

IslandPassage

Hockomock Channel

OldHump C

hannel

Flying

Passage

Keene Narrows

Lower N

arrows

DavisStrait

The Narrows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

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Total population by yearPopulation levels* Time period

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1981 - 19901971 - 19801961 - 1970Exisiting in 1960

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MUSCONGUS BAY ATLAS

ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

QUEBEC - LABRADOR FOUNDAT ION

2008MUSCONGUS BAY ATLAS

2008

Muscongus Bay Atlasi i

ProjectDirector JenniferAtkinson Quebec-LabradorFoundation/AtlanticCenterfortheEnvironment-MarineProgram

GISDirector StephenEngle Quebec-LabradorFoundation/AtlanticCenterfortheEnvironment-CenterforCommunityGIS

GISSpecialists NicoleGrohoski,FredericHyde,PaulMitchell Quebec-LabradorFoundation/AtlanticCenterfortheEnvironment-CenterforCommunityGIS

ResearchIntern MorganKing Quebec-LabradorFoundation/AtlanticCenterfortheEnvironment-MarineProgram

MuscongusBay JayAstle,DebChapman,HeatherDeese,BetsyHam,ShermanHoyt,DonnaMinnis,SladeMoore,LizPetruska, ProjectSteering AmandaRudy,RickWahle Committee

DataContributors

BigelowLaboratoryforOceanSciencesBremenHistoricalSocietyCabedetisBoatClubCampFriendshipChewonkiFoundationCommercialFishermen,past&present(TedAmes,RandyCushman,ShermanHoyt,GlenLibby)CushingHistoricalSocietyDamariscottaRiverAssociationFriendsofMidCoastMaineFriendshipMuseumGeorgesRiverLandTrustGeorgesRiverShellfishManagementCommitteeGeorgesRiverTidewaterAssociationGulfofMaineCouncilontheMarineEnvironmentGulfofMaineOceanObservingSystemHardyBoatCruisesHerringGutLearningCenterIslandInstituteKayakers&KayakGuides(BenFuller,GeorgeLibby,DaveMention,GlennMitchell,JohnWill)Knox/LincolnSoil&WaterConservationDistrictLincolnCountyGovernmentLobsterZoneDCouncilMaineAudubonMaineCoastHeritageTrustMaineDept.ofConservationMaineDept.ofEnvironmentalProtectionMaineDept.ofInlandFisheries&WildlifeMaineDept.ofMarineResourcesMaineHistoricPreservationCommissionMaineIslandTrailAssociationMaineOfficeofGISMaineSeaGrantCollegeMaineStatePlanningOfficeMaineSportMedomakValleyLandTrustMid-CoastAudubon

MITSeaGrantCollegeMonheganBoatLineMonheganConservationAssociatesMonheganPlantationMontpelier-TheGeneralHenryKnoxMuseumNationalAudubon-ProjectPuffinNationalParkServiceNaturalResourcesCouncilofMaineOutwardBound-HurricaneIslandSchoolPemaquidLobsterBoatRacePemaquidWatershedAssociationPenobscotEastResourceCenterPortClydeFishermen’sCooperativeRecreationalFishermen&Guides(SamChapman,GeorgeHarris,PaulMcGurren,PhilipMcKean)Sailors,SailingClubs&RaceOrganizers(JonathanCoggeshall,SandraDickson,RandyFoster,Nina&ScottJames,FelixKloman,WilliamSchuman,BillZuber)SuperFlyChartersTanglewood4-HCampTheLobsterConservancyTheNatureConservancy-MaineChapterTownofBremenTownofBristolTownofCushingTownofFriendshipTownofSt.GeorgeTownofSouthThomastonTownofThomastonTownofWaldoboroTownofWarrenU.S.ArmyCorpsofEngineers-NewEnglandDistrictU.S.Fish&WildlifeService-MaineCoastalIslandsNationalWildlifeRefugeUniversityofMaineCooperativeExtensionforKnox&LincolnCountiesUniversityofMaineSchoolofMarineSciencesWaldoboroHistoricalSocietyWellsNationalEstuarineResearchReserve

ProducedbytheQuebec-LabradorFoundation,Inc.withthegeneroussupportof:

(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No.NA04OAR4600075 and NA05OAR46011152) BirchCoveFundoftheMaineCommunityFoundation DavisConservationFoundation GossamerPress JessieB.CoxCharitableTrust KnoxCountyFundoftheMaineCommunityFoundation MaineStatePlanningOffice MarshallDodgeMemorialFundoftheMaineCommunityFoundation TheFrenchFoundation UniversityofMaineCooperativeExtensionforKnox&LincolnCounties

©2008Quebec-LabradorFoundation,Inc.

Pleasecitethisdocumentas:Atkinson,JenniferF.andEngle,StephenT.(2008)Muscongus Bay Atlas.(Quebec-LabradorFoundation,Inc.,Ipswich,MA).50pp.

Acknowledgements

Muscongus Bay Atlas i i i

List of Maps

Map 1 (Pages 4-5)

Coastal Communities

Map 2 (Pages 6-7)

Ocean Floor and Land Terrain

Map 3 (Pages 8-9)

Surficial Geology

Map 4 (Pages 10-11)

Land Cover - 2004

Map 5 (Pages 12-13)

Important Habitats

Map 6 (Pages 14-15)

Watersheds and WaterRestrictions

Map 7 (Pages 16-17)

Soils and Stability

Map 8 (Pages 18-19)

Sea Level Rise Predictions

Map 9 (Pages 20-21)

Toxic Spill Sites and Threats

Map 10 (Pages 22-23)

Air and Water Discharge Sites


Transportation and Navigation


Working Waterfronts


Biological and EnvironmentalMonitoring


Commercial Lobster Fishery -Present


Commercial Fisheries andAquaculture - Present


Commercial Fisheries and FishHabitats - Past


Saltwater Recreational Fisheries -Present


Kayaking Areas


Sailing Areas


Environmental and OutdoorEducation Sites


Historic Sites


Population Growth


Housing Unit Growth

Muscongus Bay Atlasiv

Likemanyofyousittingdownwiththisatlas,IliveinMuscongusBayor,moreaccurately,theMuscongusBayregion.Callingthisareaaregionisanewideaformostpeopleunder60yearsoldbutitisoneworthreviving.Itacknowledgesoursharedstakeinthefutureandtheconnectednessofourpast.

LookingatjustafewofthemapsintheMuscongus BayAtlas(“theAtlas”)thisnewlabelmakesevenmoresense.Considerwhatthebay’stownshaveincommonintermsoftheirhistory,culture,environmentandeconomies.Severaldecadesagothesetownswerenotonlysimilar,theysharedthesamefamilies,businesses,andcommunitygroups.

Eventhoughthesesocialtieshavethinnedovertheyears,today’sresidentsstillhaveaclearsenseofwhatmakesthisbayMuscongusBay.Theycharacterizeitasbeautiful,scenic,rural,traditional,hardworking,protected,isolated,quiet,a“smallboatbay,”“unreceptivetooutsideinfluences.”“There’snootherplaceI’dratherlive”isasurprisinglycommonsentiment.

Alsowidespreadisaconcernforthefuture.Whatwillthisplacelookandfeellikeinadecadeorso?Peoplefromeverybaycommunityareworriedabouttheimpactsoffurtherfisherydeclinesandcontinuedchangesinpropertyuseandownership.Othersarestartingtowonderaboutsealevelriseandenergysupplies.Communitiescanopttofacetheseissuesontheirownyetit’sclearthattheseconcernsdonotrespectmunicipalboundaries.

ThemapsintheAtlashelpillustratethispoint.Theyprovideavisualexplanationofhowwesharetheareabyshowingthedistributionandpatternsofenvironmentalfeaturesandhumanactivitiesacrossbothlandandsea.Theyevokethepossibilityofregionalthinkingandactiononavarietyofissues,frompublicaccesstoenvironmentalmonitoring.

Thereare23mapsintheAtlas,whicharebuiltfromover100individuallayersofdigitaldata.Together,themapspresentthefirstcomprehensivegeographicpictureofasinglebayregioninMaine.TherawmaterialfortheAtlastookmanymonthstolocate,assemble,andmapusingGeographicInformationSystems(GIS)(seepage3foradescriptionofGIS).Themappingeffortbeganin2005whentheregionservedasthesiteofoneoftwopilotprojectsfortheStateofMaine’sNearshoreRegionalManagementStudy.1Responsetothepilot’sinitialbaymapswassostrongthatthoseofuswhowereinvolvedintheprojectdecidedtomakethemintoaresourcewecouldconfidentlyoffertootherstouse.WeworkedwithscoresofindividualsandgroupstoimprovetheGISdatawehadandgeneratenewlayerssuchassailingroutes,recreationalfishinggrounds,andhousingtrends.ThenthemapmakerswenttoworktocreatetheillustrationscontainedintheAtlas.

Whoisthe“we”thatdidallthiswork?OnepartisanorganizationcalledQLF/AtlanticCenterfortheEnvironment(knowntosomeastheQuebec-LabradorFoundation.)Forreadersunfamiliarwiththisgroup,itmaybesurprisingtolearnthatitis50yearsold,bi-national(incorporatedinboththeU.S.andCanada),andsupportingtwoprogramsinMaine.QLF’sMarineProgramislocatedinFriendshipanditsCenterforCommunityGISisbasedinFarmington.TolearnmoreaboutQLFanditsMarineProgram,visititswebsiteat:www.qlf.org.FormoreinformationabouttheCenterforCommunityGIS,see:www.community-gis.org.

Theother“we”thatworkedontheAtlasistheMuscongusBayProjectSteeringCommittee.InstigatedbyQLFin2003,theMuscongusBayProjectisguidedbyagroupoflocalresidentsactiveinlocallandormarineresourceissues(severalofwhomrepresentspecificorganizationsincludingtheGeorgesRiverLandTrust,Knox-LincolnSoil&WaterConservationDistrict,MaineCoastHeritageTrust,MedomakValleyLandTrust,PemaquidWatershedAssociation,andUMaineCooperativeExtensionforKnox&LincolnCounties).Itspurposeisto“provideinformationandresourcestoencouragecommunityactionthatwillsustaintheenvironmental,economicandculturalvitalityofthisruralbayregion.”Workingtogether,QLFandtheSteeringCommitteemembersbroughttheAtlasintobeing.

Onbehalfofallofourprojectteam,Ihopeyoufindthisresourceasinformativeandthought-provokingaswedo.Althoughwehavespentcountlesshourslookingoverthemapsanddata,westilldiscovernewrelationshipseverytimewestudytheimages.OurhopeisthattheMuscongus Bay Atlas,andtheveritablelibraryofGISdataunderlyingthework,willbecomeawell-usedanddynamicresourceforlocaltowns,organizations,agencies,andbusinesses.Andwehopethattheregionalmapsbegintoshifthowyou,thereader,thinkaboutthisplace,too.

JenniferAtkinson,DirectorMarineProgramMay,2008QLF/AtlanticCenterfortheEnvironment28MartinPointRd.Friendship,[email protected]

1MaineStatePlanningOfficeandMaineDept.ofMarineResources.(2007)Managing Maine’s Nearshore Coastal Resources: Final Report of the Bay Management Study.(MaineSPOandMaineDMR,Augusta,ME).

Foreword

Muscongus Bay Atlas 1

Introduction

Overview The Atlas is for anyone who has an interest in learning more about Muscongus Bay. It is also for people who like maps. It has been created over many, many months with the help and advice of countless local residents and fans of this place. They aren’t a big group, but they are devoted.

Although located at the midpoint of Maine’s long coastline, Muscongus Bay is not all that well known to many in New England or even Maine. It is often overshadowed by the much larger Penobscot Bay to the east and the much better studied Damariscotta River Estuary to the west. Those who live here (close to 23,000 year round), however, are passionate about its beauty, its “out of the way” location, and its traditional, rural character. Surrounded by nine mainland towns and home to one year-round island community, Muscongus Bay is a relatively quiet part of Maine’s midcoast area. Lacking heavy industry or shipping terminals, it is best described as a “small boat bay” known for its lobsters, clams, puffins, and artists as well as for its place in early American history. There are no major service centers here. Most residents head to Rockland or Damariscotta to meet these needs. Students head in all kinds of directions for school as the towns are split among four school districts (MSAD 5, MSAD 50, MSAD 40, and Union 74). The area is also divided into two watersheds (Georges River and Medomak River) and two counties (Knox and Lincoln).

What connects these residents is the bay and its estuaries - the first marine area in Maine to be depicted in an integrated collection of GIS maps. As a set, these maps don’t really constitute a “State of the Bay” report because the Atlas doesn’t provide an analysis of this region’s environmental health or a diagnosis of its major issues. Instead it presents the area’s natural features and human uses in a series of geographic illustrations some of which are, at most, suggestive of possible issues or concerns, while others confer a sense of uniqueness or importance to the area. Taken together these maps provide a more complete picture of what is in and what goes on around Muscongus Bay.

Given that this is not a snapshot of the region’s condition, some may wonder why the Atlas was created. There are many reasons, although four stand out among them. First, it makes regional GIS mapping information and resources available to the communities of Muscongus Bay (see more about GIS on page 3) at a time when they need better information to make sound decisions about a future full of change, uncertainty, and opportunity. Although the Atlas in and of itself is a great resource, it represents a far more powerful information tool - the computerized geo-library of digital data that serves as its foundation. No other embayment in Maine has such a resource (although each one should). Now that this one has been generated, creating atlases and geo-libraries for other bays should be much easier. Which supports the second reason, the need for a GIS prototype for bays in Maine.

There are two more key reasons as well. Maps have the power to make a statement about this area that can’t be done by words alone. The Atlas depicts Muscongus Bay as a specific place, a region of communities that share a common resource, which has shaped their past and will affect their future. The Atlas also has provided a social learning opportunity. The process of making it was a fun and interesting way to enable people and organizations to share what they know about this region while discovering what others know about it at the same time. Bringing it all together in one publication demonstrates just how much we, as a larger community, can contribute to an understanding of how this bay system works.

Background For those wanting more rationale, some further background on the Atlas project may help. In 2003, the Maine State Legislature requested a study on “potential new and innovative concepts for the management of Maine’s embayments.”1 The impetus for this study was the growing recognition that current approaches to nearshore management were less effective than in years past. Changes in use were causing new kinds of conflict and environmental challenges that required more flexibility and better information than the current system had.

Around the same time, a group of Muscongus Bay residents were beginning to meet in response to prodding by locally-based staff of QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment (QLF).2 They met with QLF to explore ways that local residents and organizations could focus more attention on the future and health of the bay region. They all felt that major change was afoot in this area, due in part to transfers in coastal property ownership and to the increasing vulnerability of the area’s fishing industry. And, they wanted their efforts to focus on the whole system, not just one piece of the puzzle or one part of the place.

They had no roadmap, however, to help them decide how to move forward. So they started by gathering information on what was documented, in scientific papers, about the bay’s environment. They found many more gaps than answers. Then, with a mandate from the state’s nearshore study, they began to gather mapping data and something new happened. Other people became interested in what they were doing.

That was in 2005. The group had just become a pilot project of the state’s Nearshore Regional Management Study. Led by QLF, their role in this study was to determine what, if anything, would encourage towns, groups, and leaders in Muscongus Bay to become involved in regionalized approaches to ocean and coastal management. To explore this question the group helped QLF employ several methods (mail surveys, roundtable sessions, public forum), but their mapping work proved to be the most effective and interesting.

The digital data they collected for that study formed the foundation for the illustrations in the Atlas. The experience of that initial effort also showed them that mapping did something for the group that the gathering of scientific reports couldn’t. It magnetized other people to their project, people who either wanted to be part of the making of these maps or who simply enjoyed viewing them.

Some call this effect the “power of mapping.” The group simply wanted to tap into it some more. They knew that the draft maps created for the pilot project represented a good first step, but the images weren’t ready for prime time. To make them really useful for others in the area the group needed to improve the maps’ accuracy, add new data, and enhance the visual appeal of the design. Rather than do that on their own and present a finished product to the communities, they involved many other people from the area in the effort. They asked people to contribute their knowledge and their data so that the existing maps could be revised and new ones could be created. Thanks to the generous donations of time, information and knowledge by people familiar with this region (and financial support from private foundations and government) the Atlas slowly became a reality.

Now this publication, and the geo-library of digital data behind it, are available to everyone in and interested in the bay area. How these resources will be used is hard to predict with certainty. Members of the group hope that this material will be put to work helping local towns, organizations, and businesses add a regional dimension to the deliberations and decisions that shape this area’s future. They intend these resources to evoke questions and enable new ways of thinking and approaching shared issues and concerns. The Atlas is by nature a static resource that they hope provides pleasure and awareness to the reader. The data used to make the Atlas maps, however, is part of a dynamic and flexible geo-library that can be used, updated, refined and expanded to create new maps combining different kinds of information, at different scales, and over different time periods.

Muscongus Bay Atlas2

About the Atlas Each two-page spread in the Muscongus Bay Atlas contains a map page (right side) and accompanying textual information about the data layers being displayed (left side).

Text (left side): Each map has a text page which provides a simple description of its unifying theme. This description is enhanced by resources for further and more indepth information on this topic or aspects of it. Each text page also defines legend terms (Legend detail), which may be unfamiliar to the reader or which require further explanation. At the bottom of each text page is a Data sources table. It lists the original source of the data used for the map’s theme as well as where the digital form of that data can be obtained. Not all of the data gathered for the maps was provided in digital form. QLF, however, stores the data that it digitized. Data which QLF did not digitize is available from its original source. Some of this data is accessible from the source websites.

Maps (right side): Each map depicts data that relates to a general theme. All maps are designed at the same geographic scale. Map features are explained in the legend at the bottom of each illustration. Some maps have many more features than others. Digital data sources are shown at the bottom of the map as well (see explanation below). All have scale bars and a North arrow in the bottom right hand corner to orient the viewer. And, all are available as individual images online at www.qlf.org or www.community-gis.org.

Next Steps With the Atlas project completed, QLF and its Muscongus Bay Project Steering Committee have turned towards a new challenge – integrating their understanding of this area into a functional description of the whole system.

After completing the Atlas they realized that although it provides a wonderful snapshot of many different aspects of this region, it does not weave these pieces together to tell the bay’s story. How do these pieces interrelate? What parts are more significant to the region’s resilience over time than others? How well are we managing those aspects of this system that underlie all of its other functions and needs? Are there components of this system that could serve as indicators of its overall health and well being? What are those and what do we know about them?

This next project will take several years and once again call on the many people of the region with knowledge to share. It will likely build on and expand the digital geo-library for this region. And like the maps, it will engage and inform the local public and decisionmakers.

To learn more about this effort or to access the Atlas online go to QLF’s website at www.qlf.org or www.community-gis.org. Print copies of the Atlas are sold by local stores in the Muscongus Bay region. For details about GIS or mapping call the Center for Community GIS directly at 207-778-0900 or visit them at their offices in Farmington, Maine. QLF’s Marine Program, which coordinates the Muscongus Bay Project, is located in Waldoboro, Maine and can be reached at 207-832-8109.

1 Maine PL 2003 c. 660 Part B.

2 QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment is a 50 year old, bi-national organization with headquarters in Ipswich, Massachusetts and Montreal, Quebec as well as six field desks, including one in Friendship, Maine and another in Farmington, Maine. Its mission is to “support the rural communities and environment of eastern Canada and New England, and to create models for stewardship and cultural heritage that can be applied worldwide.

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Benner Island

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Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

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Stone Island

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TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

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Browns HeadCove

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MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

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SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

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Turkey Cove

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CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

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Local lobster territories Other featuresLobster pound (1998)

Lobster dealer withat least five boats (2005)

Lobster district,Maine Lobster Zone D

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Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

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Commercial Lobster Fishery - Present

Map backgroundLobstering is the most common and visible fishery in Muscongus Bay. Lobster boats are moored in almost every harbor. Off season, box-shaped wire traps sit in long stacks on docks, in fields and in backyards. In season, colorful trap buoys dot the water like holiday lights. During the summer and fall lobstering takes place largely inside the bay. Monhegan Island residents, however, work their grounds in the winter and spring. That is also when mainland lobstermen who harvest year round set traps outside the bay and offshore.

For this map, rather than depict the fishing grounds, which cover virtually all of the bay’s waters, other aspects unique to this fishery are shown, including: local territories, zone districts, and lobster boat racing courses. The resulting illustration is complex, which is why the lobster fishery is shown on a single map in the Atlas separate from the other commercial fisheries.

The Internet has many sites with extensive links that provide further information about the fishery, its management, product sales and marketing, and lobster biology. For information on lobster management, start with the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources at: www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/lobster/index.htm. For information on lobster biology, visit Muscongus Bay’s own lobster research group, The Lobster Conservancy (www.lobsters.org/tlcbio/biology.html). The Gulf of Maine Marine Institute has information on how lobsters are harvested (www.gma.org/undersea_landscapes/lobstering/). A video by the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine can be found at: www.lobster.um.maine.edu/. The Maine Lobster Promotion Council provides information on sales and marketing at: www.lobsterfrommaine.com/. Additional details on lobster racing are posted at: www.lobsterboatracing.com/. For more information on lobster territories and lobster zones consult James Acheson’s recently published book on the industry, Capturing the Commons: Devising Institutions to Manage the Maine Lobster Industry.

Legend detail

Local lobster territories: Traditional areas exclusively controlled by the lobstermen of a specific harbor or town. Lobstermen within a territory have established and enforced customs concerning how and where traps can be set (and by whom).

Monhegan lobster conservation area: Originally considered a local territory, use of these grounds was legally restricted in 1997 to Monhegan Island lobstermen and only open each year from December to June.

Other Features

Lobster pounds (1998): A scientific or commercial facility used to hold and store live lobsters by allowing the continuous circulation of fresh ocean water. A commercial lobster pound enables distributors to buy and hold lobsters until the animals can attract a higher price.

Lobster dealers with at least five boats (2005): The location of a business permitted to buy, sell, and distribute lobsters.

Local Districts, Maine Lobster Zone D: One of twelve election districts in Zone D (one of seven such zones extending across Maine) which stretches from Pemaquid Point in Muscongus Bay to Cape Rosier in Penobscot Bay. One individual per district is elected by licensed lobstermen to represent them on the Zone D Council. Under Maine law, each Lobster Zone Council can develop certain rules regulating fishing by lobstermen within their zone.

Lobster boat races: The locations of annual competitions among lobster boat owners. The Friendship Race is one of eight sanctioned summer events of the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Circuit. The race off Pemaquid is a popular non-points event.

Data sources

Features Information Source Digital Data Source

Local lobster territories

Acheson, James M. (2003) Capturing the Commons: Devising Institutions to Man-age the Maine Lobster Industry. (Univesity Press of New England, Lebanon, NH). 284p.

Center for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

Lobster pound (1998), Lobster dealer with at least five boats (2005)

Maine Dept. of Marine Resource-Ecology Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources http://www.maine.gov/dmr/maps/mapindex.html

Local district, Maine Lobster Zone DMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Biological Monitoring and Assessment Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resourceshttp://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/lobster/research.htm

Lobster boat racesQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local race organizers)


Muscongus Bay Atlas






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Egg RockSouth Ledge

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SoutheastBreaker

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Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

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MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

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GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

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Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

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DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

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GarrisonIsland

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BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

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JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

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HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

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LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

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Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

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Cow Island

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Drinking Cove

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Turkey Cove

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Introduction

Muscongus Bay Atlas �

What is geotechnology?

Over the last thirty years, developments in geotechnology have created new opportunities for organizations to use computers to integrate, visualize, and analyze environmental information. Currently available digital mapping tools—ranging from free, internet-driven programs like Google Earth to high-end Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software—make it possible for users to customize maps, investigate patterns and trends, and prepare for future events. Today, the range of geotechnology users includes not only scientists, natural resource managers, and professional planners but local conservation groups, police departments, real-estate brokers, schools, and 4-H Clubs.

What is GIS?

Using GIS, one can integrate layers of geographic information according to their shared geography, regardless of the data source. Layers that are commonly overlaid in a GIS include elevation, hydrological features, roads, land use and land cover, aerial photographs, and satellite imagery. Once the data are entered, GIS users can manipulate all data layers to generate customized maps for a region, look for patterns in mapped features, or create new information by processing one or more of the existing layers. In the marine environment, GIS is being used to produce and distribute detailed nautical charts, track sightings of threatened and endangered species, assess the potential impacts of sea-level rise, describe the locations of habitats, and determine the most suitable locations for marine reserves.

Where can I find GIS data?

GIS has become a widely used medium for gathering, storing, and exchanging environmental information. Data stored within one GIS database can be shared easily with other GIS users. In the United States, a wide variety of GIS-ready data sets can be accessed from national, state, and regional organizations at no or low cost. Many government agencies (e.g., NOAA, USGS, U.S. Census Bureau) have dedicated GIS departments that are tasked with developing, maintaining, and sharing essential data layers. The number of municipalities using GIS is growing every day, creating new opportunities for GIS users to obtain highly detailed city- and town-scale data sets such as property parcels. Many of these data providers can also supply maps of their data sets in file formats (e.g., PDF, JPEG) that can be viewed by people without GIS.

How can I create my own GIS data layers?

In spite of the growing body of GIS data sets, it is not uncommon to find that certain data layers do not exist in digital form or do not possess a suitable level of detail. For local analyses, in-field data gathering has been facilitated by the increased diffusion and affordability of Global Positioning Systems (GPS). GPS data can be integrated easily into GIS to deepen our understanding of the local environment. Data layers can also be created by tracing features from aerial photographs or scanned paper maps. Sketch mapping on charts and maps is another approach for gathering specialized information from locally knowledgeable people, such as fishermen, harbor masters, tourism operators, and long-time residents.

How can I start mapping Muscongus Bay issues of importance to me?

Like many information technologies, GIS has become easier to use and more affordable over time. Developing effective GIS capacity, however, remains a significant investment, especially for groups that only use the technology occasionally. For basic mapping needs, a variety of web tools allow users to generate basic maps of areas featuring transportation networks, political boundaries, demographic information, and in some places aerial images. Some mapping websites and freely available programs allow users to add their own information, such as GPS waypoints or tracks, to the map. Groups requiring more-specialized GIS services can get support from a growing network of dedicated GIS service providers.

Where can I find some mapping tools and data?

a) Internet mapping sites (capable of generating base maps) Google Maps: http://maps.google.com Microsoft Virtual Earth: http://maps.live.com MapQuest: http://www.mapquest.com

b) Internet mapping sites (content specific) USGS National Map: http://nationalmap.gov U.S. Census: http://factfinder.census.gov Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment: http://www.gulfofmaine.org Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System: http://www.gomoos.org

c) Virtual globes Google Earth: http://earth.google.com NASA World Wind: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov Microsoft Virtual Earth 3-D: http://maps.live.com d) Free GIS programs ArcGIS Explorer: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/index.html Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS): http://grass.itc.it TatukGIS: http://www.tatukgis.com

e) Online GIS data providers Geography Network: http://www.geographynetwork.com GIS Data Depot: http://data.geocomm.com Maine Office of GIS: http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us

f) Non-profit GIS service providers

Center for Community GIS: http://www.community-gis.org GreenInfo Network: http://www.greeninfo.org Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association: http://www.sheepscot.org/gis_page.html

Text adapted from:Taylor, Peter H. (2008) Seascapes: Getting to Know the Sea Around Us. A Guide to Characterizing Marine and Coastal Areas. (Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc., Ipswich, MA).

What is GIS?




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Coastal Communit ies

Map background Nine mainland towns surround Muscongus Bay and one island community marks its southern border. Each one has its own special identity. Together they form the Muscongus Bay region. Local residents have described the area as “quiet, peaceful, rural, traditional.” There are no major service centers here. Although some of the towns do have more shops and businesses than others, all have a basic set of places that meet the needs of day to day life. The most central and common of these places are depicted on this map.

The region’s mainland towns are also comprised of a number of smaller villages. (Towns, however, are the most local unit of government in Maine.) Many of these villages are no longer distinguishable as rural population centers. Some, however, such as Port Clyde in St. George or New Harbor in Bristol, remain vibrant and distinct communities complete with their own small markets, eateries, and post offices.

For more information on local features and businesses contact the towns themselves (most have their own websites) or visit the area’s two Chamber of Commerce groups online. The Damariscotta Region Chamber of Commerce (www.damariscottaregion.com/index.html) serves the towns in Lincoln County and the Rockland-Thomaston Area Chamber of Commerce (www.therealmaine.com) covers the towns in Knox County.

Legend detail

Political boundaries: Jurisdictional lines for Maine’s incorporated and unincorporated towns and counties mapped in accordance with the state’s coastline.

Transportation: Basic transportation routes including primary and secondary roads as well as railway lines.

Hydrography/Hydrology: Locations and names of freshwater and marine water features (rivers, lakes, ponds, shoals, ledges).

Local features: Places commonly found in most communities that are frequented by local residents on a regular basis.

Data sources


Political boundaries Maine Office of GISMaine Office of GIS (METWP24, CNTY24)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Main road, Railway Maine Dept. of TransportationMaine Office of GIS (MEDOTPUBRDS, MERAIL24)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Secondary roadMaine Public Utilities Commission, Maine Emergency Services Communications Bureau, Maine Office of GIS

Maine Office of GIS (E911RDS_01022007)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Ocean feature U.S. Geological SurveyMaine Office of GIS (GNIS_L)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

River, Waterbody/lakeU.S. Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS

Maine Office of GIS (HYD24)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Library, School Maine Office of GISMaine Office of GIS (SCHLIB)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Church, Post office, Town officeQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program


Village Maine Office of GISMaine Office of GIS (GNIS_P)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Muscongus Bay Atlas




NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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32

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MAP 1

Local features

Village

GF Church

") Library

#* Post office

") School

#* Town office


l Ocean feature

Waterbody, lake

River


1:150,000

¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4



County boundary

Railway

Secondary road




Land elevation

760 ft

0 ft

Ocean floor depth

0 ft

- 395 ft



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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32

32

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32

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131

131

131

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220

MAP 2

1:150,000

Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6 ¢0 1 2 3 4


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Map background

Topographic and bathymetric maps depict the configuration of the Earth’s surface. They help explain the origin and current work of processes that shape and change the land and seafloor. And, they are as important to learning about the marine environment as they are to understanding terrestrial places.

In the Atlas we provide two such maps (see Map 3, Surficial Geology). Map 2 shows the overall shape of the bay region which ranges from a high of 760 feet above sea level to a low of 395 feet below sea level. The region’s depths and elevations are largely defined by the underlying bedrock as are the form and location of the islands, peninsulas, and the bay itself.

Map 2 also conveys the seamless connection between coastal lands and the seafloor because under the bay’s surface, as any boater knows, the seafloor is as varied as the land above. Therefore, to provide a complete picture of this region, this map shows how the entire bay region is shaped. Highlighting the many underwater ledges and rocks for which this bay is known, this map also illustrates one of the reasons why this area is considered to be a navigational challenge.

For more information about the geology of the Maine coast contact the Maine Geological Survey in the Dept. of Conservation or consult their very informative collection of maps and publications online at: www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/mgs.html.

Legend detailOcean floor depth: Seafloor topography (channels, ledges, plateaus) is illustrated by using a gradation of colors each representing a different elevation range. This data layer was created by transforming bathymetric contour lines into a digital elevation model (DEM).

Land elevations: The relief of the land (hills, stream channels, river valleys) is illustrated by using a gradation of colors each representing a different elevation range. The data layer created from existing DEM data provided by the Maine Office of GIS.

Data sources

Ocean Floor and Land Terrain


Ocean floor depth Maine Geological SurveyMaine Office of GIS (BATHYM100)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Land elevationU.S. Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS

Maine Office of GIS (MEDEM30)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Muscongus Bay Atlas


Land elevation

760 ft

0 ft

Ocean floor depth

0 ft

- 395 ft



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oys

ter R

iver

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

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220

MAP 2

1:150,000

Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6 ¢0 1 2 3 4



Sur f ic ia l Geology



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

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Sea floorMud

Sand

Gravel

Rock

Land surfaceSwamp, marsh, bog deposit

Esker

End moraine

Glaciomarine deposit

Till

Thin drift

Miles

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Digital Data Sources: Maine Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

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Sur f icial Geology

Map backgroundCreated using data developed by the Maine Geological Survey, this map broadly illustrates the distribution of surficial materials on the region’s seafloor and coastal lands. This map provides additional information about the structure and composition of Muscongus Bay and, like Map 2 (Ocean Floor and Land Terrain), presents a seamless picture for terrestrial and marine areas.

Surficial materials are the loose particles that lie on top of the bedrock and range in size from the smallest clay elements to massive boulders. On land, these sediments lie between the bedrock and the soil zone (see Map 7, Soils and Stability). Knowledge of this layer is critical for making a number of land use decisions such as the suitability of an area for development or major construction. Information about surficial materials also helps locate sources of ground water as well as sand and gravel deposits. In the ocean, surficial materials comprise the top layer of the seabed. Mapping this layer according to bottom type helps in the identification of seabed habitats, disposal sites for dredged materials, and routes for cables or pipelines.

For more information about Maine’s surficial geology contact the Maine Geological Survey in the Dept. of Conservation or consult their informative collection of maps and publications online available at: www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/mgs.html.

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Sea floor

Mud: Areas where deposits of fine-grained material form a generally flat and smooth seabed. This bottom type is commonly found in sheltered bays and estuaries and at depths of greater than 60 m (~200 ft). In some submarine valleys the mud may be meters thick. Deep depressions (gas-escape pockmarks) occur in some muddy bays.

Sand: Generally smooth areas of the seafloor that consist primarily of sand-sized particles derived from rivers, reworked glacial deposits and/or biogenic shell production. This bottom type, although well represented in southwestern areas, is the least common on the Maine inner continental shelf.

Rock: Areas where rugged, high-relief seafloor is dominated by bedrock outcrops (ledge). This is the most common type on the Maine inner continental shelf, especially in depths of less than 60 m (~200 ft). Accumulations of coarse-grained sediment occur in low-lying areas and at the base of rock outcrops.

Gravel: Generally flat-lying areas that are covered by coarse-grained sediment, with rock fragments measuring up to several meters in diameter. In some areas gravel and boulders directly overlie bedrock. These deposits are not presently accumulating on the shelf but represent Pleistocene (Ice Age) material. Ripples are common in well-sorted gravel, indicating that some of the older glacial sediments are presently being reworked by waves, currents, and tides.

Land surface

Swamp, marsh, bog deposit: Flat, poorly drained areas in which there is an accumulation of organic rich sediments. May be open or partly forested.

Esker: A ridge of sand and gravel deposited at least partly by meltwater flowing in a tunnel within or beneath glacial ice. Many ridges mapped as eskers include variable amounts of sediment deposited in narrow open channels or at the mouths of ice tunnels.

End moraine: A ridge of sediment deposited at the margin of a glacier. Usually consists of till and/or sand and gravel in various proportions.

Glaciomarine deposit: Any accumulation of sediments, rocks and other earth materials related to areas where marine water and glacial ice were in contact.

Till: A heterogeneous, usually non-stratified sediment deposited directly from glacial ice. Particle size may range from clay through silt, sand, and gravel to large boulders.

Thin drift: Areas with generally less than 10 feet of surficial materials over bedrock.

Data sources

1 All definitions for this section were taken directly from text posted on the Maine Geological Survey’s website.


Sea floor Maine Geological SurveyMaine Geological Surveyhttp://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/about/index.htm

Land surface Maine Geological SurveyMaine Office of GIS (SURF_05222006)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Sur f ic ia l Geology



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Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

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Sea floorMud

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Esker

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Glaciomarine deposit

Till

Thin drift

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Land Cover - 2004



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

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SevenTreePond

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Land Cover - 2004

Map backgroundLand cover maps are important tools for land use planners, natural resource managers, conservation organizations, and scientists. The data used to create them most typically comes from satellite imagery. They illustrate the distribution of ecological resources and human activities within a given terrestrial area and indicate the relative dominance of different uses and resources. When mapped over time (using historical data or revising the maps with new data) trends and changes in land use also become apparent.

Among their many applications, land cover maps can assist in tracking sprawl; identifying the extent and quality of natural assets (such as forests and agricultural lands); assessing ecosystem quality; predicting sea level rise impacts (see Map 8, Sea Level Rise Predictions); and assessing the quality and availability of water resources. For marine managers, these maps suggest the kind of land-based impacts that could be affecting nearshore areas. Farming, for example, creates different issues for the marine environment than development.

The data used to create this map comes from the Maine Office of GIS. Land cover categories were interpreted from imagery primarily from the years 1999-2001 with further refinements made using 2004 imagery. On this map, the 23 land cover classes contained in the original data set were merged into six major classes.

More detailed information about the data used to compile this map can be found at: http://megisims.state.me.us/metadata/melcd.htm. To view a statewide Land Cover and Wetlands map go to: apollo.ogis.state.me.us/maps/newimages/enviro_300.jpg.

Legend detail

Land cover classification

Forest: Any area described as deciduous forest, evergreen forest, wetland forest, or mixed forest. These areas were not identified as being actively harvested or recovering from a recent harvest.

Working forest: Any forested area described by a stage or type of harvest including clearcut forest, regenerating forest, light cut forest, and heavy cut forest.

Farmland: Any area identified as either blueberry fields, cultivated crops, or pasture/hay fields.

Developed: Any area described at any level of development including: low intensity, medium intensity, high intensity, and developed open space.

Wetland: Any area identified as either wetland (other than wetland forest) or unconsolidated shoreland.

Low lying or no vegetation: Any area described as bareland, grassland, or scrub/shrub.

Data sources


Land cover classifications

Maine Library of Geographic Information, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wild-life, Maine Dept. of Transportation, Maine Dept. of Health and Human Services, Drinking Water Program, Maine State Planning Office, Maine GIS Executive Council, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-tion, Space Imaging, and Sanborn

Maine Office of GIS (MELCD)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Land Cover - 2004



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

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Important Habitats

Map backgroundMuscongus Bay offers habitats suitable to a wide variety of animals and plants of particular concern. Most of these species are the focus of private or governmental conservation efforts because they are threatened, rare, ecologically significant, or of high service value.

To expand efforts to conserve important habitats in Maine, wildlife agencies and organizations have recently embarked upon an ambitious effort called Beginning with Habitat. It provides towns with information about significant inland and coastal areas to help guide them in local conservation and resource management decisions. This map pulls from this program’s information as well as other state data to provide a regional view of much of the area’s notable wildlife assets. Places shown are ones identified by state, private, and federal research and analysis.

For more information on one or more of these habitats and the species they support contact the agencies listed below or visit their websites through the state government web portal at www.maine.gov. These offices can also provide more complete information on the kind of conservation activities, policies, or regulatory protection that is used to restore or maintain the value of these areas. For more information about the Beginning with Habitat program go to: www.beginningwithhabitat.org.

Legend detail

Essential wildlife habitat: Areas designated and mapped by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife as habitat essential to the conservation of four of the more than 40 species listed as either endangered or threatened under Maine’s Endangered Species Act.

Endangered, threatened or special concern species habitat: Areas mapped by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife that are important to wildlife species that the agency tracks. (Habitats included under either the Essential or Significant Wildlife Habitat headers are not further grouped into this category.)

Habitat for species of management concern: Areas mapped by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources as important to the restoration or conservation of native diadramous fishes, those species which either spawn in saltwater and spend most of their adult years in freshwater (e.g. American eel) or those which spawn in freshwater and spend most of their adult years in saltwater (e.g. alewife).

MNAP rare community: Areas classified by the Maine Natural Areas Program as rare natural communities.

Protected natural resources: Ecological communities identified under Maine’s Natural Resources Protection Act as critical to the state. Certain activities occurring in, on, over or adjacent to these documented areas require review and approval by the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection before they can legally proceed.

Significant wildlife habitat: Designated and candidate areas which qualify as “protected natural resources” under Maine’s Natural Resources Protection Act because of their rarity or their importance to certain kinds of wildlife. (Essential Wildlife Habitats also qualify as Significant Wildlife Habitats.)

Data sources


Bald eagle nesting site, Roseate tern nesting area

Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Maine Office of GIS (EHEAGLE, EHTERN)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Damselfly, Freshwater mussel, Rare birds, Redfin pickerel habitat


Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlifehttp://www.maine.gov/ifw/wildlife/habitat_data/requesting_data.htm

Alewife habitatMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Stock Enhancement Division


Other diadramous fish habitatMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Stock Enhancement Division

Maine Office of GIS (ACFISH2)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Rare plant community Maine Natural Areas ProgramBeginning with Habitat Programhttp://www.beginningwithhabitat.org/the_maps/gis_data_request.html

Eelgrass bedMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Ecology Division

Maine Office of GIS (EELGRASS05)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Mudflat Maine Geological SurveyMaine Geological Surveyhttp://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/about/index.htm

WetlandMaine State Planning Office, MaineNatural Areas Program

Maine Office of GIS (WETCHAR)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Atlantic salmon recovery areaU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Gulf of Maine Coastal Program

Maine Office of GIS (ASHAB3)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Deer wintering area, Harlequin duck habitat, Migratory shorebird feeding/roosting area, Seabird nesting island, Tidal waterfowl and nesting bird habi-tat, Upland sandpiper habitat


Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlifehttp://www.maine.gov/ifw/wildlife/habitat_data/requesting_data.htm

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Impor tant Habitats



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

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Hocko

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OldH

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Flyi

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Keen

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Lower Narro

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Davis

Strait

TheNarr

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KN

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CO

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CO

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Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

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Web

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Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond

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MNAP rare community


Mudflat



Wetland

Eelgrass bed








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Watersheds and Water Rest r ict ions



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

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Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

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Keen

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Lower Narro

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Davis

Strait

TheNarr

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KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

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Weskeag River

Oyste

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r

Med

unco

okRiv

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

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Tidal restrictions

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Georges River watershed

Medomak River watershedWatersheds

Class A river segment

River classifications

(All other waters are class B/SB)

Conditionally restricted

Prohibited

ApprovedIntertidal harvest restrictions

Restricted

Conditionally approved

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Office of GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

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Watersheds and Water Restr ict ions

Map backgroundThe flow and quality of the waters in this region are critical to the lives and livelihoods of all residents. This map illustrates just a few features related to these important characteristics.

The map depicts the coastal portion of the bay’s major watersheds, which are defined by the Medomak and Georges Rivers. The map also shows places where the coastal flow of saltwater is impeded by man-made structures. These obstacles, called tidal restrictions, alter nearshore ecosystems and change the nature of the services they provide.

Also shown on the map are two ways in which the waters of this region are classified based on their relative level of certain kinds of pollutants. One classification system affects shellfish harvesting while the other affects the licensing of direct pollutant discharges.

For more information on tidal restrictions contact the Maine Coastal Program (www.maine.gov/spo/mcp/), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Gulf of Maine Coastal Program (www.fws.gov/northeast/gulfofmaine/), or the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment (restoration.gulfofmaine.org/tidalrestrictions/index.php). For details about intertidal harvest restrictions consult with staff at the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources (www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/public_health/). Local land trusts and the Knox/Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District (www.knox-lincoln.org/about.html) can provide more material about the bay’s watersheds. The Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection (www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/monitoring.htm) is the best source for information about the water quality classification system.

Legend detail

Tidal restrictions: Any structure such as a dam, culvert, causeway, or bridge which constrains the flow of tides into tidal habitats. These structures lead to major changes in the coastal ecosystems and affect many species of birds, fish, and invertebrates. Restoration and repair of tidal habitats often focuses on removing or modifying tidal restrictions.

Intertidal harvest classification: A category of shellfish harvesting regulation (for clams, quahogs, oysters and mussels) which classifies areas according to the levels of fecal coliform bacteria present in the water. In order to protect public health, increasing levels of fecal coliform require increasing restrictions on the harvesting activity that is allowed. This classification program does not include the opening and closing of shellfish areas for resource conservation or management purposes.

Approved: Harvesting for direct market is allowed.

Conditionally approved: Harvesting is allowed except during specified conditions which affect pollution levels.

Conditionally restricted: Harvesting for shellfish which will undergo depuration is allowed, except during specified conditions.

Prohibited: No shellfish harvesting of any kind is allowed.

Restricted: Harvesting is allowed only of shellfish which will undergo depuration before going to market. Depuration is the process of reducing the pathogenic organisms that may be present in shellfish by using a controlled aquatic environment as the treatment process.

Watersheds: Land areas which drain into specific waterbodies (lakes, rivers, bay).

Medomak River watershed: Lands which drain into the Medomak River. In addition to the areas shown, this watershed extends inland to include some or all of the lands of Appleton, Nobleboro, Searsmont, Union, Jefferson, Washington and Liberty.

Georges River watershed: Lands which drain into the Georges River. In addition to the areas, shown this watershed extends inland to include some or all of the lands of Rockland, Rockport, Camden, Lincolnville, Hope, Union, Appleton, Liberty, Searsmont, Belmont, Montville and Morrill.

River classifications: Categories established by the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection that set state water quality goals for rivers. The state system includes four freshwater and three estuarine/marine classes that are used to direct the management of its surface waters. Classes range from AA/SA (freshwater/marine) where the expectation to achieve natural conditions is high and degradation is unlikely to Classes C/SC which have the least restrictions on use and the lowest water quality standards.

Data sources


Tidal restrictions Maine State Planning OfficeCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

Intertidal harvest restrictionsMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Public Health Division

Maine Office of GIS (CLASS03W)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

WatershedsU.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service

Maine Office of GIS (WBDME6_A)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

River classifications Maine Dept. of Environmental ProtectionCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Watersheds and Water Rest r ict ions



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

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Hocko

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OldH

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Flyi

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KN

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Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

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und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

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South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

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LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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Tidal restrictions

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Georges River watershed

Medomak River watershedWatersheds

Class A river segment

River classifications

(All other waters are class B/SB)

Conditionally restricted

Prohibited

ApprovedIntertidal harvest restrictions

Restricted

Conditionally approved

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Office of GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:


Soi ls and Stabi l i ty



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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dge

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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SevenTreePond

North

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South Pond

MedomakPond

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CrawfordPond

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Hydric

Highly permeableHighly erodible

Coastal bluff stabilityLandslide risk areaLandslide site

Highly unstable face

Soil characteristics


16

Soils and Stabil i ty

Map backgroundMaps illustrating the distribution of soil types on land are regularly used to assess the suitability of certain areas to different uses (e.g. different kinds of farming) or where particular plant communities might be found. Terrestrial soil maps can also provide information for marine managers because soil type influences the impacts of land use on the sea as well as ocean forces on the land.

To create this map, scientists from Maine were asked what qualities of coastal soils were most relevant to the management of nearshore waters. They agreed that soils which are considered drained, hydric, or erodible were of greatest interest as were clay soils which, when found in high, steep bluffs, contribute to the potential for landslides.

Several government agencies have categorized and mapped coastal areas according to these and other specific characteristics. This map provides a generalized view of the distribution and patterns of these characteristics. (Please note that for management purposes, more localized information is necessary.) Also, in the interest of clarity, within each characteristic only the most extreme condition is shown (e.g. highly erodible rather than moderately erodible). Other levels of each condition, however, have also been mapped and can be obtained from the sources listed below.

For more information on landslides and erosion of coastal bluffs, begin with the Maine Geological Survey in the Dept. of Conservation (www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/pubs/index.htm). Further information on area soils can be obtained from the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (soils.usda.gov). This federal agency also has an office in Warren, Maine.

Legend detail

Coastal bluff stability

Landslide risk area: A generalized site where an assessment of features suggest conditions that may be suitable to landslide formation. Landslide potential relates to the internal stability of a coastal bluff segment and the potential for gravity, under certain conditions, to move large amounts of sediment down-slope. Areas prone to landslides tend to have high, steep bluff faces, clay sediment, erosion at the high tide line, and a high groundwater table.

Landslide site: Areas where a landslide has occurred. Some events may have occurred in the last few years, some in the last century, and some thousands of years ago. Sites are documented through historical records, eyewitness accounts or aerial photography.

Highly unstable face: A generalized site where the bluff face shows signs of erosion including little vegetation, exposure of bare sediment, fallen trees and displaced chunks of sediment. To understand the hazard posed to coastal development (i.e. by the landward retreat of the top edge of the bluff) an understanding of local erosion rates is needed.


Highly erodible: Sites where the potential for soil erosion is high according to the soil erodibility index, a numerical formula which considers physical and chemical properties of the soil as well as the climatic conditions where it is located.

Highly permeable: Places where water is removed from the soil rapidly. They are commonly coarse textured, rocky, or shallow. Some are steep.

Hydric: Locations where soils are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions. They are associated with the development of wetland communities.

Data sources


Coastal bluff stability Maine Geological SurveyMaine Office of GIS (COASTAL_BLUFF_HAZARDS)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Soil characteristicsU.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service

Maine Office of GIS (SSA_S)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Soi ls and Stabi l i ty



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

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Hocko

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OldH

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KN

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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SevenTreePond

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Sea Level R ise Predict ions

Maine Office of GISData Sources:



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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SevenTreePond

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LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

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Potential 1 meter rise


Mudflats

Potentially affected areas and mudflats

18

Sea Level Rise Predictions

Map backgroundMost of the maps in the Atlas illustrate current conditions. This map, however, focuses on the future with a look at sea level rise, one of the events that will significantly affect local uses and habitats over the next 100 years as a result of global warming. Direct implications of sea level rise include: coastal flooding, increased shore erosion, loss of coastal property and infrastructure (such as roads and utility lines), saltwater intrusion into freshwater supplies and wastewater facilities, and loss of tidal wetlands, marshes and beaches.

To put the issue into context, during the last 90 years Maine has seen seas rise about six inches. Over the next century scientists predict that global warming will elevate sea levels between roughly three and twenty feet (one to six meters). The increase is related to two factors. First, as water warms, even by a few degrees, it expands. Second, as glaciers and ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland melt, they add water to the oceans. In the past few years scientists have begun to predict much higher levels of sea level rise because glaciers and ice sheets are melting faster than expected.

This map represents a conservative estimate of impact under two scenarios recently mapped by the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Using a digital elevation model it shows the landward progression of the mean high tide line. The method used does not account for shoreline changes such as erosion or the increased affects of storm surges. (A good Nor’easter could increase water levels another one to three feet.)

To see prediction maps for other regions of Maine, visit the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s website at: www.nrcm.org/sea_level_rise.asp. The Maine Geological Survey also completed a much more detailed examination of impacts for a part of southern Maine, which can be viewed at: www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/marine/sea-level/contents.htm. To learn more about sea level rise visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at: epa.gov/climatechange/effects/coastal/index.html. For comprehensive information about many more aspect of global warming, see work by the Union of Concerned Scientists (www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/), the Pew Center on Climate Change (www.pewclimate.org/), and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (www.ipcc.ch/).

Legend detail


Potential 1 meter rise: This scenario represents the most commonly predicted extent of sea level rise over the next one hundred years.

Potential 6 meter rise: This scenario represents recently revised predictions made by climate change scientists. Significantly higher levels are attributed to new information concerning the rate of melting of freshwater ice, ice sheets and glaciers in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic.

Mudflat: An unvegetated area consisting of mud, sand and/or gravel which is regularly exposed and flooded by the tides and typically located in a sheltered area with low wave-action. Mudflats provide important habitat for a diversity of invertebrates including commercially important species such as soft-shell clams and bloodworms.

Data sources


Potential 1 meter rise, Potential 6 meter rise

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (modeled using elevation data from Maine Geological Survey and sea level rise scenarios from the Natural Resources Council of Maine)


Mudflat Maine Geological SurveyMaine Geological Surveyhttp://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/about/index.htm

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Sea Level R ise Predict ions



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

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NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

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Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

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Sand and gravel aquifer

Significant areas of concern!

!( Underground storage tank

Pollution risk sitesGroundwater contamination threat

Pollution clean-up sites

") Spill response (1993-2005)") Site slated for remediation

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Toxic Spil l Si tes and Threats

Map backgroundHuman activity can affect marine and coastal environments in all kinds of ways. One of the most commonly recognized impacts is pollution. Among the many different kinds and sources of pollution, perhaps the most publicized are toxic spills. When it comes to events like oil leaks, contaminated sites, and hazardous waste clean-ups, public attention generally focuses on the pollution mega-events. Rarely are the much smaller and more regular events noticed except by the government, the polluter, and those affected by the event.

Although prevention is practiced, spills do happen all across Maine and even in the Muscongus Bay region. This map provides a general overview of these issues, both actual and potential, which are known to be present on coastal lands and, in particular, can impact groundwater. Mapped locations of spill events or spill threats in marine or estuarine waters were not available (e.g. the deposit of crude oil onto the bay’s western shores from Casco Bay’s Northern Gulf tanker oil spill in 1963).

The Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection is charged with preventing these kinds of accidents and, when they do occur, responding to and directing the clean-up and mitigation operations to minimize, to the extent possible, adverse effects on human health, property and the environment. Within this region they track, address and report on a number of sites in accordance with state and federal laws.

For more information on these sites and the programs responsible for tracking and managing them, see: www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/index.htm.

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Site slated for remediation: The general location of a site that is in the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection’s Voluntary Response Action Program, the Brownfields Program, the Landfill Closure Program, the Federal Facilities Program, the Superfund Program, and/or the Uncontrolled Sites Program (e.g. abandoned, unclear ownership, etc.). Many sites within these programs are also considered actual or potential groundwater threats. Descriptive information on each site can be found at: www.maine.gov/dep/rwm/data/remdescriptanddata.htm.

Spill responded to (1993 – 2005): The general location of a spill event that has been or is still being responded to by the Response Division of the Maine Dept of Environmental Protection. The degree of clean-up varies greatly depending on the type of soil and underlying material that the oil, gasoline or other contaminant permeated and whether the spill affected a few or a large number of wells.

Pollution risk sites

Groundwater contamination threat: The general location of a potential or actual source of contamination to groundwater such as oil spills, tank removals, landfills, or hazardous waste clean-ups.

Underground storage tank: The location of one or more oil tanks (and its associated piping and dispensing facilities) registered with and regulated by the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection. Agency staff provide technical expertise, training, and outreach to underground oil storage facility owners and operators so they can help protect groundwater from oil discharges.

Significant areas of concern

Sand and gravel aquifer: A geologic formation comprised of loose soil materials that is permeable and deep enough to enable a well in that deposit to continuously pump 10 gallons of groundwater per minute or more without going dry. It is particularly important to protect aquifers and their recharge areas when locating and managing possible sources of groundwater pollution.

Data sources


Pollution clean-up sites, Potential risk sites

Maine Dept. of Environmental ProtectionMaine Dept. of Environmental Protectionhttp://www.maine.gov/dep/gis/datamaps/

Significant areas of concern Maine Geological SurveyMaine Office of GIS (AQUIFER_POLYGONS)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Tox ic Spi l l S i tes and Threats



NortheastPoint

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Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

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Sand and gravel aquifer

Significant areas of concern!

!( Underground storage tank

Pollution risk sitesGroundwater contamination threat


") Spill response (1993-2005)") Site slated for remediation

Digital Data Sources: Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Maine Office of GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:


Air and Water Discharge Si tes



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

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KN

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

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Rive

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St. G

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ver

Goo

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Weskeag River

Oyste

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

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Web

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Boyd

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LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

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Licensed air and water dischargesAir pollution point source

Wastewater outfall pipe or combined sewer overflowWastewater treatment facility

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Digital Data Sources: Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

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Air and Water Discharge Sites

Map backgroundMuscongus Bay is considered by most residents to be an unpolluted and unspoiled environment. Its waters look clean for swimming, its seafood is actively harvested and marketed, and its wildlife appears healthy. Yet here, as in most parts of Maine, contaminants are being introduced into our environment every day. This map provides an overview of known sources of land-based contaminants in this region.

Discharges of materials potentially harmful to the environment and/or human health are emitted from residential, commercial, industrial and/or municipal systems. The cumulative and synergistic impact of these pollutants on the bay and its coastal areas is not understood. Better known and actively managed are specific threats of certain contaminants such as: oil spills on groundwater quality; particulate matter on human respiratory health; or human and other animal waste on seafood safety as well as on nutrient and oxygen levels in estuaries (which affect the plant and animals living there).

Specific threats posed by these discharges are managed and monitored by the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection in partnership with the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other government bodies through systems of licensing, reporting, education and enforcement. More information on how the state addresses these issues can be provided by Maine’s Bureau of Air Quality Programs (www.maine.gov/dep/air/programs.htm) and Maine’s Bureau of Land and Water Quality (www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/index.htm). More information on federal permitting of wastewater discharges is available at: cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/. More information on air pollution is available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation (www.epa.gov/air/index.html).

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Licensed air and water discharges

Air pollution point source: A specific commercial, industrial, or utility facility licensed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to emit one or more criteria air pollutants including, among others: particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and/or hazardous air pollutants. Both minor and major sources must apply for federal air emission licenses. Every year the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection collects and forwards data on Maine’s licensed emissions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Overboard discharge site: A Maine licensed residential, commercial, or publicly owned discharge treatment system used by a facility that is unable to connect to publicly-owned treatment works or unable to install a septic system because of poor soil conditions or small lot size. All overboard discharge systems require the landowner to maintain a process which clarifies the wastewater and then disinfects it prior to discharge.

Wastewater outfall pipe or combined sewer overflow: The open end of an active outfall pipe or active combined sewer overflow (CSO) which is associated with a wastewater treatment facility licensed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System. A CSO may contain not only storm water but also untreated human and industrial waste, toxic materials, and debris. During certain periods the wastewater volume in a combined sewer system can exceed the capacity of the sewer system or treatment plant. For this reason, combined sewer systems are designed to overflow occasionally and discharge excess wastewater directly to nearby water bodies.

Wastewater treatment facility: An industrial or municipal treatment facility (active as of June 2000) permitted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System to discharge wastewater directly into coastal waters. Common sources include publicly owned sewer treatment works as well as industrial facilities which discharge process water, cooling water and other contaminated waters.

Data sources


Licensed air and water discharges Maine Dept. of Environmental ProtectionMaine Dept. of Environmental Protectionhttp://www.maine.gov/dep/gis/datamaps/

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Air and Water Discharge Si tes



NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

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Hocko

mock Cha

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OldH

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nnel

Flyi

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Keen

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Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

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KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

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St. G

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Weskeag River

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

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Web

ber P

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ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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MAP 10

Licensed air and water dischargesAir pollution point source

Wastewater outfall pipe or combined sewer overflowWastewater treatment facility

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Overboard discharge site

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NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

ssag

e

Hocko

mock Cha

nnel

OldH

ump Cha

nnel

Flyi

ngPa

ssag

e

Keen

e Nar

rows

Lower Narro

ws

Davis

Strait

TheNarr

ows



KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

Med

omak

Rive

r

St. G

eorg

eRi

ver

Goo

seRi

ver

Weskeag River

Oyste

r Rive

r

Med

unco

okRiv

er

KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

nd

Web

ber P

ondBisc

ayPo

nd

Boyd

Pond

LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

1

32

32

32

97

97

73

90

32

130

220

131

131

131

235

220

1:150,000

¢Miles

Kilometers

0 2 4 6

0 1 2 3 4

MAP 11

Dredging and pumpoutsNavigation routes and featuresTransportation infrastructure

RailwaySecondary roadMain road Ferry route

Recommended deepdraft vessel routeLighthouseNavigational aid

#*

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Catch basin

GF Bridge_̂ Airstrip Park and ride

Maintenance buildingCross culvert

")

")

Dredged areaDredging area - potentialDredging disposal site!?

!< Pumpout

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS, Maine Dept. of Transportation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization, Center for Community GIS, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Map created by:

24

Transportation and Navigation

Map background Getting around the bay by land or water is such a common activity that its impacts are not often considered. Our travel infrastructure enables us to keep our communities connected and our economy functioning. The transportation network that supports the movement of people, goods, and services also affects the natural environment. On land, roads contribute pollutants to our waterways, fragment natural habitat, and depending upon how they are engineered, may include structures that impede the flow of water and movement of fish and other creatures (see Map 6, Watersheds and Water Restrictions). Road traffic creates hazards for wildlife, contributes air pollution, and deposits contaminants, which wash off into waterways. Travel on established water routes also can impact wildlife, introduce invasive species, and contribute pollutants into the water. Maintenance of certain waterways also requires periodic dredging of bottom sediments, an activity which has the potential to harm plants and animals and expose once-buried contaminants.

More information on land transportation routes and infrastructure is available from the Maine Dept. of Transportation (www.maine.gov/mdot/). More information about navigational routes is available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (www.noaa.gov/charts.html). Details about local pump-out stations are available from the Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection (www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docgrant/pump.htm). Details on dredging activities can be obtained from the New England District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (www.nae.usace.army.mil/).

Legend detail

Transportation infrastructure (Most of the transportation features shown require no definition. There are two, however, which may require further explanation.)

Catch basin: An inlet to a storm drain system that typically includes a grate or curb inlet, where stormwater enters the catch basin, and a sump to capture sediment, debris and associated pollutants.

Cross culvert: A cylindrical concrete conduit underneath a roadway which allows water to flow from one side of the road to the other side.

Navigation routes and features (Most of the navigation features shown require no definition. There are a two, however, which may require further explanation.)

Recommended deep draft vessel route: A navigational course established to assist passage of deep draft vessels (including tugs and barges). Other vessels, while not excluded from these recommended routes, should exercise caution in and around these areas and monitor communication channels for information concerning deep draft vessels transiting these routes.

Navigational aid: A marker on or above the water’s surface which assists navigators in determining their position or safe course, or warns them of dangers or obstructions to navigation. Common types include lighthouses, buoys, fog signals, and day beacons.

Dredging and pump-outs

Dredged area: Any location where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recorded the removal of bottom sediments from the sea floor in order to improve the navigability of a waterway.

Dredging area – potential: Any location where dredging activity is under consideration by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Dredging disposal site: Any location, on land or underwater, where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recorded the disposal of sediments from a dredged area.

Pump-out: A shoreside or mobile facility where boats can empty sewage from their holding tanks for further treatment and disposal. (It is illegal for boats to empty their holding tanks into waters inside the 3 mile territorial limits of the United States.)

Data sources


Main road, Railway, Airstrip, Bridge Maine Dept. of TransportationMaine Office of GIS (MEDOTPUBRDS/MERAIL24, OTRANS, BRDGS)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Secondary roadMaine Public Utilities Commission, Maine Emergency Services Communications Bureau, Maine Office of GIS

Maine Office of GIS (E911RDS_01022007)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Catch basin, Cross culvert, Mainte-nance building, Ferry route

Maine Dept. of TransportationMaine Dept. of Transportationhttp://www.maine.gov/mdot/systems_management/trim.php

Recommended deep vessel route, Lighthouse, Navigational aid

National Oceanic and Administrative Administation

National Oceanic and Administrative Administationhttp://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/download.htm

Dredged area, Dredging area - poten-tial, Dredging disposal site

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Eng-land District


Pump-out Maine Dept. of Environmental ProtectionMaine Dept. of Environmental Protectionhttp://www.maine.gov/dep/gis/datamaps/

Muscongus Bay Atlas

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NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

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Hocko

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OldH

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Flyi

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Keen

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Lower Narro

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Davis

Strait

TheNarr

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KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

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South Pond

MedomakPond

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LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

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Dredging and pumpoutsNavigation routes and featuresTransportation infrastructure

RailwaySecondary roadMain road Ferry route

Recommended deepdraft vessel routeLighthouseNavigational aid

#*

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Catch basin

GF Bridge_̂ Airstrip Park and ride

Maintenance buildingCross culvert

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")

Dredged areaDredging area - potentialDredging disposal site!?

!< Pumpout

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS, Maine Dept. of Transportation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization, Center for Community GIS, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Map created by:


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NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

ndLe

dge

s

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

dPa

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Hocko

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OldH

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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SevenTreePond

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Working waterfront sites *

Non-commercial - private

Commercial - private

#* Former working waterfront Mixed commercial and non-commercial - public

Mixed commercial and non-commercial - private#*

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* Data for Town of Cushing unavailable

Digital Data Sources: Island Institute QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

26

Working Water fronts

Map backgroundWorking waterfronts provide infrastructure and access necessary for a diverse array of businesses and individuals who use the bay’s resources. Shoreside docks, wharves, landings, and rights of way provide a critical connection between land and sea.

In recent years statewide concern has risen over the future of working waterfronts in Maine. According to the Maine State Planning Office, just 175 miles of Maine’s long coastline are sufficiently deep and sheltered to support water-dependent uses. Most of this prime shorefront acreage is occupied by residential, commercial, and industrial structures that do not depend on water access. Working waterfront covers just 25 miles of Maine’s shoreline.

In Muscongus Bay the types, locations, and amount of working waterfront varies from town to town. This map shows the distribution of this infrastructure across the whole region. Notably, no publicly owned sites exist in the Georges River estuary, except in the town of Thomaston. (Although not represented on this map, sites in the Town of Cushing do not include any publicly owned access points.) Many more sites can be found in the western half of the bay and in the Medomak River estuary, particularly in the Town of Friendship.

The data used for this map came from the Island Institute in Rockland, Maine, which recently completed an ambitious project to map Maine’s working waterfront, town by town. Local officials provided data to the Island Institute. As a result, there is some variation in the level of detail for each town. In addition, a subset of privately owned waterfront access was deliberately excluded from the dataset based on perceived local sensitivity to the data. The original material for this region included 18 categories of working waterfront. To facilitate viewing of this map, similar facilities were grouped into five types representing several combinations of use and ownership.

For more information on the Island Institute’s project see: www.islandinstitute.org/programs.asp?section=workingwaterfront. For more information on working waterfront issues in Maine visit the websites of the Maine Coastal Program (www.maine.gov/spo/mcp/wwi/index.php) or Maine Sea Grant (www.seagrant.umaine.edu/extension/coastcom/coastacc.htm).

Legend detail

Working waterfront sites

Former working waterfront: A privately or publicly owned facility or right of way which no longer provides access for waterfront uses.

Commercial – private: A privately owned facility which is used primary to support one of the following types of businesses: fishing, recreation, marina, boatyard, marine services, transportation, or education. This category includes residential piers (such as those owned by a single fisherman) as well as those of much larger businesses.

Non-commercial – private: A privately owned facility or right of way which is primarily used for recreation.

Mixed commercial and non-commercial – private: A privately owned facility which is used both in support of one or more marine businesses as well as personal recreation.

Mixed commercial and non-commercial – public: A publicly owned facility or right of way which provides access to the water for all uses. It includes public boat launches and wharfs.

Data sources


Working waterfront sites Island InstituteIsland Institutehttp://www.islandinstitute.org/programs.asp?section=workingwaterfront

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Working Water f ronts

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NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

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Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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Weskeag River

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

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South Pond

MedomakPond

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CrawfordPond

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Working waterfront sites *

Non-commercial - private

Commercial - private

#* Former working waterfront Mixed commercial and non-commercial - public

Mixed commercial and non-commercial - private#*

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* Data for Town of Cushing unavailable

Digital Data Sources: Island Institute QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:


28

Biological and Environmental Monitoring

Map backgroundRegular nearshore monitoring and survey programs track short-term fluctuations and long-term changes in marine and estuarine systems. They help us to understand how human activities and natural events affect wild animal and plant populations and their habitats. Once analyzed, monitoring and survey data enable natural resource managers to make informed decisions on specific issues, such as whether to allow the harvest of shellfish or how much urchin harvesting to permit. Over longer periods of time the data can indicate trends and patterns. Taken together different kinds of data can also provide insights into the overall condition of a system.

This map illustrates the diversity of monitoring and survey programs currently underway in this region. Only a few are designed to provide information about Muscongus Bay alone. Most sites gather information for programs with a broader geographic focus. All are designed to answer specific and seemingly unrelated questions. Some provide data that feed directly into the management system, such as rainfall levels which trigger the closing of clam flats. Others help to understand species that have a particular value, such as lobsters and puffins. To date, the data from these various efforts have not been compared to provide new information about the health of the Muscongus Bay system.

For more information about any one of these monitoring or survey programs, contact the organization conducting the activity or visit their website. The Gulf of Maine Council for the Marine Environment also provides information and locator maps describing these and other monitoring programs that occur in New England and Atlantic Canada. The map can be viewed online at: www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/map/. Program information can be searched through their online database available at: gomc.sr.unh.edu/index.jsp.

Legend detail

Biological monitoring sitesInshore trawl survey: Fall and spring survey of living marine resources using both fixed and random sites in the waters of Maine and New Hampshire. Conducted by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources and New Hampshire Fish and Game Dept. Only fixed sites appear on this map.

Juvenile lobster survey: Monthly assessment (April to November) of juvenile lobsters present in the intertidal zone. Conducted by The Lobster Conservancy.

Lobster settlement index: Regular sampling of recently settled larval lobsters. Conducted for use in government stock assessments by the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, University of Maine and other institutions.

Marine bird population, growth rate, reproduction and feeding survey: Long-term annual study of nesting seabird populations on Eastern Egg Rock. Conducted by the National Audubon Society’s Project Puffin.

Periodic marine bird population survey: Periodic counts of nesting birds on islands within the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Urchin survey: An annual survey of the number and size of green sea urchins at both random and fixed sites. Conducted by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources for use in state government stock assessments. Only fixed sites appear on this map.

Public health monitoring sitesParalytic shellfish: Regular monitoring of shellfish to detect levels of “red tide” and other marine biotoxins in Maine waters. Conducted by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources.

Phytoplankton: Weekly sampling (Spring to Fall) of coastal waters to detect presence of toxic phytoplankton. Conducted by trained community volunteers supervised by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resource’s Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program.

Water quality: The regular collection and analysis of water samples to detect levels of fecal coliform bacteria as federally required for the opening and closing of intertidal shellfish harvest areas. Conducted by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources with collection assistance from trained community volunteers including the Georges River Tidewater Association.

Other monitoring sitesClimate (snow levels): Seasonal monitoring to generate snowfall and snow depth statistics for use in forecasting, emergency response, and decision-making. Led by the National Climate Data Center of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Contaminants/Eutrophication: Periodic monitoring of water column parameters, sediment chemistry and toxicity, benthic communities, demersal fish, and tissue contaminants as part of the National Coastal Assessment. Led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

MITA monitored island: Seasonal monitoring of sites on the Maine Island Trail to detect amount, types and impacts of recreational use. Conducted by the Maine Island Trail Association.

Rain gauge: Sites where rainfall is measured to indicate the threat of fecal coliform to shellfish harvest areas. Monitored by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources.

Data sources


Inshore trawl surveyMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Ecology Division


Juvenile lobster survey The Lobster ConservancyCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

Lobster settlement index Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

Marine bird population, growth rate, reproduction, and feeding survey

National Audubon Society’s ProjectPuffin


Periodic marine bird population surveyU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge


Urchin surveyMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Biological Monitoring and Assessment Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resourceshttp://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/biomassdivision.html

Public health monitoring sites, Rain gauge

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources-Public Health Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resourceshttp://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/public_health/index.htm

Climate (snow levels), Contaminants/Eutrophication

U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environmenthttp://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/data.php

MITA monitored island Maine Island Trail AssociationCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Bio logical and Envi ronmental Moni tor ing

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Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

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OarIsland

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Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

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Other monitoring sites

MITA monitored islandRain gauge#*

GF Climate (snow levels)GF Contaminants/Eutrophication

!( Urchin survey!( Periodic marine bird population survey

Biological monitoring sites

!( Juvenile lobster survey!( Lobster settlement index!( Marine bird population, growth rate,

reproduction, and feeding survey

Inshore trawl survey

Water quality

Public health monitoring sites") Paralytic shellfish") Phytoplankton")

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Dept. of Marine Resoures, Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment, Maine Office of GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Map created by:





NortheastPoint

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Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

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Gull Rock

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Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

Chr istmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

Med

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Goo s

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Weskeag River

Oyster

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

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South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

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Web

ber P

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Boyd

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LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

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Pemaquid


Port Clyde

Thomaston


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D-4

D-1

D-5

D-6

D-7

D-2

D-12

Zone E


30

Commercial Lobster Fishery - Present

Map backgroundLobstering is the most common and visible fishery in Muscongus Bay. Lobster boats are moored in almost every harbor. Off season, box-shaped wire traps sit in long stacks on docks, in fields and in backyards. In season, colorful trap buoys dot the water like holiday lights. During the summer and fall lobstering takes place largely inside the bay. Monhegan Island residents, however, work their grounds in the winter and spring. That is also when mainland lobstermen who harvest year round set traps outside the bay and offshore.

For this map, rather than depict the fishing grounds, which cover virtually all of the bay’s waters, other aspects unique to this fishery are shown, including: local territories, zone districts, and lobster boat racing courses. The resulting illustration is complex, which is why the lobster fishery is shown on a single map in the Atlas separate from the other commercial fisheries.

The Internet has many sites with extensive links that provide further information about the fishery, its management, product sales and marketing, and lobster biology. For information on lobster management, start with the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources at: www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/lobster/index.htm. For information on lobster biology, visit Muscongus Bay’s own lobster research group, The Lobster Conservancy (www.lobsters.org/tlcbio/biology.html). The Gulf of Maine Marine Institute has information on how lobsters are harvested (www.gma.org/undersea_landscapes/lobstering/). A video by the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine can be found at: www.lobster.um.maine.edu/. The Maine Lobster Promotion Council provides information on sales and marketing at: www.lobsterfrommaine.com/. Additional details on lobster racing are posted at: www.lobsterboatracing.com/. For more information on lobster territories and lobster zones consult James Acheson’s recently published book on the industry, Capturing the Commons: Devising Institutions to Manage the Maine Lobster Industry.

Legend detail

Local lobster territories: Traditional areas exclusively controlled by the lobstermen of a specific harbor or town. Lobstermen within a territory have established and enforced customs concerning how and where traps can be set (and by whom).

Monhegan lobster conservation area: Originally considered a local territory, use of these grounds was legally restricted in 1997 to Monhegan Island lobstermen and only open each year from December to June.

Other Features

Lobster pounds (1998): A scientific or commercial facility used to hold and store live lobsters by allowing the continuous circulation of fresh ocean water. A commercial lobster pound enables distributors to buy and hold lobsters until the animals can attract a higher price.

Lobster dealers with at least five boats (2005): The location of a business permitted to buy, sell, and distribute lobsters.

Local Districts, Maine Lobster Zone D: One of twelve election districts in Zone D (one of seven such zones extending across Maine) which stretches from Pemaquid Point in Muscongus Bay to Cape Rosier in Penobscot Bay. One individual per district is elected by licensed lobstermen to represent them on the Zone D Council. Under Maine law, each Lobster Zone Council can develop certain rules regulating fishing by lobstermen within their zone.

Lobster boat races: The locations of annual competitions among lobster boat owners. The Friendship Race is one of eight sanctioned summer events of the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Circuit. The race off Pemaquid is a popular non-points event.

Data sources


Local lobster territories

Acheson, James M. (2003) Capturing the Commons: Devising Institutions to Man-age the Maine Lobster Industry. (Univesity Press of New England, Lebanon, NH). 284p.


Lobster pound (1998), Lobster dealer with at least five boats (2005)

Maine Dept. of Marine Resource-Ecology Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources http://www.maine.gov/dmr/maps/mapindex.html

Local district, Maine Lobster Zone DMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Biological Monitoring and Assessment Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resourceshttp://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/lobster/research.htm

Lobster boat racesQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local race organizers)


Muscongus Bay Atlas




NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

nd

Ledg

es

PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

Islan

d Pas

sage

Hocko

moc

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OldHum

p Chann

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Fly i

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Keen

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Lower Narrows

Davis Stra

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TheNarr

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KN

OX

CO

UN

TY

CO

UN

TY

LI N

CO

LN

Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

Chr istmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

Med

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Goo s

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Weskeag River

Oyster

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Med

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KalersPond

SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

Pond

South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

aqui

dPo

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Web

ber P

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Boyd

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LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

Duck PuddlePond 1

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D-4

D-1

D-5

D-6

D-7

D-2

D-12

Zone E



32

Commercial Fisheries and Aquaculture - Present

Map background The story of fishing in Muscongus Bay might begin with lobster, but it does not end there. The Muscongus Bay region supports the harvest and processing of a number of other species as well. The commercial fishery here is more diverse than many might expect, although not as diverse as it once was (see Map 16, Commercial Fisheries and Fish Habitats – Past).

This map shows the current distribution of fishing grounds for six commercial species as well as aquaculture lease sites for shellfish (principally oysters) and two local processing plants. It also highlights a unique clam management program on the Georges River estuary in which both the clammers and local towns participate. Not all species taken from the bay are shown on this map, but those portrayed here are among the most significant. Information on smaller or periodic fisheries was not available. Half of the data that was used for this map came from existing sources. The rest was gathered through participatory mapping interviews with local fishermen, fisheries workers, and staff from the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources.

For more information on the species harvested, fisheries management, or on local aquaculture lease sites go to the website of the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources at: www.maine.gov/dmr/index.htm. To learn about the area’s local processing businesses see websites by Great Eastern Mussel Farms (www.eatmussels.com/) and North American Kelp (www.noamkelp.com/about.html). To learn more about the Georges River Five Town Clam Management program contact the participating towns or view a description provided by Maine Sea Grant at: www.umaine.edu/ceskl/Clam%20Mgmnt%201999.pdf.

Legend detail

Aquaculture: Any site in coastal waters leased from the State of Maine (through the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources) for the commercial or scientific cultivation of a marine species. In Muscongus Bay all sites farm oysters except one, which grows blue mussels.

Standard shellfish lease: A lease can cover up to 100 acres and last up to ten years. It is renewable and transferable.

Limited purpose license: Also called an experimental lease, this site can be up to 2 acres in size and exist up to 3 years. It allows for commercial and scientific research with shellfish before a longer or larger lease is needed.

Fishing: Grounds or locations where commercial fishermen harvest a particular species. Rules regulating the harvest may be set by local, state or federal governing bodies or some combination thereof. They vary by species and change in response to information on stock status or other significant factors. The fishing methods and types of gear used, as well as the length and dates of the fishing season, vary from one species to the next.

Processing: The location of a business that manufactures and markets consumer products using marine plants or animals.

Management

Georges River Five Town Management Program: A unique area in which towns work collaboratively to manage their shared soft-shell clam resource. In accordance with a formal inter-local agreement approved by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources, each town is represented on the Joint Board of Selectmen. This body, as well as the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources, must approve or reject specific management rules developed by the Georges River Shellfish Management Committee, a group which is comprised primarily of area clammers. They develop rules (such as the number of clammers who can be licensed to dig in the river, the amount they can land, and more) in cooperation with a regional biologist from the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources.

Data sources


Aquaculture sitesMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Community Resource Development

Maine Dept. of Marine Resourceshttp://www.maine.gov/dmr/aquaculture/leaseinventory2006/index.htm

Alewife - municipal harvestQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with the Town of Warren)


ElverMaine Dept. of Marine Resources-Ecology Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resourceshttp://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/eel.html

Northern shrimp - trawling, Northern shrimp - trapping

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with Maine Sea Grant and local fishermen)


Sea scallopQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with MidCoast Fishermen’s Association)


Soft-shell clam

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (modeled using mudflats and intertidal harvest restrictions datasets (from MGS, MEDMR) in consultation with University of Maine Cooperative Extension for Knox and Lincoln Coun-ties)


Processing plants, Georges River Five Town Regional Clam Management Program area

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with Univer-sity of Maine Cooperative Extension for Knox and Lincoln Counties)


Muscongus Bay Atlas




NortheastPoint

Ledges


Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

nd

Ledg

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

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Hocko

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OldHum

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

usSo

und

PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

Chr istmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay


Mountain

MosquitoHead

CordwoodHill

JohnstonHill

LookoutHill

ProcksLedge Willett

Hill

Delano Hill

StahlsHill

BennerHill

DemuthHill

HowardHill

ThomasHill

FoggsHill

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SevenTreePond

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Georges River Five Town RegionalClam Management Program area

Aquaculture

Standard shellfish leaseLimited purpose license Elver


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Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

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South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

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CrawfordPond

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Atlantic cod (collapsed 1987)Haddock (collapsed 1966)

MAP 16

Green sea urchin(as of late 1980's to early 1990's)

Fisheries

Atlantic herring weir (as of 1977)!(

Alewife (as of 1995)GF

Atlantic herring (as of 1977)

Bloodworm (as of 1977)Blue mussel (as of 1977)

Ocean quahog (as of 1977)Sea scallop (as of 1977)

Irish moss (as of 1977)

Soft-shell clam (as of 1977)

Northern shrimp (as of 1977)

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Office of GIS, Penobscot East Resource Center QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

34

Commercial Fisheries and Fish Habitats - Past

Map backgroundConcerns over the resilience of today’s fisheries prompted the creation of this map, which provides some insight into local changes that have occurred over the last thirty years. Generally, there is little documentation about long-term fishery trends at the bay scale. Neither this map nor Map 15 (Commercial Fisheries and Aquaculture - Present) document every fishery occurring in the bay at a particular point in time. In fact, this map does not show past lobster grounds. (Local fishermen, however, noted that thirty years ago the lobster fishery occupied the whole bay, although the density of gear was lower.)

The accuracy of the information shown on this map varies between fisheries. Known for certain is the implementation of the 1995 moratorium on the Medomak River alewife harvest. Similarly, the locations of former spawning grounds for cod and haddock have been well researched and reviewed. Uncertainty about the methodologies used to gather the 1970’s data on fishing grounds, suggests that this material is reasonably correct but far from perfect. Those consulted knew of no current herring fishery in this bay although in the 1970’s it was an active component of the local economy. The precise year that the urchin fishery left the bay is also unknown, but it was quite active in the 1980’s and today is virtually absent. The wild blue mussel harvest was said by local fishermen to have been relatively strong a decade or more ago but weaker nowadays due to competition from farmed product (which may account for the absence of blue mussel grounds on Map 15). Fishermen also noted that quahogs, which they characterized as numerous locally, can no longer be legally harvested from the bay due to concerns about their regional population status.

Not all of the fisheries shown on this map have been lost. Worming, clamming, shrimping, and scalloping still take place in the bay. When comparing past to current grounds one might notice shifts in the location of these fisheries. It is important to remember that differences may be a result of how data was collected or presented.

Few websites have information about the history of local fisheries. Aspects of the stories of lobsters, herring, and alewives are provided by the Gulf of Maine Aquarium (www.gma.org/). These three species as well as many others are described by the Maine Dept. of Marine Resources at: www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/speciesinformation.htm. Articles on lost spawning grounds can be downloaded from the Penobscot East Resource Center’s website at: www.penobscoteast.org/ames_research.asp.

Legend detail

Fisheries: Locations or grounds where fishing activity was present for a particular species as of the date noted.

Former productive spawning grounds: Areas which once supported spawning activity for a particular species. These grounds began to decline with the arrival of more efficient fishing gear in the early 20th century. They have had no significant spawning activity and supported no targeted fishing activity since their collapse.

Data sources


Alewife (as of 1995)Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with the Lloyd Davis Trust)


Atlantic herring weir (as of 1977), Atlantic herring (as of 1977), Irish moss (as of 1977), Northern shrimp (as of 1977)

Maine State Planning Office (Maine Coastal Inventory, 1977, Fish and Wildlife Series 1 and 2, Maps 2-1, 5-1, and 5-3.)


Bloodworm (as of 1977) Blue mus-sel (as of 1977), Ocean quahog (as of 1977), Sea scallop (as of 1977), Soft-shell clam (as of 1977)

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources (Fefer, Stewart I. and Schettig, Patricia A. (1980) An Ecological Characterization of Coastal Maine. FWS/OBS-80/29. USDOI, USFWS. 6 Volumes including maps.)

Maine Office of GIS (WORM, SHELL)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Green sea urchin (as of late 1980s to early 1990s)

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with former commercial fishermen)


Formerly productive spawning grounds Penobscot East Resource CenterPenobscot East Resource Centerhttp://www.penobscoteast.org/ames_research.asp

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Commercial F i sher ies and F ish Habitats - Past

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Egg RockSouth Ledge

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Gunning Rock Shoal

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WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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Atlantic cod (collapsed 1987)Haddock (collapsed 1966)

MAP 16

Green sea urchin(as of late 1980's to early 1990's)

Fisheries

Atlantic herring weir (as of 1977)!(

Alewife (as of 1995)GF

Atlantic herring (as of 1977)

Bloodworm (as of 1977)Blue mussel (as of 1977)

Ocean quahog (as of 1977)Sea scallop (as of 1977)

Irish moss (as of 1977)

Soft-shell clam (as of 1977)

Northern shrimp (as of 1977)

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Office of GIS, Penobscot East Resource Center QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:


Sal twater Recreat ional F isher ies - Present

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Egg RockSouth Ledge

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

cong

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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Goo

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Weskeag River

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SidesparkerPond

SevenTreePond

North

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South Pond

MedomakPond

Pem

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LittleMedomakPond

CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

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Rainbow smelt ice fisheryGF

BluefishAtlantic mackerel

Rainbow smelt

Fisheries

Sea-run trout (brook and brown)Soft-shell clam

Striped bass

MAP 17

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

36

Saltwater Recreational Fisheries - Present

Map backgroundAmong the many recreational pleasures afforded by Muscongus Bay is fishing. The sport takes place year round with different species targeted during particular months. Nowadays the region supports a number of commercial recreational guiding businesses, especially thanks to the return of the striped bass fishery. There are many residents who still enjoy digging for a dinner of clams, heading out to catch mackerel, and spending a winter’s day ice fishing for smelt.

The detailed knowledge of both professional guides and amateur experts was used to create this map. They sketched the locations where they target various fish when those species are in season. The map presents a general distribution pattern of fishing locations and an initial picture of the variety of fish currently caught by recreational fishermen in the bay and estuaries. It was not feasible to document every fishing ground for all recreationally harvested species.

During the development of this map several of those interviewed spoke of recreational fisheries that are no longer active in the bay. They shared memories of good pogy years (menhaden) prior to the intensive nearshore harvest 15 to 20 years ago (as well as the strong bluefish runs which used to follow). Also recounted were stories of abundant flounder 40 to 50 years ago, cod even earlier, and past runs of shad and alewives.

The Maine Dept. of Marine Resources posts introductory information about saltwater recreational fishes at: www.maine.gov/dmr/recreational/anglerguide/doyouknowyourcatch/index.htm. Additional basic information about recreational fishing management regulations can be found at: www.maine.gov/dmr/recreational/forhirefleet/index.htm. To locate local fishing guides online, see: www.maine.gov/dmr/recreational/forhirefleet/index.htm.

Legend detail

Fisheries: Locations or grounds where recreational fishing for a particular species occurs. Rules regulating the catch may be set by local, state or federal governing bodies or some combination thereof. The preferred fishing method, as well as the length and date of the fishing season, vary from one species to the next.

Data sources


Atlantic mackerel, Bluefish, Rainbow smelt, Rainbow smelt ice fishery, Sea-run trout (brook and brown), Striped bass

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local recreational fishermen and commercial guides)


Soft-shell clam

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (modeled using mudflats and intertidal harvest restrictions datasets (from MGS, MEDMR) in consultation with University of Maine Cooperative Extension for Knox and Lincoln Coun-ties)


Muscongus Bay Atlas

Sal twater Recreat ional F isher ies - Present

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Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

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WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

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Gull Rock

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WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

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Kayaking Areas

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Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

Otter

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Fort St.George


OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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SevenTreePond

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MAP 18

Points of interestKayak use areasLaunch site#* MITA managed islands

PWA managed siteGFGeneral use

Wind protectedWind exposed


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Kayaking Areas

Map backgroundRecreational boating is quite common inside Muscongus Bay, especially in the summer and early fall. What distinguishes this region from neighboring areas, however, is its reputation as a “small boat bay.” When on the water one is much more likely to see a lobster boat, kayak, day-sailor, or small motor craft than an 80 foot yacht, two-masted schooner, or large fishing trawler. This is in part due to the challenging terrain of the bay, its many ledges and shoals, as well as the lack of facilities for larger craft.

One of the most popular kinds of recreational boating here is sea kayaking. The bay’s secluded shores and islands appeal to both weekend and vacationing paddlers. The lack of public access areas with parking, however, can pose a challenge for launching kayaks into the bay. One way around this issue is to participate in a tour organized by a local kayaking group or hire a commercial guide to lead a day or multi-day trip.

This map is one of two that illustrates the extent and pattern of recreational boating (see Map 19, Sailing Areas). Data was not available to show use by small motor craft. Most of the data on this map was gathered directly from kayak guides through participatory mapping techniques. They depicted general use patterns, rated wind exposure, and showed suitable launch sites. The Maine Island Trail Association (MITA) provided the data layer showing where they manage and monitor island use. Many of these are privately owned islands that are open to boater use thanks to the efforts of MITA and the generosity of individual owners.

To obtain further information on the permitted uses on the bay’s islands, contact the Maine Island Trail Association (www.mita.org). For more information on kayak guides and outfitters, contact the Maine Association of Sea Kayak Guides and Instructors (www.maineseakayakguides.com).

Legend detail

Kayak use areas

Launch site: Public access sites with areas available and recommended for parking.

General use: Any area of the bay used by kayaks during the recreational boating season.

Wind exposed: Known for their challenging paddling conditions, these areas are commonly used by and recommended for skilled kayakers only.

Wind protected: Known for their generally calm paddling conditions, these areas are commonly used by and recommended for all levels of kayaking ability.

Points of interest

MITA managed islands: Private or publicly owned islands where the Maine Island Trail Association manages and monitors recreational uses, such as camping or picnicking, by boaters.

PWA managed site: Remote location where the Pemaquid Watershed Association manages and monitors a rustic shelter.

Data sources


Kayak use areasQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local kayak guides)


MITA managed island Maine Island Trail AssociationCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

PWA managed site Pemaquid Watershed AssociationCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Kayaking Areas

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Egg RockNorth Ledge

Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

BaumBay

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Points of interestKayak use areasLaunch site#* MITA managed islands

PWA managed siteGFGeneral use

Wind protectedWind exposed



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Egg RockSouth Ledge

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WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

Round Rock

Gull Rock

Hay Ledge

The Kegs

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OarIsland

BensIsland


Killick StoneIsland


Island

WhartonIsland

Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

Johns Bay

LongCove

LongCove

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SevenTreePond

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CrawfordPond

HavenerPond

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MAP 19

Day sailing area

Race routes

Cruising pointof interest

Cruising route

Cabadetis Boat ClubShort Race

Friendship Cat Boat Race

Cabadetis Boat ClubLong Race

Friendship Chowder Cup

GFMonhegan Regatta

Port Clyde SailingClub Races

Sailing use areas


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Sail ing Areas

Map backgroundKnown to many as the birthplace of the Friendship and Muscongus Bay Sloops, this region is a rewarding area for sailing during the summer and early fall offering unspoiled harbors and interesting passages. Due to its “bad reputation for rocks” (according to one cruising guide) these waters are not as popular a destination for cruising as they are for sea kayaking (see Map18, Kayaking Areas).

The bay’s sailing use patterns, like kayaking, vary according to boater experience. A kayaker’s use of these waters strongly correlates with paddling skill. A sailor’s use is more dominantly influenced by familiarity with the bay’s challenging underwater terrain, lack of navigational aids, and in mid to late summer, the density of lobster gear. For these reasons, most visitors follow well established routes, whereas resident sailors can be found almost anywhere.

Those knowledgeable about the bay are passionate about its sailing pleasures, one of which is racing. A number of local races are organized around the bay each year. Some are quite regular, following well established routes and schedules. Others let the conditions determine the course for the summer’s competition, if it happens at all.

Information on this map was gathered from two sources. Local sailors provided information on day-sailing grounds, races, favorite gunkholes, and harbors. Cruising information came from Hank and Jan Taft’s second edition of A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast. Consult this resource and other published cruising guides for information about sailing through the bay as well as available facilities. For boat race details, contact local boat clubs, marinas, or town offices. For more information on the Monhegan Regatta, see: www.regattapromotions.com.

Legend detail

Race routes: Courses where one or more local races are usually held during the boating season. Only the Monhegan Regatta is a sanctioned event of Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association. It is hosted by the Portland Yacht Club. One section of this Yarmouth to Monhegan course enters Muscongus Bay.

Sailing use areas

Day sailing area: Any area of the bay typically used by resident sailors for full or partial day excursions.

Cruising route: Specific passages recommended to sailors passing through or unfamiliar with the bay.

Cruising point of interest: Harbors, coves, and other sights commonly recommended for viewing or visiting.

Data sources


Race routesQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local race organizers, Portland Yacht Club)


Day sailing areaQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local sailors)


Cruising route, Cruising point of interest

Taft, Hank and Jane. (1991) A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast 2nd Ed. (Interna-tional Marine, Camden, ME). 383p.


Muscongus Bay Atlas

Sai l ing Areas

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Egg RockSouth Ledge

HaddockIsland Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Pola

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PumpkinCove Ledge

WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

Gig Rock






CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

Ledge

BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

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AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

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ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

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Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

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Day sailing area

Race routes

Cruising pointof interest

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Friendship Cat Boat Race

Cabadetis Boat ClubLong Race

Friendship Chowder Cup

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Port Clyde SailingClub Races

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Environmental and Outdoor Education Sites

Map background Numerous organizations utilize the bay region as a setting to teach both children and adults about the natural world. Environmental education programs aim to increase people’s knowledge and understanding about how the environment functions as well as to foster attitudes and skills that advance sustainable living. Students of outdoor or adventure education learn about themselves, how to relate to others, and to the natural world in programs that develop leadership, teamwork, survival skills, and/or spiritual growth.

Although not known as an “education bay,” the diversity of activities in this region is notable. Seasonal boat tours provide informative excursions for visitors and residents alike who want to learn about and experience the region’s marine wildlife, scenery, and history. Residential summer camps immerse adults and youth in weeklong programs that build skills and teach awareness about Maine’s coastal and island resources. Day camps introduce children to the wonders of the sea and shore while outdoor adventure programs challenge young adults to become both leaders and team members. The region’s many conservation trails and visitor centers provide residents with year round opportunities to learn about their local environment and sustainable ways to utilize it. Several schools also maintain trails where the outdoors serves as the classroom for a range of lessons such as science, writing, art, or fitness.

This map illustrates the level of environmental and outdoor education activity in the bay as well as its organizational and geographic distribution. All of the data on this map came directly from the groups and businesses that provide these services.

To obtain further information about any of the organizations listed contact them directly or visit their websites. Additional details on trails and visitor centers can be obtained from town offices, libraries, and Chambers of Commerce (see Map 1, Coastal Communities). Tour information is available from the local operators. A recent guide summarizing local classroom resources (2006 Muscongus Among Us Educators Resource Guide) can be obtained from QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment (www.qlf.org). Information about environmental education organizations throughout Maine can be obtained from the Maine Environmental Education Association (www.meeassociation.org/) and the Gulf of Maine Marine Educators Association (gommea.org/).

Legend detail

Program use areas: Any area of the bay region regularly used, and in some instances owned, by the identified organization for environmental or outdoor education programs of varying length, content, and participant ages.

Eco-tours: Routes in the bay used by either Hardy Boat Cruises or Monhegan Boat Line to conduct part-day passenger and group charter tours.

Wildlife cruise: Routes highlighting marine birds and seals.

Scenery cruise: Routes highlighting coastal shores, islands, lighthouses and sunsets.

Trail areas and visitor centers

Conservation trail: An area of one or more trails of varying lengths maintained by one of the following conservation organizations: The Nature Conservancy-Maine Chapter, Pemaquid Watershed Association, Medomak Valley Land Trust, Maine Audubon, and Mid-Coast Audubon Society.

School nature trail: A short trail maintained by or for a public school primarily for use by classrooms and after school clubs.

Visitor center: A site where public programs and/or materials about the natural environment are offered by one of the following organizations: Pemaquid Watershed Association, Maine Audubon Society, University of Maine Cooperative Extension for Knox and Lincoln Counties, and Knox/Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District.

Data sources


Program use areas

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with Camp Friendship, Chewonki Foundation, Her-ring Gut Learning Center, Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Maine Audubon, Pemaquid Watershed Associa-tion, Tanglewood 4-H Camp, The Lobster Conservancy)


Eco-toursQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with Hardy Boat Cruises, Monhegan Boat Line)


Conservation trail area

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with Maine Audubon, Medomak Valley Land Trust, Mid-Coast Audubon Society, Pemaquid Watershed Association, The Nature Con-servancy-Maine Chapter)


School nature trail, visitor center

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local schools, Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District, Todd Audubon Sanctuary Visitor Center, University of Maine Cooperative Extension for Knox and Lincoln Counties)


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Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

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MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

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Cow IslandLedges

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PolinsEast

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BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

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SandIsland

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Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

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GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

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MillCove

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NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

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BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

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BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

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SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

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Designated historic sites

National Historic SiteGF

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State Historic SiteGF

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Local historic site#*

#* CemeteryHistorical organizations

"/ Local museum and society"/ Local museum"/ Local society

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Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Office of GIS, Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association GIS Support Center QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:

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Historic Sites

Map backgroundThis area’s history is all about the relationship between people, the bay, and its estuaries. From shell middens to shipyards, local sites reveal stories about how people utilized and altered this environment, and how the environment in turn shaped and supported local populations.

Some residents say that until recently there was a shared identity among those who lived in the bay region. People felt that they were from or belonged to this marine area. Those who recall this sense of regional identity believe that it began to diminish in the latter half of the 20th century as the bay and its estuaries became less central to everyday life. These same residents, however, view the sharing of history as one way to revive a regional identity among the towns and people of Muscongus Bay. Already local historical societies and museums serve as important places for building and strengthening connections between “natives” and newcomers.

This map locates the well recognized resources and places where pieces of Muscongus Bay’s story can be interpreted, shared and, in some instances, viewed. Some of the data shown are more complete than others. Only a handful of the region’s cemeteries, for example, have been mapped. This illustration does not begin to show the rich history of Native American and European life around the bay. No modern maps could be readily located which depict general areas or particular sites representative of the region’s major historical periods, trends, or changes. This topic could in fact be the focus of another regional atlas.

Information about local and regional historical organizations can be found by contacting town offices and libraries. Only a few of these groups can be easily found on the internet. Information on National Historic Sites or Districts is available from the National Park Service (www.nps.gov/history/nr/about.htm) and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission (www.maine.gov/mhpc/). Information about State Historic Sites can be obtained from the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (www.maine.gov/doc/parks/index.html).

Legend detail


National Historic District: An area listed on the National Register of Historic Places because it “possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development.”

National Historic Site: A location listed on The National Register of Historic Places. This registry includes over 80,000 districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are recognized for their significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture.

State Historic Site: A place that is publicly managed (and in some instances owned) by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Dept. of Conservation. There are 16 of these sites in the state.

Other historical areas: A site which includes features that provide clues into this region’s past and have been mapped by a state or local institution.

Historical organizations: A legally established institution that preserves and/or interprets the heritage and history of the Muscongus Bay area. These groups maintain and/or exhibit historical artifacts and documents, provide educational programming, and facilitate historical research.

Data sources


National Historic District, National Historic Site

National Park Service-National Register of Historic Places


State Historic Site Maine Bureau of Parks and LandsCenter for Community GIShttp://www.community-gis.org

CemeteryU.S. Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS

Maine Office of GIS (GNIS_P)http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Local historic site Georges River Land TrustSheepscot Valley Conservation Association GIS Support Centerhttp://www.sheepscot.org/gis_page.html

Historical organizationsQuebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program


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Pemaquid Ledge

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JenksLedge

KelpLedges

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NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

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HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

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SealLedges

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Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

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HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

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Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

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Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Office of GIS, Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association GIS Support Center QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008Map created by:


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Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

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JenksLedge

KelpLedges

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InnerLedge

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CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

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Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

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HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

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DryLedges

HartLedge

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WashLedge

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Seavey Island

SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

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46

Population Growth

Map background Population data is fundamental for understanding demographic, social, and economic patterns and trends within communities. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this map expresses population change in Muscongus Bay towns both as a rate of change (between 1990 and 2000) and as actual numbers (for each decennial census year between 1960 and 2000).

The map reveals that, except for Monhegan, all towns have experienced year-round residential population growth between 1960 and 2000. As illustrated by the bar chart, Waldoboro has the greatest number of year round residents. Cushing, however, experienced the greatest rate of growth between 1990 and 2000. The design of this map also facilitates comparisons with data shown on Map 23, (Housing Unit Growth). Notably, recent increases in housing and population do not mirror each other within all towns.

For more information about the abundance of population and demographics data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, see: factfinder.census.gov. Data and reports on Maine demographics are available from the Maine State Planning Office (www.maine.gov/spo/economics/census/). Local reports about population trends can also be downloaded from the Friends of Midcoast Maine (www.friendsmidcoast.org/patterns.pdf), the Mid-Coast Regional Planning Commission (for Knox County only, www.midcoastplanning.org/default.htm), and the Lincoln County Economic Development Office (www.lincolncountymaine.org/).

Legend detailPopulation change (1990-2000): Graduated color shades denote the rate of growth in year-round residential population as documented in the 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses. The darker the shade, the higher the rate of population growth.

Total population by year: Bar charts for each town show total numbers of year-round residents for each decennial census between 1960 and 2000. The height of each bar corresponds to the total number of residents. The colors of the individual bars in each chart correspond to the years the population count was taken.

Data sources


Population change (1999-2000),Total population by year

U.S. Census BureauU.S. Census Bureauhttp://factfinder.census.gov

Muscongus Bay Atlas

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Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

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InnerLedge

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CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

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Cow IslandLedges

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Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

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Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

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SandIsland

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Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

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WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

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InnerLedge

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CrotchIslandLedges

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NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

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BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

Old HumpLedge

MarshallLedge

HalftideLedge

HogIsland Bar

ThrumcapLedge

GangwayLedge

HarpoonLedge

Old ManLedge

SeaveyLedges

GriffinLedge

HaddockLedge

ThompsonRock

HavenerLedge

Middle Ledges

Polins Ledges

BaileyLedge

Barter Shoal

HupperShoal

ChannelRock

MurrayLedge

CoombsLedge

DevilsElbow

AllenLedge

Hough Ledge

MorseLedge

Seal Ledges

ShagLedges

DavisShoal

SouthLedge

Moser Ledge

SealLedges

DevilsBack

DevilsLimb

BlackRockCarey Rock

DryLedges

HartLedge

Long Ledge

WashLedge

RamLedges

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Gull Rock

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SandIsland

TeelIsland


Little Burnt Island

Jones GardenIsland

BremenLongIsland

WolsgroverIsland

Eastern Duck Rock

CranberryIsland

EasternEgg Rock

WesternEgg Rock

CaldwellIsland

Franklin Island

GarrisonIsland

Little EggRock

MosquitoIsland

ThompsonIsland

Inner Duck Rock

ThrumcapIsland

BlubberIsland

TwobushIsland

Crotch Islands

HaddockIsland

JohnsonIsland

Barter Island

Benner Island

CrotchIsland

GunningRocksHarbor

Island

HupperIsland

HungryIsland

Indian Island

Little Island

LocustIsland

MananaIsland

Palmer Island

AllenIsland

Black Island

BurntIsland

CedarIsland

Crane Island

Davis Island

EagleIsland

McGeeIsland

MorseIsland

OtterIsland

Shark Island

Stone Island

The Brothers

HardyIsland

LoudsIsland

Marsh Island

Thief Island


Hart Island

TomsIsland

Clam Island

Crow Island

Jims Island

RossIsland

Bar Island

Black Rock

GayIsland

GooseRock

RamIsland

Ram Island

Bar Island

Cow Island

Duck Rocks

HogIsland

RamIsland

Nubbins

Monhegan

SouthThomaston

Thomaston

Friendship

SaintGeorge

Bremen

Cushing

Bristol

Warren

Waldoboro

FriendshipHarbor

MonheganHarbor

GayCove

FalseWhitehead

Harbor

Port ClydeHarbor

MeetinghouseCove

MapleJuice Cove

Browns HeadCove

MuscongusHarbor

HarringtonCove

MosquitoHarbor

Back RiverCove

Mus

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PemaquidHarbor

GeorgesHarbor

Tenants Harbor

ChristmasCove

MartinPoint

GreenlandCove

BallyhacCove

Drinking Cove

HornbarnCove

FossettsCove

PitchersCove

HatchetCove

RackliffBay

DeadmanCove

HavenerCove

LobsterCove

Marsh Harbor

PumpkinCove

SampsonCove

CutlerCove

DelanoCove

Seal Harbor

SeaveyCove

Turkey Cove

Wheeler Bay

BrownsCove

CoombsCove

BroadCove

ClarkCove

DavisCove

HylerCove

NabbyCove

WattsCove

WileyCove

Broad Cove

MoxieCove

New Harbor

RoundPond

AmesCove

DeepCove

Long Cove

MillCove

OtisCove

TeelCove

BackCove

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Housing Unit Growth

Map backgroundThe pace of coastal development and changes in property ownership are two of the most complex and consequential issues facing the Muscongus Bay region today. Absence of comprehensive fine-scale data, however, makes it difficult to assess their geographic extent and magnitude.

Data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau on the number and age of housing units offers some insight into regional housing trends. (Note that the term “housing units” includes rental units in larger structures.) This map shows both the rate of change in the number of housing units (between 1990 and 2000) as well as the total number and age of housing units for each town in the Muscongus Bay region in 2000.

For example, over half of Thomaston and Monhegan’s housing units were built more than 40 years ago. The total number of housing units in Bremen is low, but since 1990 the town has experienced one of the highest rates of housing unit growth. The design of this map also facilitates comparisons with data shown on Map 22 (Population Growth). Together these maps show that Monhegan’s population declined in the 1990’s while its housing numbers rose over 21%.

For more information about the abundance of population and demographics data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, see: factfinder.census.gov. Data and reports on Maine housing trends are available from the Maine State Housing Authority (www.mainehousing.org/DATA.aspx) and the Maine State Planning Office (www.maine.gov/spo/economics/economics/newlist.php). Additional local information can also be downloaded from the Mid-Coast Regional Planning Commission (for Knox County only, www.midcoastplanning.org/default.htm) and obtained from the Lincoln County government’s land use planner (co.lincoln.me.us/dep.html).

Legend detailHousing unit change (1990 – 2000): Color shades denote the rate of growth in the number of housing units as documented in the 1990 and 2000 Decennial Censuses. The lighter the shade, the lower the rate of housing unit growth.

Number and age of housing units (2000): Pie charts show the total number and age of housing units within each town. The size of each entire pie corresponds to the total number of housing units reported in the 2000 Census. The size of each colored pie slice corresponds to the number of housing units in each of five age classes. (Age classes were summarized from Census records to match the ten-year time horizons used on Map 22, Population Growth.)

Data sources


Housing unit change (1990-2000), Number and age of housing units (2000)

U.S. Census BureauU.S. Census Bureauhttp://factfinder.census.gov

Muscongus Bay Atlas


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Egg RockSouth Ledge

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WebberNorthLedge

SoutheastBreaker

GooseRock Ledge

Old CilleyLedge

Salt PondLedge

Bay CoveLedge

Mosquito Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Midway Rocks

RoaringBull

JenksLedge

KelpLedges

AllenShoal

InnerLedge

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CrotchIslandLedges

MetinicIsland Ledge

NortheastPoint Reef

NortonIsland Ledges

WebberSunkenLedge

WreckIsland Ledges

BlackIsland Ledge

Clark IslandLedge

Hart IslandLedges

OtterIslandLedge

LongIslandLedges

HarborIslandRock

Cow IslandLedges

BrownsHeadLedge

PolinsEast

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BeyerShip Ledge


HogIslandLedge

Webber DryLedge

Bar IslandLedge

Sunken DuckRock

Old HorseLedge

Old WomanLedge

HendersonLedge

Gull Rock Ledge

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Conclusion

Allmapstellastory.IntheAtlas,the23GIS-derivedmapsdepictMuscongusBayasafirmlyestablishedyetmoderatelypopulatedregion,whichactivelyutilizestherichdiversityofbiologicalandphysicalresources.TheAtlas’presentationofthebay,however,isjustanintroductiontotheregion.

Morecanbesaidandlearnedaboutthisplacebyre-scaling,re-organizing,andqueryingthemanydifferentlayersofdigitaldatathatwereassembledtoproducethemapsintheAtlas.Andthesenextchaptersonthebaycannowbetoldbyothersinterestedincreatingtheirownmaps.

Futuremapsmightfocusonsmallerpiecesofthisregion,showingtheusesandenvironmentalfeaturesofoneestuary,peninsula,ortown.ManyoftheGISdatalayerspresentedinthisdocumentaresufficientlydetailedtobeshownatfinerormorelocalgeographicscales.

Originalmapscanbemadebyre-arrangingtheavailabledatalayerssothattheyprovidenewinsightsintorelationshipsbetweenvariousactivitiesorelements.MapmakersexperiencedinGIScanbringtogetherdatalayersonnewmaps,whoseunique“lookandfeel”mayemphasizedifferentrelationshipsinthedata.UsingGIS,onecouldoverlaycontaminatedwaterdischarges(Map10)withintertidalharvestrestrictions(Map6),orsealevelrisepredictions(Map8)withworkingwaterfrontsfacilities(Map12).Andagain,thesenewimagescanbecreatedatmanydifferentscales.

Entirelyoriginaldatalayerscanalsobedevelopedandshown.FortheAtlas,QLFandtheMuscongusBayProjectSteeringCommitteeworkedwithmanypeoplefromtheregiontogenerateover50newdatalayersusinginformationobtainedfrominternetresearch,interviews,participatorysketchmaps,existingpapermaps,andothersources.Someoftheselayerswererelativelysimpletotranslateintoadigitalformatwhileothersrequiredextensivecommunicationandverification.

Ofcourse,noteverylayerimaginablecanbeeasilygenerated.QLFandCommitteememberswerenotabletocreatealltheoneswehadoriginallyintendedtoincludeintheAtlas.Insomecasestheoriginaldatawasnotsufficientlyreliable,suchasalayerdepictingdevelopmenttrendsusingrecentlyreleasedchronologicalinformationonelectricalserviceconnections.Forothers,thedataprovedtoocostlytoobtainorgenerate,suchasalayerdepictingdevelopmentpatternsbasedoninformationfromlocaltaxmaps.YetthesesamedatamaybewellwithinthebudgetorexpertiseofagrouptaskedwithtrackingcoastaldevelopmentinpartoralloftheMuscongusBayregion.

WhencreatingtheAtlas,theneedtomakehistoricalinformationavailableforcomputerizedmappingwasalsoquiteevident.Littledigitaldataexiststhatcanbeusedtogeographicallyillustratethestoryofthisregion’spast.NotonlyarefewfeaturesdocumentedinaformsuitableforGIS,butalsotherearealmostnolayersthatshowchangesinuseorenvironmentalfeaturesovertime.

WorkingwithaGISservicecenter,newdigitaldatacannotonlybedevelopedforprojectslikethesebutalsostoredforeitherthesoleuseoftheclientorfortheclienttosharewithothers.SomeGISservicecenters,likeQLF’sCenterforCommunityGIS,alsoprovidetrainingtogroupsinterestedingeneratingoriginaldatausingGlobalPositioningSystems(GPS),participatorymappingapproacheslikesketchmapping,orotherformsofinformationresearchanddocumentation.

TheAtlasshowsjusthoweffectiveGISmappingcanbeinhelpingustounderstandandappreciatethecomplexityoftheplaceswherewelive.Basedonaccurateandwell-scaleddata,GIS-derivedmapscanalsoprovidenewperspectivesonoldissues,helpresolveconflicts,informmanagementdecisions,andassessthepotentialimpactsofproposedresourceuses.

FortheMuscongusBayregion,thiscollectionofmapsgetsusoverthethresholdandintonewpossibilitiesforusingmapsanddigitaldatainlocaldecision-making.Itisalaunchingpointfromwhichwecanbegintovisualizeanddiscussourcommonissuesandresources.QLFandtheMuscongusBayProjectSteeringCommitteelookforwardtomovingonfromthispointandworkingwiththemanylocalorganizations,towns,businessesandotherinstitutionsinterestedinusingGIStosustaintheenvironmental,economicandculturalvitalityofoursharedbayregion.

For more information about:

QLF’s Marine Program or the Muscongus Bay Project

Contact:JenniferAtkinson,Director

P.O.Box33534JeffersonSt.

Waldoboro,ME04572USAPh:[email protected]

QLF’s Center for Community GIS

Contact:StephenEngle,Director109ChurchSt.,SuiteBFarmington,ME04938Ph:207.778.0900

[email protected]

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