M I D C OAS T / BLUE HILL PENNINSUL A
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The Blue Hill Peninsula encompasses the towns of Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Castine, Penobscot, and Sedgwick. Blue Hill is the largest town and is the region’s service center. Along with Penobscot, Blue Hill is the gateway to the rest of the Peninsula, and to Deer Isle and Stonington. Sweeping views of the blueberry barrens and the sea marks the landscape here. Tucked in among the ridges, valleys and the jagged coastline, you’ll find adventure of all kinds, from a day on the water and an evening of live music to a solitary morning walk and an afternoon of gallery tours and shopping. You’ll find these communities to be diverse, independent yet interconnected. In all of these places, you may strike up a conversation with a lobsterman, boat builder or sailor who knows these waters like the back of his or her hand.
In all of these places, you will find locally sourced food and highly skilled craftspeople and artists. In all of these places you will find evidence of the resourcefulness, dry wit and creativity that has defined our region’s culture for centuries. This region was settled in the mid 1700’s, its early economy centered on ship building and quarrying. Lumbering, lobstering, fishing and farming have played an important role in the economy and culture since the earliest days. By the late 1800’s the region had become a summer destination. Today, many of these industries coexist with a thriving art, music and food scene to create this unique place called The Blue Hill Peninsula.
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