Muscongus Bay Atlas by Stephen Engle

C o m m e rc i a l F i s h e r iO ec s eaannd FAC aua c uo lrg ua ro -d e l oq Hoouo Ia PLrm o sa sp tp na in d n uld ltC ta LtU an ien o m v nt in e tm HrPG a Te u-rb ro nr2iisrttw 0e ai 0 etn it

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Crawford Pond Pond

Medom ak R ive r

SevenTree Tree Seven Pond Pond

131 131

90 90

ndd PPoon

New New Harbor Harbor H arbor

Lookout Back Back Cove Hill Cove

Salt Salt Pond Pond Ledge Ledge

Thief Island Island Thief

ar ro w s

Killick Stone Garden Killick Gard en Island Islan d Garden Island Island Island Led ge Black South South Ledge Ledge Black Island Island

Black Black Led ge Island Ledge Ledge Island Wr eck Wreck Wreck Led ges Island Ledges Ledges Island

Bar Island

Polins Ledges Ledges Polins Polins Polins East East Ledge Ledge

Ross Island

Devils Devils Limb Limb

Webber Dry Dr y Webber Dry Webber Devils Devils Ledge Ledge Had dock Elbow Elbow Haddock Elbow Haddock Webber Webber Led ge Island Ledge Ledge Island Sunken Sunken Ledge Ledge Ledge Haddock

Har bor Harbor Harbor Island Island Rock Rock

Crane Island Island Crane

Gangway Gangway Ledge Ledge

Th ompson Thompson Thompson Rock Rock The The Kegs Th e Kegs Kegs

Hough Ledge Led ge Hough Ledge Hough

Midway Midway Midw ay Rocks Rocks

Egg Rock Rock Egg Led ge South Ledge Ledge South

South South Ledge Ledge

Wash Wash Wa sh Ledge Ledge

Shark Island Shark

Caldwell Island

Barter Island Island Barter Thompson Island

Little Little Egg Rock Rock

Old Horse Horse Old Old Horse Ledge Ledge Ledge Rock Gig Gig Rock

Griffin Griffin Griffin Ledge Ledge Davis Davis Davis Shoa l Shoal Shoal

Georges Georges Harbor

Seal Ledges Ledges Seal

Harpoon Harpoon Har poon Ledge Ledge

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Mosquito Harbor Harbor

Mosquito Head

Ledges Ledges

Davis Island Davis

Allen Island

Eastern Eastern Egg Rock Rock Egg

Deep Deep Cove Cove Ch annel Channel Channel Rock Rock

Inner Shag Shag Ledge Ledge Inner Shag Ledge Inner Outer Shag Sh ag Ledge Led ge Outer Shag Ledge Outer

Benner Island

Egg Rock Rock Egg North Ledge Ledge North

Ha rbor New New Harbor Harbor Sunken Sunken Ledges Ledges

Tenants Harbor H arbor Tenants

Har t Hart Hart Ledge Ledge

Ba y Cove Bay Bay Cove Ledge Ledge Ledge

Island Island

Little Griffen Griffen Isand Isand Little

Long Long Ledge Ledge Led ge Little Franklin Franklin Little Ledge Ledge

Old Hump Hump Old Ledge Ledge

Seavey Seavey Seavey Ledges Ledges

Gay Gay Cove Cove

Beyer Beyer Beyer Ship Ledge Ledge Ship

Toms Toms Island Island

Franklin Island

Western Western Egg Rock Rock Egg

Pumpkin Pumpkin Pu mpkin Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge Cove Cove Ledge

Gay Gay Island Island

Goose Goose Ledge Rock Rock Ledge

Harbor Island

Devils Devils Ba ck Back Back

Island

Haddock Haddock Island Had dock Island Isla nd Kelp Kelp Ledge Kelp Ledge

Hall Island Hall

Wreck Island Island Wreck

Thrumcap Island Island

Morse Island

Norton Norton Island Ledges Island Island Ledges Led ges

Long Long Cove Long Cove Cove

Saint George George

Seal Harbor Harbor Seal

Little Caldwell Caldwell Little Goose Goose Blubber Blubber Eagle Islands Islands Rock Eagle Rock Island Island Murra y Island Murray Murray Island Port Clyde Port Clyde Ledge Ledge Teel Ledge Teel Jenks Stone Jenks Jenks Stone Island Island Harbor Harbor Drinking Drinking Cove Cove Island Island Ledge Ledge Ledge Otter Otter Ram Ram Island Island Hupper Island Seavey Island Island Ledge Ledge Mosquito Mosquito Ledge Ledge Island Twobush Twobush Mosquito Bar Island Island Island McGee Kelp Kelp McGee Marshall Marshall

Round Round Rock Rock

Johns Johns Bay Bay

Pemaquid Ledge Ledge Pemaquid

Goos e Riv er

Th eN

Jones Garden Garden Jones Island Island

Th rumca p Thrumcap Thrumcap Ledge Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Cranberry Cranberry Island Island Otter Cedar Cedar Island Island Island

Turkey Turkey Cove Cove

False False Whitehead Whitehead Harbor Harbor

Islan d Clark Island Island Clark Ledge Ledge

Cove Cove

Ledges Ledges Northeast Northeast Northeast Point Reef Point Point Reef Reef

Morse Morse Ledge Ledge

Little Island Little New Ha rbor New New Harbor Harbor Dry Dry Ledges Ledges

Gull Rock Gull Gull Rock

Seavey Seavey Cove Cove

Henderson Henderson Teel Ledge Ledge Teel

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Sand Island Island Island Island Ram Island Island Cr otch Ram Davis Crotch Crotch Cove Cove Island Island

D Daa vvi is S tr rai t

Long Long Cove Cove

Harbor Harbor

Cove Cove

Wheeler Bay Bay Wheeler Rackliff Rackliff Clark Clark Bay Bay Cove Cove

Otis Otis Cove Cove

Maple Maple Juice Cove Cove Juice

Foggs Baum Baum Baum Hill Mill Mill Bay Bay Bay

Harrington Harrington Cove Cove

Watts Watts Cove Cove

Ledge Ledge Ledge

97 Friendship Friendship

Nubbins

Indian Island Island Indian

Louds Island

Cutler Cutler Cove Cove Wiley Wiley Ba iley Bailey Cove Bailey Cove

Hornbarn Hornbarn Cove Cove

Hatchet Hatchet Cove Cove

O Olld H Hu m mp Ch ann ne l

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

FFly lyin ingg PPa ss a ssag a gee

Islan d Cow Island Island Cow Dry Ledges Ledges Dry Coom bs Coombs Coombs Ledge Ledge Islan d Cow Island Cow Cow Island Inner Inner Sunken Ledges Ledges Sunken Ledge Ledge

Br ow ns

Ledge Ledge

Martin Point

Cow Island Island Cow

73 73

Ames Ames Cove Cove

Crow Island Crow

Nabby Nabby Cove Cove

Broad Broad Cove Cove

Island

Ot t er Is la nd Pa s sa ge

Mus cong us So und

Browns Webber Browns Browns Head Head Webber North North Cove Ledge Cove Ledge

Delano Delano Cove Cove

Bremen Long Island

Islan d Hog Cow Cow Island Island Hog Island Ledges Island Ledges Ledge Jims Ledge Jims Island

Led ge es s

BrownsBar Browns Ba r Island Bar Island Cove Ledge Cove Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Oar Oar Island

Friendship Friendship

Ballyhac Ballyhac Cove Cove

Fort St. St. Fort George George

Hungry Wharton Island Wharton Island

Ho c ko mo ck Ch an ne l

KK eeeen nee N Naa rrrro wws s

Long Long Island Island Ledges Ledges

Marsh Harbor HarborMarsh Island Marsh Island Marsh

130

Wolsgrover Delano Hill Wolsgrover Island Island

Clam Clam Island Island

P Poola n d

Boyd Po n d

Bristol Bristol

Moxie Moxie Cove Cove

Back River River Back Cove Cove

er RRivv k

M ed un coo

Pe maq uid uid Pond

We bbe rP o nd

Bis ca y

Pon d

Northeast Northeast Point Point Ledges Ledges

South South Thomaston Thomaston

Hyler Hyler Cove Cove

Cushing Cushing

Hardy Hardy Island Island

Hog Hog Island Island Bar Bar

Round Round Round Pond Pond

220

Locust Locust Island Island

ever r RRivi aagg kkee eess W W

32 32

131 131

Pitchers Pitchers Cove Cove

Havener Havener Ledge Ledge

HogMiddle Middle Ledges Midd le Ledges Led ges Hog Palmer Island Island Islands Crotch Crotch Islands

Muscongus Muscongus Harbor Harbor

h utth SSoou

Broad Broad Cove Cove Johnson Johnson Island Island

Bremen Bremen

Halftide Halftide Ledge Ledge

Havener Havener Pond

Long Long Cove Cove

Havener Cove Cove

Thomaston Thomaston 11 £ ¤

Sampson Sampson Cove Cove

Bens Island Island

Howard Hill

Thomas Hill

32 32

wwss rroo aarr

131 131

Stahls Hill

Meetinghouse Meetinghouse Cove Cove

Ram Island Island

Sidesparker Sidesparker Pond Pond

Willett Hill

Duck Puddle Duck Pond Pond

NN Ram Ram Ram e rr Ledges Ledges oowwe

Warren Warren

O Oyy sstte er rR Riviev rer

11 £ ¤ Demuth Hill

St . G eor ge Ri v er

COUN TY COUN TY

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro Waldoboro

Cordwood Benner Procks Hill Hill Ledge

Pon d ortthh Po Nor

32 32

Greenland Cove Cove

Pleasant Mountain Mountain

220 220 235

Johnston Hill

Meadow Mountain

Dry Dry Led ges Ledges Ledges

Ledge Ledge Allen Allen Allen Gunning Ledge Gunning Ledge

Har t Island Isla nd Hart Island Hart Ledges Ledges

Shag Shag Shag Ledges Ledges Ledges

Rocks Rocks Hart Hart Island Island

The Brothers Brothers The

Island

Barter Shoal Barter Ba rter Shoal Sh oal Hay Hay Ledge Ledge

Gunning Rock Rock Shoal Shoal Gunning

Black Rock Rock Black

Metinic Metinic Island Ledge Island Island Ledge Led ge Hupper Hupper Hupper Shoa l Shoal Shoal

Old Old Cilley Cilley Ledge Ledge

Black Black Black Rock Rock

Carey Carey Rock Ca rey Rock

Little Burnt Burnt Island Little Burnt Burnt Island Island Roaring Roaring Bu ll Bull Bull

Wom an Old Old Woman Woman Ledge Ledge

Little Little Egg Egg Rock Rock Shoals Shoals S hoals

Southeast Southeast Southeast Br eaker Breaker Breaker

Old Man Old Man Old Ledge Ledge Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Had dock Haddock Haddock Ledge Ledge Ledge

Led ge Moser Ledge Ledge Moser

Sunken Duck Duck Sunken Du ck Rock Rock

Duck Rocks Duck

Eastern Eastern Duck Duck Rock

Seal Seal Seal Ledges Ledges

Deadman Inner Duck Rock Deadman Inner Cove Cove Smutty Smutty Nose N ose Island

Manana Manana Monhegan Monhegan Island Harbor Island Lobster Lobster Christmas Christmas Cove Cove Cove Cove

Allen Allen Shoal Shoal Shoa l

Monhegan Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP2 2 4 MAP 1 15

Gull Gull Rock Rock Ledge Ledge Led ge

Habitat for species Number and age ofbyhousing Significant wildlife habitat Total population year units Hydrography/hydrology Ocean ssential olitical and opulation cover floor boundaries wildlife change classifications depth habitat Transportation Land elevation Local features unit change Housing

Miles

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Medomak Medomak Pond Pond

Little Little Medomak Medomak Pond Pond Crawford Crawford Pond Pond

Medom ak R iver

SevenTree Tree Seven Pond Pond

131 131

90 90

New New Harbor Harbor H arbor

Lookout Back Back Cove Hill Cove

Salt Salt Pond Pond Ledge Ledge Ledge

Thief Island Island Thief

ar ro w s

Killick Stone Garden Killick Gard en Island Islan d Garden Island Island Island Led ge Black South South Ledge Ledge Black Island Island Rock Round Rock Round

Black Black Led ge Island Ledge Ledge Island Wr eck Wreck Wreck Led ges Ledges Island Island Ledges

Bar Island

Polins Ledges Ledges Polins Polins Polins East East Ledge Ledge

Ross Island

Devils Devils Limb Limb

Dr y Webber Dry Dry Webber Devils Devils Ledge Ledge Had dock Elbow Elbow Haddock Haddock Elbow Webber Webber Led ge Island Ledge Ledge Island Sunken Sunken Ledge Ledge Ledge Haddock

Har bor Harbor Harbor Island Island Rock Rock

Morse Island Island

Crane Island Island Crane

Gangway Gangway Gangway Ledge Ledge Ledge

Midway Midway Midw ay Rocks Rocks

Egg Rock Rock Egg Led ge South Ledge Ledge South

South South Ledge Ledge

Wash Wash Wa sh Ledge Ledge Ledge

Shark Island Shark

Caldwell Island

Barter Island Island Barter Thompson Island Island

Little Little Egg Rock Rock

Old Horse Horse Old Old Horse Ledge Ledge Ledge Rock Gig Rock Gig

Griffin Griffin Griffin Ledge Ledge Davis Davis Davis Shoa l Shoal Shoal

Georges Georges Harbor Harbor

Seal Ledges Ledges Seal

Harpoon Harpoon Har poon Ledge Ledge

Tenants Harbor H arbor Tenants

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Mosquito Harbor Harbor

Mosquito Head

Ledges Ledges

Davis Island Island Davis

Allen Island Island

Eastern Eastern Egg Rock Rock Egg

Deep Deep Cove Cove Ch annel Channel Channel Rock Rock

Inner Shag Shag Ledge Ledge Inner Shag Ledge Inner Outer Shag Sh ag Ledge Led ge Outer Shag Ledge Outer

Benner Island

Egg Rock Egg Rock Egg North Ledge Ledge North

Ha rbor New New Harbor Harbor Sunken Sunken Ledges Ledges

Saint George George

Har t Hart Hart Ledge Ledge

Ba y Cove Bay Bay Cove Ledge Ledge Ledge

Island Island

Little Griffen Griffen Isand Isand Little

Long Long Ledge Ledge Led ge Little Franklin Franklin Little Little Franklin Ledge Ledge Ledge

Led ge Hough Ledge Ledge Hough

Seavey Seavey Seavey Ledges Ledges

Little Caldwell Caldwell Little Goose Goose Blubber Blubber Islands Eagle Islands Rock Eagle Rock Island Island Murra y Island Murray Murray Island Port Clyde Port Clyde Ledge Ledge Teel Ledge Teel Jenks Stone Jenks Jenks Stone Island Island Island Harbor Harbor Drinking Drinking Cove Cove Island Ledge Ledge Ledge Otter Otter Ram Ram Hupper Island Island Hupper Island Seavey Island Seavey Island Ledge Ledge Mosquito Mosquito Ledge Ledge Island Island Twobush Twobush Mosquito Bar Island Island Bar Island Island McGee Kelp Kelp McGee Marshall Marshall

Th ompson Thompson Thompson Rock Rock The The Kegs Th e Kegs Kegs

Old Hump Hump Old Ledge Ledge

Seal Harbor Harbor Seal

Norton Norton Ledges Island Island Island Ledges Led ges

Long Long Long Cove Cove

Gay Gay Cove Cove

Beyer Beyer Ship Ledge Ledge Ship

Toms Toms Island Island

Franklin Island Franklin

Western Western Egg Rock Rock Egg

Pumpkin Pumpkin Pumpkin Pu mpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Cove Ledge Cove Ledge

Gay Gay Island Island

Goose Goose Ledge Rock Rock Ledge

Harbor Island

Devils Devils Ba ck Back Back

Island

Haddock Haddock Island Had dock Island Isla nd Kelp Kelp Ledge Ledge

Hall Island Hall

Wreck Island Island Wreck

Thrumcap Island Island

Johns Johns Bay Bay

Pemaquid Ledge Ledge Pemaquid Pemaquid

Goos e Riv er

Th eN

Jones Garden Garden Jones Island Island

Th rumca p Thrumcap Thrumcap Ledge Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Cranberry Cranberry Island Island Otter Cedar Cedar Island Island Island Island

Turkey Turkey Cove Cove

False False Whitehead Whitehead Harbor Harbor

Islan d Clark Island Island Clark Ledge Ledge

Cove Cove

Ledges Ledges Northeast Northeast Northeast Point Reef Point Point Reef Reef

Morse Morse Ledge Ledge

Little Island Little New Harbor Ha rbor New New Harbor Dry Dry Ledges Ledges

Gull Rock Gull Gull Rock

Seavey Seavey Cove Cove

Henderson Henderson Henderson Teel Ledge Teel Ledge Ledge

Crotch Garrison Garrison Sand Sand Island Island Island Island Island Island Ram Island Island Ram Cr otch Davis Davis Crotch Crotch Cove Cove Island Island

D Daa vvi is S tr rai t

Long Long Cove Cove

Harbor Harbor

Cove Cove

Wheeler Bay Bay Wheeler Rackliff Rackliff Clark Clark Bay Bay Cove Cove

Otis Otis Cove Cove

Maple Maple Juice Cove Cove Juice

Foggs Baum Baum Baum Mill Hill Mill Bay Bay Bay

Harrington Harrington Cove Cove

Watts Watts Cove Cove

Ledge Ledge Ledge

97 Friendship Friendship

Nubbins Nubbins

Indian Island Island Indian

Louds Island

Cutler Cutler Cove Cove Wiley Wiley Ba iley Bailey Cove Bailey Cove

Hornbarn Hornbarn Cove Cove

Hatchet Hatchet Cove Cove

O Oll dH Hu m mp C han nn el

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

FFly lyin ingg PP aass ssag a ge

Ho cko mo ck C ha nn el

KK eeeen nee N Naa rrrro wws s

Islan d Cow Island Island Cow Dry Ledges Ledges Dry Coom bs Coombs Coombs Ledge Ledge Islan d Cow Island Cow Cow Island Inner Inner Sunken Sunken Ledges Ledges Ledge Ledge

Br ow ns

Ledge Ledge

Martin Martin Point Point

Cow Island Island Cow

73 73

Ames Ames Cove Cove

Crow Island Crow

Nabby Nabby Cove Cove

Broad Broad Cove Cove

Island

O Ottt teerr I s la nd Pas ssa ge

Mus congus Sound

Browns Webber Browns Browns Head Head Webber Browns North North Cove Ledge Cove Ledge

Delano Delano Cove Cove

Bremen Long Island

Islan d Cow Island Hog Cow Island Hog Island Ledges Island Ledges Ledge Jims Ledge Jims Island

Friendship Friendship

Ballyhac Ballyhac Cove Cove

Fort St. St. Fort George George

Hungry Wharton Island Wharton Island Island

HogMiddle Middle Ledges Midd le Ledges Led ges Hog Palmer Island Island Islands Crotch Crotch Islands

P Poolan d Led ge es s

BBooyd Pon d

BrownsBar Browns Ba r Island Bar Island Cove Ledge Cove Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Oar Oar Island Island

er RRivv

Med un coo

Pe maq ui uidd Pond

We bbe rP on d

Bis ca y

Pon d

Long Long Island Island Ledges Ledges

Wolsgrover Delano Hill Wolsgrover Island Island

Clam Clam Island Island

Marsh Harbor HarborMarsh Island Marsh Island Marsh

130

Back River River Back Cove Cove

Northeast Northeast Northeast Point Point Point Ledges Ledges

South South Thomaston Thomaston

Hyler Hyler Cove Cove

Cushing Cushing

Locust Locust Island Island

veer r RRivi agg keea eessk W W

Bristol Bristol

Moxie Moxie Cove Cove

131 131

220 220

Hardy Hardy Island Island

Hog Hog Island Bar Bar Island

Round Round Pond Pond

Havener Havener Pond Pond

Pitchers Pitchers Cove Cove

Havener Havener Havener Ledge Ledge Ledge

Oyy O sstte er rR Riviev rer

ndd PPoon

32 32

h utth SSoou

Broad Broad Cove Cove Johnson Johnson Island Island

Bremen Bremen

Muscongus Muscongus Harbor Harbor

Howard Hill

Long Long Cove Cove

Havener Havener Cove Cove

Thomaston Thomaston 11 £ ¤

Sampson Sampson Cove Cove

Bens Bens Island Island

131 131

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Stahls Hill

Thomas Hill

32 32

wwss rroo aarr

Sidesparker Sidesparker Pond Pond

Willett Hill

Meetinghouse Meetinghouse Cove Cove

Halftide Halftide Ledge Ledge

LIN C OLN KNO X

11 £ ¤ Demuth Hill

Duck Puddle Duck Pond Pond

Ram Island Island

Warren Warren

MUSCONGUS BAY BAY ATLAS

Kalers Pond

NN Ram Ram Ram eerr Ledges Ledges ooww

S t. G eor ge Ri v er

CO UNTY COU NTY

Waldoboro Waldoboro

Cordwood Benner Procks Hill Hill Ledge

Pon d ortthh Po Nor

32 32

Greenland Greenland Cove Cove

Pleasant Mountain Mountain

220 220 235 235

Johnston Hill

Meadow Mountain

Dry Dry Dry Led ges Ledges Ledges

Ledge Ledge Ledge Allen Allen Allen Gunning Ledge Gunning Ledge

Har t Island Isla nd Hart Island Hart Ledges Ledges

Shag Shag Shag Ledges Ledges Ledges

Rocks Rocks Hart Hart Island Island

The Brothers Brothers The

Island Island

Barter Shoal Barter Ba rter Shoal Sh oal Hay Ledge Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Rock Shoal Shoal Gunning

Black Rock Rock Black

Metinic Metinic Island Ledge Island Island Ledge Led ge Hupper Hupper Hupper Shoa l Shoal Shoal

Old Old Cilley Cilley Ledge Ledge

Black Black Black Rock Rock

Carey Carey Rock Ca rey Rock

Little Burnt Burnt Island Island Little Burnt Burnt Island Island Roaring Roaring Bu ll Bull Bull

Wom an Old Old Woman Woman Ledge Ledge

Little Little Egg Egg Rock Rock Shoals Rock Shoals S hoals

Southeast Southeast Southeast Br eaker Breaker Breaker

Old Man Man Old Old Ledge Ledge Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Had dock Haddock Haddock Ledge Ledge Ledge

Led ge Moser Ledge Ledge Moser

Sunken Duck Duck Sunken Du ck Rock Rock

Duck Rocks Duck

Eastern Eastern Duck Duck Rock

Seal Seal Ledges Ledges

Deadman Inner Duck Rock Deadman Inner Cove Cove Smutty Smutty Nose N ose Island

Manana Manana Monhegan Monhegan Harbor Island Harbor Island Lobster Lobster Christmas Christmas Cove Cove Cove Cove

Allen Allen Shoal Shoal Shoa l

Monhegan Monhegan Monhegan Island Island

MAP2 2 4 MAP 1 15

Gull Gull Rock Rock Ledge Ledge Led ge

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Acknowledgements

Project Director

Jennifer Atkinson Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment-Marine Program

GIS Director

Stephen Engle Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment-Center for Community GIS

GIS Specialists

Nicole Grohoski, Frederic Hyde, Paul Mitchell Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment-Center for Community GIS

Research Intern

Morgan King Quebec-Labrador Foundation/Atlantic Center for the Environment-Marine Program

Muscongus Bay Project Steering Committee

Jay Astle, Deb Chapman, Heather Deese, Betsy Ham, Sherman Hoyt, Donna Minnis, Slade Moore, Liz Petruska, Amanda Rudy, Rick Wahle

Data Contributors Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Bremen Historical Society Cabedetis Boat Club Camp Friendship Chewonki Foundation Commercial Fishermen, past & present (Ted Ames, Randy Cushman, Sherman Hoyt, Glen Libby) Cushing Historical Society Damariscotta River Association Friends of MidCoast Maine Friendship Museum Georges River Land Trust Georges River Shellfish Management Committee Georges River Tidewater Association Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System Hardy Boat Cruises Herring Gut Learning Center Island Institute Kayakers & Kayak Guides (Ben Fuller, George Libby, Dave Mention, Glenn Mitchell, John Will) Knox/Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District Lincoln County Government Lobster Zone D Council Maine Audubon Maine Coast Heritage Trust Maine Dept. of Conservation Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Maine Dept. of Marine Resources Maine Historic Preservation Commission Maine Island Trail Association Maine Office of GIS Maine Sea Grant College Maine State Planning Office Maine Sport Medomak Valley Land Trust Mid-Coast Audubon

MIT Sea Grant College Monhegan Boat Line Monhegan Conservation Associates Monhegan Plantation Montpelier-The General Henry Knox Museum National Audubon-Project Puffin National Park Service Natural Resources Council of Maine Outward Bound-Hurricane Island School Pemaquid Lobster Boat Race Pemaquid Watershed Association Penobscot East Resource Center Port Clyde Fishermenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cooperative Recreational Fishermen & Guides (Sam Chapman, George Harris, Paul McGurren, Philip McKean) Sailors, Sailing Clubs & Race Organizers (Jonathan Coggeshall, Sandra Dickson, Randy Foster, Nina & Scott James, Felix Kloman, William Schuman, Bill Zuber) Super Fly Charters Tanglewood 4-H Camp The Lobster Conservancy The Nature Conservancy-Maine Chapter Town of Bremen Town of Bristol Town of Cushing Town of Friendship Town of St. George Town of South Thomaston Town of Thomaston Town of Waldoboro Town of Warren U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge University of Maine Cooperative Extension for Knox & Lincoln Counties University of Maine School of Marine Sciences Waldoboro Historical Society Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Produced by the Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc. with the generous support of:

(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No.NA04OAR4600075 and NA05OAR46011152) Birch Cove Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Davis Conservation Foundation Gossamer Press Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust Knox County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Maine State Planning Office Marshall Dodge Memorial Fund of the Maine Community Foundation The French Foundation University of Maine Cooperative Extension for Knox & Lincoln Counties

ÂŠ 2008 Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc. Please cite this document as: Atkinson, Jennifer F. and Engle, Stephen T. (2008) Muscongus Bay Atlas. (Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc., Ipswich, MA). 50pp. ii

Muscongus Bay Atlas

List of Maps Map 1 (Pages 4-5)

Map 13 (Pages 28-29)

Coastal Communities

Biological and Environmental Monitoring

Map 2 (Pages 6-7)

Map 14 (Pages 30-31)

Ocean Floor and Land Terrain

Commercial Lobster Fishery Present

Map 3 (Pages 8-9)

Map 15 (Pages 32-33)

Surficial Geology

Commercial Fisheries and Aquaculture - Present

Map 4 (Pages 10-11)

Map 16 (Pages 34-35)

Land Cover - 2004

Commercial Fisheries and Fish Habitats - Past

Map 5 (Pages 12-13)

Map 17 (Pages 36-37)

Important Habitats

Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Present

Map 6 (Pages 14-15)

Map 18 (Pages 38-39)

Watersheds and Water Restrictions

Kayaking Areas

Map 7 (Pages 16-17)

Map 19 (Pages 40-41)

Soils and Stability

Sailing Areas

Map 8 (Pages 18-19)

Map 20 (Pages 42-43)

Sea Level Rise Predictions

Environmental and Outdoor Education Sites

Map 9 (Pages 20-21)

Map 21 (Pages 44-45)

Toxic Spill Sites and Threats

Historic Sites

Map 10 (Pages 22-23)

Map 22 (Pages 46-47)

Air and Water Discharge Sites

Population Growth

Map 11 (Pages 24-25)

Map 23 (Pages 48-49)

Transportation and Navigation

Housing Unit Growth

Map 12 (Pages 26-27)

Working Waterfronts

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Foreword Like many of you sitting down with this atlas, I live in Muscongus Bay or, more accurately, the Muscongus Bay region. Calling this area a region is a new idea for most people under 60 years old but it is one worth reviving. It acknowledges our shared stake in the future and the connectedness of our past. Looking at just a few of the maps in the Muscongus Bay Atlas (“the Atlas”) this new label makes even more sense. Consider what the bay’s towns have in common in terms of their history, culture, environment and economies. Several decades ago these towns were not only similar, they shared the same families, businesses, and community groups. Even though these social ties have thinned over the years, today’s residents still have a clear sense of what makes this bay Muscongus Bay. They characterize it as beautiful, scenic, rural, traditional, hardworking, protected, isolated, quiet, a “small boat bay,” “unreceptive to outside influences.” “There’s no other place I’d rather live” is a surprisingly common sentiment. Also widespread is a concern for the future. What will this place look and feel like in a decade or so? People from every bay community are worried about the impacts of further fishery declines and continued changes in property use and ownership. Others are starting to wonder about sea level rise and energy supplies. Communities can opt to face these issues on their own yet it’s clear that these concerns do not respect municipal boundaries. The maps in the Atlas help illustrate this point. They provide a visual explanation of how we share the area by showing the distribution and patterns of environmental features and human activities across both land and sea. They evoke the possibility of regional thinking and action on a variety of issues, from public access to environmental monitoring. There are 23 maps in the Atlas, which are built from over 100 individual layers of digital data. Together, the maps present the first comprehensive geographic picture of a single bay region in Maine. The raw material for the Atlas took many months to locate, assemble, and map using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (see page 3 for a description of GIS). The mapping effort began in 2005 when the region served as the site of one of two pilot projects for the State of Maine’s Nearshore Regional Management Study.1 Response to the pilot’s initial bay maps was so strong that those of us who were involved in the project decided to make them into a resource we could confidently offer to others to use. We worked with scores of individuals and groups to improve the GIS data we had and generate new layers such as sailing routes, recreational fishing grounds, and housing trends. Then the mapmakers went to work to create the illustrations contained in the Atlas. Who is the “we” that did all this work? One part is an organization called QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment (known to some as the Quebec-Labrador Foundation.) For readers unfamiliar with this group, it may be surprising to learn that it is 50 years old, bi-national (incorporated in both the U.S. and Canada), and supporting two programs in Maine. QLF’s Marine Program is located in Friendship and its Center for Community GIS is based in Farmington. To learn more about QLF and its Marine Program, visit its website at: www.qlf.org. For more information about the Center for Community GIS, see: www.community-gis.org. The other “we” that worked on the Atlas is the Muscongus Bay Project Steering Committee. Instigated by QLF in 2003, the Muscongus Bay Project is guided by a group of local residents active in local land or marine resource issues (several of whom represent specific organizations including the Georges River Land Trust, Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Medomak Valley Land Trust, Pemaquid Watershed Association, and UMaine Cooperative Extension for Knox & Lincoln Counties). Its purpose is to “provide information and resources to encourage community action that will sustain the environmental, economic and cultural vitality of this rural bay region.” Working together, QLF and the Steering Committee members brought the Atlas into being. On behalf of all of our project team, I hope you find this resource as informative and thought-provoking as we do. Although we have spent countless hours looking over the maps and data, we still discover new relationships every time we study the images. Our hope is that the Muscongus Bay Atlas, and the veritable library of GIS data underlying the work, will become a well-used and dynamic resource for local towns, organizations, agencies, and businesses. And we hope that the regional maps begin to shift how you, the reader, think about this place, too. Jennifer Atkinson, Director Marine Program May, 2008 QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment 28 Martin Point Rd. Friendship, ME 04547 jatkinson@qlf.org

1 Maine State Planning Office and Maine Dept. of Marine Resources. (2007) Managing Maine’s Nearshore Coastal Resources: Final Report of the Bay Management Study. (Maine SPO and Maine DMR, Augusta, ME).

Muscongus Bay Atlas

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 Atlas

Introduction 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.

Commercial Lobster Fishery - Present

C o m m e rc i a l L o b s t e r F i s h e r y - P r e s e n t

Map background Lobstering 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.

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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.

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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.

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Johnston Hill

Havener Pond

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

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

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.

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have established and enforced customs concerning how and where traps can be set (and by whom).

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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.

Pleasant Mountain

Meadow Mountain

Crawford Pond

Seven Tree Pond

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.

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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. Eastern Egg Rock

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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 managingMonhegan 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? MAP 14 Pemaquid Ledge

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Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty N ose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Allen Shoa l

Monhegan Island

Gull Rock Led ge

Miles

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. Local lobster territories Bremen

Pemaquid/South Bristol

Other features Lobster pound (1998)

Cushing

Port Clyde

Friendship

Thomaston

Lobster dealer with at least five boats (2005)

New Harbor/ Round Pond

Monhegan lobster conservation area

Lobster district, Maine Lobster Zone D

Lobster boat races Friendship Pemaquid

Kilometers

1:150,000

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. Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources

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

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.

Muscongus Bay Atlas

What is GIS? 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 toolsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ranging from free, internet-driven programs like Google Earth to high-end Geographic Information Systems (GIS) softwareâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;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).

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Coastal Communities 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 Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Political boundaries

Maine Office of GIS

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

Main road, Railway

Maine Dept. of Transportation

Maine Office of GIS (MEDOTPUBRDS, MERAIL24) http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Secondary road

Maine 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 Survey

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

River, Waterbody/lake

U.S. Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS Medomak

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

Little Medomak Pond

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

Maine Office of GIS

Church, Post office, Town office

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program

Village

Maine Office of GIS

Seven Tree Pond

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org 131

220

Maine Office of GIS (GNIS_P) 90 http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

u So

131

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

Warren

Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

ko m

Fly in

er Goose Riv

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

s ar ro w eN Th

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Po n Bis ca y

Ram rN Ledges owe L

Round Pond

r ive

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Riv er

235

eor ge Ri v er

Medo ma k

Riv

Library, School

S t. G

Pond

Coastal Communities

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Coastal Communities

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

ko m

Fly in

er Morse Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Little Griffen Isand

St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Haddock Island Western Egg Rock

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Ross Island

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seavey Ledges

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge Jenks Stone Island Harbor Drinking Cove Island Ledge Ram Hupper Island Seavey Island Mosquito Ledge Island Twobush Mosquito Bar Island Island McGee Kelp Marshall

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

la n

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Morse Ledge

Thrumcap Ledge

Goose Riv

Gull Rock

Webber Sunken Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

unc oo

s ar ro w eN Th

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

So un d Mus cong us

Bar Island

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row en

eN ar

er We bb

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Po n Bis ca y

Ram rN Ledges owe L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Political boundaries Town boundary County boundary

Transportation Main road

Hydrography/hydrology River

Secondary road Railway

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 1

Gull Rock Ledge

Local features F Church G

Waterbody, lake

" )

Ocean feature

# * Post office " )

Library School

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

Â˘

1:150,000

# * Town office Village

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

Muscongus Bay Atlas

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

Ocean Floor and Land Terrain 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 detail Ocean 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 Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Ocean floor depth

Maine Geological Survey

Maine Office of GIS (BATHYM100) http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Land elevation

U.S. Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS

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

O c e a n F l o o r a n d L a n d Te r r a i n

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond

Meadow Mountain

Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

Pleasant Mountain

131 220 90

s ar ro w

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Cove

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Foggs Baum Hill Mill Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Riv er Cutler Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Broad Cove

Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Nabby Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Friendship

Ballyhac Cove

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row eN ar Ke en

Louds Island

Goose Riv

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch ock

d Po n er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

d P on Bis ca y Boyd

Pon d

Bristol

r ive

Round Pond

Wolsgrover Delano Hill Island

Delano Cove

R ag ke es W

Hog Island Bar

Long Island Ledges

r ive

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Oy ste r

Point Ledges

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

131

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

Back River Northeast Cove

Hog Island Ledge

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

u So

Ram Island

Havener Pond

220

Long Cove

Hardy Island

Bremen

ws ro ar

Howard Hill

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Sampson Cove

Havener Cove

Thomaston

Stahls Hill

Thomas Hill

Johnston Hill

131

Sidesparker Pond

Willett Hill

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Warren

S t. G

COU NTY COU NTY

1 Demuth Hill

Duck Puddle Pond

N Ram er Ledges ow L

LIN C OLN KNO X

Kalers Pond

Pond

Waldoboro

Cordwood Benner Procks Hill Hill Ledge

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

Mosquito Head

P E N O B S C O T B AY

O c e a n F l o o r a n d L a n d Te r r a i n

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

Pleasant Mountain

Meadow Mountain

Crawford Pond

131 220 90

s ar ro w

ko m

Fly in

unc oo

ge la n

Ot t er Is

Hough Ledge

St ra it is

Midway Rocks

Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Georges Harbor

Seal Ledges

Harpoon Ledge

Riv er

Mosquito

Ledges

Davis Island

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Johns Bay

Da v

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Little Griffen Isand

Hu Ol d

Western Egg Rock

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Haddock Island

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Franklin Island

Thrumcap Ledge

as s a

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Gangway Ledge

Tenants Harbor

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Head Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge Jenks Stone Island Harbor Drinking Cove Island Ledge Ram Hupper Island Seavey Island Mosquito Ledge Island Twobush Mosquito Bar Island Island McGee Kelp Marshall

Hall Island

Crane Island

Devils Back

Seavey Ledges

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Saint George

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Harbor Island

Little Island New Harbor Dry Ledges

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Turkey Cove

False Whitehead Harbor

Clark Island Ledge

Cove

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

So un d s

Mus cong us

Ho c

row eN ar Ke en

Salt Pond Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch ock

d Po n er We bb

New Harbor

Lookout Back Cove Hill

Webber Sunken Ledge

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Led ge Pola nd

Pemaquid Harbor

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Martin Point

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Foggs Baum Hill Mill Bay

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Thrumcap Island Bar Island

Cow Island

Round Rock

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Jims Island

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

d P on Bis ca y Pon d Boyd

130

r ive

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

R ag ke es W

Bristol

Wolsgrover Delano Hill Island

Delano Cove

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Long Island Ledges

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

r ive

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Oy ste r

Point Ledges

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

131

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

Back River Northeast Cove

Hog Island Ledge

Halftide Ledge

Havener Pond

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Muscongus Harbor

Howard Hill

Long Cove

Havener Cove

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Bens Island

ws ro ar

Sampson Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

Stahls Hill

Thomas Hill

Greenland Cove

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Willett Hill

Meetinghouse Cove

Johnston Hill

Warren

S t. G

COU NTY COU NTY

1 Demuth Hill

Duck Puddle Pond

Ram Island

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Kalers Pond

Pond

Waldoboro

Cordwood Benner Procks Hill Hill Ledge

Nor th

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235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Ocean floor depth 0 ft

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 2

Gull Rock Ledge

Land elevation

Miles 0

760 ft

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2 2

3 4

Kilometers

- 395 ft

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

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Sur ficial Geology Map background Created 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.

Legend detail 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.

Sur ficial Geology

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 Medomak Pond in contact. Little Medomak Pond

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

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

Data sources

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Maine Geological Survey

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Land surface

Maine Geological Survey http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/about/index.htm

LIN C OLN KNO X

Kalers Pond

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Maine Geological Survey

Warren

Digital Data Source

COU NTY COU NTY

Sea floor

Waldoboro

Pond

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Nor th

Features

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235

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Havener Pond

Pond

Pe ma quid

Cove

g Pas sag e

Fly in

an n Ch ko m

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Friendship Long Island

Morse Island

unc oo Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

la n

Thief Island Killick Stone

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Indian Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Broad Cove

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Louds Island

Friendship

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Oar Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

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Delano Cove

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Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

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M ed

Point Ledges

P on Bis ca y

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

Goose Riv

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Back River Northeast Cove

Greenland Cove

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

ar ro w

Havener Cove

Round Pond

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

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Broad Cove Johnson Island

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131

Sampson Cove

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Meetinghouse Cove

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Sur ficial Geology

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

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Gull Rock

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Morse Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

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Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

St ra it is

Benner Island

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Egg Rock South Ledge

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Little Griffen Isand

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Haddock Island

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Thrumcap Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

Round Rock

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Webber Sunken Ledge

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

So un d Mus cong us

Bar Island

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row eN ar

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Ke en

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Sea floor Mud

Land surface Swamp, marsh, bog deposit

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 3

Gull Rock Ledge

Miles

Glaciomarine deposit

Sand

Esker

Till

Gravel

End moraine

Thin drift

Rock

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Digital Data Sources: Maine Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Land Cover - 2004 Map background Land 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 - 2004

Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Land cover classifications

Maine Library of Geographic Information, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Dept. of Transportation, Maine Dept. of Health and Human Services, Drinking Water Medomak Program,Little Maine State Pond Medomak Pond Planning Office, Maine GIS Executive Council, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Space Imaging, and Sanborn

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

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

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ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

r ive

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Land Cover - 2004

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

ko m

Fly in

unc oo

Morse Island

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Ot t er Is

Little Griffen Isand St ra it

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Ch an n

Ross Island

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

la n

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Morse Ledge

Thrumcap Ledge

Gull Rock

Webber Sunken Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

So un d Mus cong us

Bar Island

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row eN ar

er We bb

Ke en

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Land cover classifications Forest

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 4

Gull Rock Ledge

Miles 0

Developed

Working forest

Wetland

Farmland

Low lying or no vegetation

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Important Habitats Map background Muscongus 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

Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

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 Wildlife

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

Alewife habitat

Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesStock Enhancement Division

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Other diadramous fish habitat

Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesStock Enhancement Division

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

Rare plant community

Maine Natural Areas Program

Beginning with Habitat Program http://www.beginningwithhabitat.org/the_maps/ gis_data_request.html

Eelgrass bed

Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesEcology Division

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

Mudflat

Maine Geological Survey

Maine Geological Survey http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/about/index.htm

Wetland

Maine State Planning Office, Maine Natural Areas Program

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

Atlantic salmon recovery area

U.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 habitat, Upland sandpiper habitat

Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

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

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Important Habitats

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

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S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

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Fly in

unc oo

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as s a

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Little Griffen Isand

St ra it

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

an n

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Long Cove

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Gull Rock

Webber Sunken Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Goose Riv

eN Th

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

So un d Mus cong us

Bar Island

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row eN ar

er We bb

Ke en

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Pon Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

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235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Monhegan Monhegan Island

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Essential wildlife habitat Bald eagle nesting site Roseate t ern nesting area Endangered, threatened, or special concern species habitat Damselfly Fresh water mussel Rare bird Redfin pickerel

Allen Shoal

MAP 5

Gull Rock Ledge

Habitat for species of management concern Alewife habitat # * Other diadromous fish habitat MNAP rare community Rare plant community Protected natural resources Eelgrass bed Mudflat Wetland

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS, Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Center for Community GIS, Beginning with Habitat Program

Significant wildlife habitat Atlantic s almon nursery area Deer wintering areas Harlequin d uck habitat Migratory shorebird feeding/roosting area Seabird nesting island Tidal waterfowl and wading bird habitat Upland s andpiper habitat

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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Watersheds and Water Restrictions Map background The 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.

Wa t e r s h e d s a n d Wa t e r R e s t r i c t i o n s

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 Medomak Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Little Medomak system includes four freshwater and three estuarine/marine classes that are used to direct the management of its surface waters. Classes range from Pond AA/SA (freshwater/marine) where the expectation to achieve natural conditions is high and degradation is unlikely to Classes C/SC which have the Crawford Pond least restrictions on use and the lowest water quality standards. Seven Tree Pond

Data sources

131 220 90

Information Source COU NTY COU NTY

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Sidesparker Resources Conservation Service Pond

Thomaston Maine Office of GIS (WBDME6_A) http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/ 1

Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Riv

ste r

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d Boyd

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Moxie Cove

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Bristol

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

d P on Bis ca y

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

Round Pond

iver

Back River Northeast Cove

r ive

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

Point Ledges

R ag ke es W

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

N Ram er Ledges ow L

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

ws ro ar

Havener Pond

Greenland Cove

Meetinghouse Cove

River classifications

131

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Duck Puddle Pond

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

LIN C OLN KNO X

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources-Public 1 Health Division

Kalers Pond

Watersheds

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org Pond

Maine State Planning Office Waldoboro

Intertidal harvest restrictions

Nor th

Tidal restrictions

Warren

Digital Data Source S t. G

Features

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Wa t e r s h e d s a n d Wa t e r R e s t r i c t i o n s

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

unc oo

Little Griffen Isand St ra it is

Benner Island

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

Wash Ledge

South Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Haddock Island

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Ch an n

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

er ge

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

So un d Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Tidal restrictions F Bridge G

Intertidal harvest restrictions Approved

# * Culvert " J Dam ! ? Railroad crossing

Conditionally approved

Restricted

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 6

Gull Rock Ledge

Watersheds Medomak River watershed Georges River watershed

Conditionally restricted Prohibited

Allen Shoal

River classifications Class A river segment

(All other waters are class B/SB)

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Soils and Stability Map background Maps 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.

Soil characteristics 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.

Soils and Stability

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 Medomak Pond

Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Coastal bluff stability

Maine Geological Survey

Soil characteristics

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural 220 Resources Conservation Service

Little Medomak Pond

Riv

Maine Office of Crawford GIS (COASTAL_BLUFF_HAZARDS) Pond Seven Tree Pond http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Medo ma k

Maine Office of131GIS (SSA_S) http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/ 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

r ive

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Soils and Stability

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

ko m

Fly in

unc oo

ge dP

as s a

Harbor Island Rock

la n

Little Griffen Isand

St ra it

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Harpoon Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Seavey Ledges

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Gull Rock

Webber Sunken Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

So un d Mus cong us

Bar Island

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row eN ar

er We bb

Ke en

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Coastal bluff stability

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 7

Gull Rock Ledge

Soil characteristics

Landslide risk area Landslide site

Highly erodible Highly permeable

Highly unstable face

Hydric

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Digital Data Sources: Maine Office of GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Sea Level Rise Predictions Map background Most 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 Norâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Maineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Potentially affected areas and mudflats 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

S e a LDigital e vData e Source l Rise Predictions

Features

Information Source

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 Medomakof Maine) Pond

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Maine Geological Survey

Maine Geological Survey Crawford http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/about/index.htm Pond

Mudflat

Little Medomak Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Goose Riv

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

ko m

Wiley Cove Bailey

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Nubbins

Morse Island

Gay Island

Morse Ledge

Turkey Cove

Otter Island

Beyer Ship Ledge

Jenks

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Caldwell Island

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Ot t er Is

Island Cedar Island

Long Cove

Cove

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Friendship Harbor

Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Indian Island

Cutler Cove

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Island

Ho c

row eN ar Ke en

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

s ar ro w eN Th

g Pas sage

Fly in

el an n Ch ock

d Po n er We bb So un d Mus cong us s

Led ge

Pon d Boyd

Delano Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Med

Pond Pe ma quid

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

ws ro ar

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Back River Cove

e Riv

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

Northeast Point Ledges

Pon Bis ca y

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Round Pond

Long Cove

Havener Cove

N Ram er Ledges ow L

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge Stone Island Harbor

Mosquito Harbor

Drinking Cove

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Sea Level Rise Predictions

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

er Goose Riv

unc oo

Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Georges Harbor

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Dry Ledges

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Shag Ledges

Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Main Str eet (U S

Old Woman Ledge

Toll Brid

Little Egg Rock Shoals Old Man Ledge

ge Rd

Southeast Breaker

e vi

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Rid g

in g

Haddock Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

sh Cu

Thrumcap Ledge

Black Rock

r Rd

Egg Rock South Ledge

Johns Bay

Davis Island

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

Gig Rock

Mosquito Island

The Brothers

St ra it is

Midway Rocks

Da v

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Old Horse Ledge

Marshall Ledge

Allen Ledge

Lan

ge as s a

la n

el Ch an n mp

Hough Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Barter Island Thompson Island

Little Griffen Isand

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Ot t er Is

Franklin Island

Kelp Ledges

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Drinking Cove Mosquito Ledge

Stud

Fly in

Ch ock ko m s

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Island

Bar Island

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Rive

New Harbor Dry Ledges

Haddock Island Ledge

Devils Elbow

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Dri

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

Devils Limb

Harbor Island

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

McGee Island

Toms Island

Seavey Ledges

Saint George

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge Stone Island Harbor Island Ram Hupper Island Seavey Island

Twobush Island

Seal Harbor

ter Oy s

Pemaquid Harbor

Ross Island

Harbor Island Rock

Jenks Ledge

Hall Island

Wreck Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Webber Sunken Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Cove

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Gull Rock

Wreck Island Ledges

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Mill Cove

le y

s ar ro w eN Th

g Pas sage

el an n

Long Cove

Ho c

row eN ar Ke en

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Bar Island

Webber Dry Ledge

Nubbins

Martin Point

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Cow Island

Round Rock

Cutler Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Broad Cove

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

d Po n er We bb So un d Mus cong us

Pola nd

Browns

Jims Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

130

Delano Cove

Crow Island

Hog Island Ledge

Pon d

Bristol

Oar Island

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Moxie Cove

Friendship

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Back River Cove

e Riv

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Hardy Island

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Locust Island

Northeast Point Ledges

Pon Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Summer Road Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 8

Gull Rock Ledge

Potentially affected areas and mudflats Potential 1 meter rise

Miles 0

Potential 6 meter rise

1 0

Mudflat

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Geological Survey

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Toxic Spill Sites and Threats Map background Human 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.

Legend detail Pollution clean-up sites 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

To x i c S p i l l S i t e s a n d T h r e a t s

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 Medomak Pond

Information Source

Digital Data Source Crawford Pond

Seven Tree Pond

Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection http://www.maine.gov/dep/gis/datamaps/

Medo ma k

Riv

Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

Maine Office of GIS (AQUIFER_POLYGONS) 90 http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Kalers Pond

131

u So

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

Warren

th Po

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

235

ste r

Maine Geological Survey

eor ge Ri v er

Significant areas of concern

131

220

S t. G

Pollution clean-up sites, Potential risk sites

Riv

Features

Little Medomak Pond

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

To x i c S p i l l S i t e s a n d T h r e a t s

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

unc oo

ge dP

as s a

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Little Griffen Isand

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island St ra it

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Ch an n

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Martin Point

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Ledge

Hatchet Cove

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Round Rock

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

So un d

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row eN ar Ke en

Long Cove

Ho c

ko m

Po n er We bb

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Island

Broad Cove

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Jims Island

Fort St. George

Island

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Oar Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Delano Cove

ock

Bis ca y Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Halftide Ledge

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Pollution clean-up sites

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Site slated for remediation Spill response (1993-2005)

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Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 9

Gull Rock Ledge

Significant areas of concern

Groundwater contamination threat Underground storage tank

Sand and gravel aquifer

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2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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Air and Water Discharge Sites Map background Muscongus 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).

Legend detail 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.

A i r a n d Wa t e r D i s c h a r g e S i t e s

Data sources Features

Medomak Information Source Pond

Digital Data Source

Licensed air and water discharges

Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

Little Medomak Pond

Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Crawford Pond http://www.maine.gov/dep/gis/datamaps/ Seven Tree

Medo ma k

Riv

Pond

131 220 90

th Po

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

S t. G u So

131

Riv

Warren

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

A i r a n d Wa t e r D i s c h a r g e S i t e s

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

unc oo

Little Griffen Isand St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

er ge

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

So un d Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 10

Gull Rock Ledge

Licensed air and water discharges / Air pollution point source " F Overboard discharge site G F Wastewater outfall pipe or combined sewer overflow G F Wastewater treatment facility G

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

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Digital Data Sources: Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

Muscongus Bay Atlas

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.

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d N a v i g a t i o n

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.) Medomak Pond

Data sources

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Seven Tree Pond

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Main road, Railway, Airstrip, Bridge

Maine Dept. of220Transportation

Riv

Features

235

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

Maine Dept. of Transportation

Maine Dept. of Transportation http://www.maine.gov/mdot/systems_management/trim.php

S t. G

COU NTY COU NTY

1 £ ¤

National Oceanic and 131 Administrative Administation Thomaston http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/mcd/enc/download.htm

Dredged area, Dredging area - potential, Dredging disposal site

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Pump-out

Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Sampson

s ar ro w

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

ste r

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Louds Island

Goose Riv

Th eN

el an n Ch ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Delano Cove

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on Bis ca y

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

iver

Back River Northeast Cove

r ive

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

R ag ke es W

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

131

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

ws ro ar

Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection http://www.maine.gov/dep/gis/datamaps/ 97

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

Meetinghouse Cove

u So

Duck Puddle Pond

Riv

National Oceanic and Administrative Administation Sidesparker Pond

Recommended deep vessel route, Lighthouse, Navigational aid

LIN C OLN KNO X

Kalers Pond

Pond

Catch basin, Cross culvert, Maintenance building, Ferry route

Warren

Maine Public Utilities Commission, Maine 32 Emergency Services Communications Bureau, Maine Office of GIS Waldoboro

Nor th

Secondary road

eor ge Ri v er

Medo ma k

Maine Office of131GIS (MEDOTPUBRDS/MERAIL24, OTRANS, BRDGS) 90 http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d N a v i g a t i o n

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

unc oo

Little Griffen Isand St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

er ge

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

So un d Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 11

Gull Rock Ledge

Transportation infrastructure Navigation routes and features Main road Catch basin Ferry route Recommended deep Cross culvert Secondary road draft vessel route Railway " ) Maintenance building # * Lighthouse ) Park and ride " _ Airstrip ^ # * Navigational aid F Bridge G

Dredging and pumpouts

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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

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Miles

Dredged area Dredging area - potential Dredging disposal site Pumpout

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000

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

Working Water fronts Map background Working 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.

Wo r k i n g Wa t e r f ro n t s

Data sources Features

Information Source Medomak

Digital Data Source

Pond

Island Institute Crawford http://www.islandinstitute.org/programs.asp?section= Pond Seven Tree Pond workingwaterfront

Island Institute Medo ma k

Riv

Working waterfront sites

Little Medomak Pond

131 220 90

th Po

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Wo r k i n g Wa t e r f ro n t s

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

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235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

la n

Ot t er Is

Franklin Island

unc oo

Little Griffen Isand St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island Wash Ledge

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

Eastern Egg Rock

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Thrumcap Ledge

er ge

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

New Harbor Dry Ledges

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Ol d

Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

So un d

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

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Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 12

Gull Rock Ledge

Working waterfront sites *

# * Former working waterfront # * Commercial - private # * Non-commercial - private

Miles

# * Mixed commercial and non-commercial - public # * Mixed commercial and non-commercial - private

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000

* Data for Town of Cushing unavailable

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

Digital Data Sources: Island Institute

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Biological and Environmental Monitoring Map background Regular 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 sites Inshore 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 sites Paralytic 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 sites Climate (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

Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Inshore trawl survey

Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesEcology Division

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Juvenile lobster survey

The Lobster Conservancy

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Lobster settlement index

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

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

National Audubon Society’s Project Puffin

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Periodic marine bird population survey

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Urchin survey

Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesBiological Monitoring and Assessment Division

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

Climate (snow levels), Contaminants/ Eutrophication

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment http://www.gulfofmaine.org/esip/data.php

MITA monitored island

Maine Island Trail Association

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Biological and Environmental Monitoring

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

ko m

Fly in

unc oo

Morse Island

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Ot t er Is

Little Griffen Isand St ra it

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Ch an n

Ross Island

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

la n

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Morse Ledge

Thrumcap Ledge

Gull Rock

Webber Sunken Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

So un d Mus cong us

Bar Island

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row eN ar

er We bb

Ke en

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

1 £ ¤

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Monhegan Monhegan Island

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Biological monitoring sites Inshore trawl survey ! ( Juvenile lobster survey ! ( Lobster settlement index ! ( Marine bird population, growth rate, reproduction, and feeding survey ! ( Periodic marine bird population survey ! ( Urchin survey

Allen Shoal

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

MAP 13

Gull Rock Ledge

Other monitoring sites F Climate (snow levels) G F Contaminants/Eutrophication G MITA monitored island # * Rain gauge

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000

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

Muscongus Bay Atlas

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

Commercial Lobster Fishery - Present Map background Lobstering 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.

Co mm e rc i al Lo b st e r F i sh e ry - P re se n t

Data sources Features

Medomak Information Source Pond

Digital Data Source Little Medomak Pond

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

Seven Tree for Community GIS Center Pond http://www.community-gis.org

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

Maine Dept. of Marine Resource235 Ecology Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources90 http://www.maine.gov/dmr/maps/mapindex.html Warren

Local district, Maine Lobster Zone D

32 Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesBiologicalWaldoboro Monitoring and Assessment Division

90 Resources Maine Dept. of Marine http://www.maine.gov/dmr/rm/lobster/research.htm

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Po nd

LIN C OL N KNO X

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Goose R iv er

Th eN

Passa Fly in g

ck Ch an ne l

Broad Cove

Friendship

Cutler Cove

Hungry Island Wharton Island

Wiley Cove Ba iley

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Hog Island Ledge

Cow Islan d Ledges

Jims Island

Cow Islan d Dry Ledges Coom bs Ledge

D-2

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Islan d Sunken Ledges

Indian Island Thief Island Killick Stone

Martin Point

Hatchet Cove

Hornbarn Cove

Nubbins

Garrison Sand Island Island Ram Island

Friendship Long Island

Morse Island

Gay Island

Turkey Cove

Jones Garden Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island

Beyer Ship Ledge

Saint George

Ba y Cove Ledge

Cove

D-7 False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Led ges Seavey Ledges

Tenants H arbor

Har t Ledge

Gay Cove

Muscongus Bay Atlas Caldwell Cranberry Island Island Cedar

Long Cove

Cove

Crotch Davis Island Cove Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Foggs Baum Mill Hill Bay

Clark Islan d Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Crotch Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Friendship Harbor

a ss a ge

Oar Island

Bremen Long Island

Long Island Ledges

tte r Is la n

Ke en eN

a rr ow

Ho ck

om o

o nd er P We bb

Soun d Mus cong us edges

Delano Hill

73 Fort St. George

Med

Po nd Pe ma qu id d P on Bisc ay

Moxie Cove

iv e r

Bristol

ro ar

Inner Ledge

Louds Island

r ve Ri

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Cove Wolsgrover Island

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

Pitchers Cove

Locust Island

Northeast Point Ledges

gR ea

Round Pond

k es

Havener Ledge

Hog Midd le Led ges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Hog Island Bar

Ram rN Ledges o we L

131

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Halftide Ledge

Havener Pond

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Howard Hill

Bens Island

Ram Island

Sampson Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

Stahls Hill

Thomas Hill

Greenland Cove

Sidesparker Pond

Willett Hill

Meetinghouse Cove

Johnston Hill

n Po

Ledge

Hill

Duck Puddle Pond

Center for Community GIS 131 http://www.community-gis.org u So

Lobster boat races

Boyd Po nd

Nor th

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine 1 Program (in consultationDemuth with local race Hill Cordwood organizers) Benner Procks Hill Kalers Pond

131

220

St. G eor ge Riv e r

Local lobster territories

Pleasant Mountain

Meadow Mountain

Crawford Pond

Deep Cove

Ch annel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Island Island Murra y Port Clyde Ledge Teel

Mosquito Harbor

Mosquito Head

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Co mm e rc i al Lo b st e r F i sh e ry - P re se n t

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond

ak R i ve r

Seven Tree Pond

Med o m

131 220 90

n Po d

s ar ro w

Fly in g

ck Ch an ne l

un c oo

Goose R iv er

Th eN

Passa

Pemaquid Ledge

Gard en Islan d South Led ge Black Island Round Rock Black Island Led ge Wr eck Island Led ges

Devils Elbow

Th ompson Rock Th e Kegs

Franklin Island Ol dH um pC

Western Egg Rock

it t ra

Long Led ge Little Franklin Ledge

Haddock Island

Little Griffen Isand

Hough Led ge

is S

Had dock Island Led ge

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Ba ck

nn el

Devils Limb

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midw ay Rocks

D-3

South Ledge

Wa sh Ledge

Shark Island

Har poon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock Egg Rock South Led ge

Island

Bar Island

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoa l

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Ha rbor Sunken Ledges

r Tenants H arbor

Kelp Ledges

Dry Led ges

Drinking Cove Mosquito Ledge

Marshall Ledge

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Mosquito Island

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Isla nd Ledges

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Head

D-6

Ba rter Sh oal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Led ge Hupper Shoa l

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Ca rey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bu ll

D-5

Old Wom an Ledge

Little Egg Rock S hoals

D-4

Seavey Ledges

Mosquito Harbor

Ch annel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Sh ag Led ge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Ross Island

McGee Island

Toms Island

Harbor Island

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Island Island Murra y Port Clyde Ledge Teel Stone Island Harbor Island Ram Hupper Island Seavey Island

Twobush Island

Hall Island

Wreck Island Harbor Island Rock

Jenks Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Led ges

Long Cove

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Har t Ledge

Ba y Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

a ss a ge

Ot t er I sla n

Jones Garden Island

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Turkey Cove

D-7

Clark Islan d Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Da v

Ke en eN

a rr ow

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Thief Island

Thrumcap Island

Pu mpkin Cove Ledge

Th rumca p Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Cove

Crotch Davis Island Cove Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Crotch Island

Foggs Baum Mill Hill Bay

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Friendship Harbor

Garrison Sand Island Island Ram Island

Gull Rock

Pumpkin Cove

Nubbins

Martin Point

Cow Island

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Islan d Sunken Ledges

D-2

d Le dg Po lan

Ho ck

om o

o nd er P We bb

Soun d Mus cong us

Jims Island

Cow Islan d Dry Ledges Coom bs Ledge

Killick Stone Island

Johns Bay

Wiley Cove Ba iley Ledge

Ames Cove

Cow Islan d Ledges

Boyd Po nd

Bremen Long Island

Little Island New Ha rbor Dry Ledges

Cutler Cove

Delano Cove

Indian Island

Had dock Isla nd Kelp Ledge

Broad Cove

Med

Po nd Pe ma qu id d P on Bisc ay

D-1

iv e r

New H arbor

Lookout Back Hill Cove

Salt Pond Ledge

Long Island Ledges

gR ea

Pemaquid Harbor

Long Cove

Webber Sunken Ledge

Friendship

Crow Island

Louds Island

Webber Dry Ledge

Fort St. George

Hungry Island Wharton Island

Clam Island

Oar Island

Inner Ledge

Brow ns Head Head Webber Cove Ledge North Ledge

k es

Browns

Delano Hill

r ve Ri

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Cove Wolsgrover Island

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

Locust Island

Northeast Point Ledges

Hog Island Ledge

Bar Island

131

220

Hog Midd le Led ges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBa r Island Cove Ledge

130

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Moxie Cove

Bristol

u So

Ram rN Ledges o we L

Round Pond

Havener Pond

Hardy Island

Bremen

Howard Hill

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Halftide Ledge

131

Stahls Hill

Thomas Hill

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Willett Hill

Meetinghouse Cove

Greenland Cove

Warren

Oy s te rR i ve

COU NTY COU NTY

1 Demuth Hill

Duck Puddle Pond

Ram Island

LIN C OL N KNO X

Kalers Pond

Po nd

Waldoboro

Cordwood Benner Procks Hill Hill Ledge

Nor th

St. G eor ge Riv e r

235

Johnston Hill

Pleasant Mountain

Meadow Mountain

Crawford Pond

Southeast Br eaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Had dock Ledge

Moser Led ge

Zone E D-12 Sunken Du ck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty N ose Isla nd

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Local lobster territories Bremen

Pemaquid/South Bristol

Allen Shoa l

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 14

Gull Rock Led ge

Other features Lobster pound (1998)

Cushing

Port Clyde

Friendship

Thomaston

Lobster dealer with at least five boats (2005)

New Harbor/ Round Pond

Monhegan lobster conservation area

Lobster district, Maine Lobster Zone D

Lobster boat races

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Friendship Pemaquid

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

4 6

Kilometers

1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

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

Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Aquaculture sites

Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesCommunity Resource Development

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

Alewife - municipal harvest

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with the Town of Warren)

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Elver

Maine Dept. of Marine ResourcesEcology Division

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources http://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)

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Sea scallop

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

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

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 Counties)

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

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

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

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Co mm e rc i al Fi s he r ie s an d A q ua c ul t u re - Pr es e nt

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond

ak R i ve r

Seven Tree Pond

Med o m

131 220 90

n Po d

s ar ro w

Gard en Islan d South Led ge Black Island Round Rock Black Island Led ge Wr eck Island Led ges

Devils Elbow

Franklin Island

Western Egg Rock

un c oo

Little Griffen Isand it t ra

Long Led ge Little Franklin Ledge

Haddock Island

Th ompson Rock Th e Kegs

Hough Led ge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midw ay Rocks

South Ledge

Pu mpkin Cove Ledge

Wa sh Ledge

Shark Island

Har poon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Gig Rock

Davis Island

r Tenants H arbor

Kelp Ledges

Drinking Cove Mosquito Ledge

Marshall Ledge

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Mosquito Island

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Isla nd Ledges

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Head

Ba rter Sh oal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Led ge Hupper Shoa l

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Ca rey Rock

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoa l

Little Burnt Island

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Ha rbor Sunken Ledges

Island

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Sh ag Led ge

Barter Island Thompson Island

is S

Had dock Island Led ge

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Ba ck

nn el

Devils Limb

Seavey Ledges

Mosquito Harbor

Ch annel Rock

Bar Island

McGee Island

Toms Island

Harbor Island

Ol dH um pC

Ross Island

Harbor Island Rock

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Island Island Murra y Port Clyde Ledge Teel Stone Island Harbor Island Ram Hupper Island Seavey Island

Twobush Island

Hall Island

Wreck Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Jenks Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Island

Thrumcap Island

Beyer Ship Ledge

Norton Island Led ges

Long Cove

Saint George

Seal Harbor

Har t Ledge

Ba y Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

a ss a ge

Ot t er I sla n

Jones Garden Island

Killick Stone Island

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Turkey Cove

False Whitehead Harbor

Clark Islan d Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Da v

Soun d

Goose R iv er

Th eN

Passa Fly in g

ck Ch an ne l om o s a rr ow Ke en eN

We bb

Ho ck

er P

o nd

Thief Island

d Le dg Po lan

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Egg Rock South Led ge

Pemaquid Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Cove

Crotch Davis Island Cove Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Crotch Island

Foggs Baum Mill Hill Bay

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Friendship Harbor

Garrison Sand Island Island Ram Island

Gull Rock

Th rumca p Ledge

Martin Point

Cow Island

Nubbins

Cow Islan d Sunken Ledges

Mus cong us

Jims Island

Cow Islan d Dry Ledges Coom bs Ledge

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Islan d Ledges

Johns Bay Pumpkin Cove

Wiley Cove Ba iley Ledge

Indian Island

Had dock Isla nd Kelp Ledge

Cutler Cove

Delano Cove

Crow Island

Louds Island

Webber Dry Ledge

Broad Cove

Med

Po nd Pe ma qu id d P on Bisc ay

Boyd Po nd

Oar Island

Little Island New Ha rbor Dry Ledges

iv e r

New H arbor

Lookout Back Hill Cove

Salt Pond Ledge

Friendship

Bremen Long Island

gR ea

Pemaquid Harbor

Long Cove

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fort St. George

Hungry Island Wharton Island

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Inner Ledge

Brow ns Webber Head North Ledge Ledge

k es

Browns Head Cove

Delano Hill

r ve Ri

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Cove Wolsgrover Island

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

Locust Island

Northeast Point Ledges

Hog Island Ledge

Bar Island

131

220

Hog Midd le Led ges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBa r Island Cove Ledge

130

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Moxie Cove

Bristol

u So

Ram rN Ledges o we L

Round Pond

Havener Pond

Hardy Island

Bremen

Howard Hill

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Halftide Ledge

131

Stahls Hill

Thomas Hill

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Willett Hill

Meetinghouse Cove

Greenland Cove

Warren

Oy s te rR i ve

COU NTY COU NTY

1 Demuth Hill

Duck Puddle Pond

Ram Island

LIN C OL N KNO X

Kalers Pond

Po nd

Waldoboro

Cordwood Benner Procks Hill Hill Ledge

Nor th

St. G eor ge Riv e r

235

Johnston Hill

Pleasant Mountain

Meadow Mountain

Crawford Pond

Dry Led ges

Burnt Island Roaring Bu ll

Old Wom an Ledge

Little Egg Rock S hoals

Southeast Br eaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Had dock Ledge

Moser Led ge

Sunken Du ck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty N ose Isla nd

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Aquaculture Standard shellfish lease Limited purpose license

Fishing

Allen Shoa l

Monhegan Monhegan Island

Processing

Alewife - municipal harvest Elver Northern shrimp - trawling Northern shrimp - trapping Sea scallop Soft-shell clam

MAP 15

Gull Rock Led ge

Kelp processing plant Mussel and Mahogany clam processing plant Management Georges River Five Town Regional Clam Management Program area

Digital Data Sources: Maine Dept. of Marine Resources, Center for Community GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

4 6

Kilometers

1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Commercial Fisheries and Fish Habitats - Past Map background Concerns 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 Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

C o m m e rc iQuebec-Labrador a l F i s hFoundation-Marine eries and Fish Habitats - Past

Alewife (as of 1995)

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

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,Medomak 1977, Fish and Wildlife Pond Little Series 1 and 2, Maps 2-1, Medomak 5-1, and 5-3.) Pond

Bloodworm (as of 1977) Blue mussel (as of 1977), Ocean quahog (as of 1977), Sea scallop (as of 1977), Softshell clam (as of 1977)

Maine Dept. of Marine Resources (Fefer, Stewart I. and Schettig, Patricia A. (1980) An Ecological Characterization of Coastal 220 Maine. FWS/OBS-80/29. USDOI, USFWS. 6 Volumes including maps.) 235

Maine Office of GIS (WORM, SHELL) 131 http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/

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

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine 32 Program (in consultation with former commercial fishermen) Waldoboro

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Penobscot East Resource Center

Penobscot East Resource Center http://www.penobscoteast.org/ames_research.asp

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

eor ge Ri v er

ste r

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d Boyd

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Moxie Cove

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Bristol

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

d P on Bis ca y

Halftide Ledge

Round Pond

iver

Back River Northeast Cove Point Ledges

R ag ke es W

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131 97

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Sampson Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

Havener Pond

Muscongus Harbor

Meetinghouse Cove

Riv

131

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

S t. G

COU NTY COU NTY

Warren

u So

LIN C OLN KNO X

1 £ ¤

Pond

Kalers Pond

Nor th

Formerly productive spawning grounds

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

C o m m e rc i a l F i s h e r i e s a n d F i s h H a b i t a t s - P a s t

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

s ar ro w

New Harbor Dry Ledges

unc oo

ge dP

as s a

la n

Little Griffen Isand

St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Ol d

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Ch an n

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Devils Limb

Seavey Ledges

Da v

Harbor Island Rock

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

Harbor Island

So un d Mus cong us

Fly in

Ch ko m s

Wreck Island Ledges

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Thrumcap Ledge

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Martin Point

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Gull Rock

Wreck Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

el an n

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Sunken Ledge

Hatchet Cove

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Led ge Pola nd

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Round Rock

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Broad Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island Bar Island

Friendship

Indian Island

Louds Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Oar Island

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

130

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Moxie Cove

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Halftide Ledge

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Ram Island

iver

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Thomaston

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Fisheries

G F ! (

Alewife (as of 1995) Atlantic herring weir (as of 1977) Atlantic herring (as of 1977) Bloodworm (as of 1977) Blue mussel (as of 1977) Green s ea urchin (as of late 1980's to early 1990's)

Irish moss (as of 1977) Northern shrimp (as of 1977) Ocean quahog (as of 1977) Sea scallop (as of 1977) Soft-shell clam (as of 1977)

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 16

Gull Rock Ledge

Formerly productive spawning grounds Atlantic cod (collapsed 1987) Haddock (collapsed 1966)

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

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Saltwater Recreational Fisheries - Present Map background Among 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 Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

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

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

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

S a l t w a t e r R e c r e a t i o nCenter a lfor FCommunity ishe GISr i e s - P r e s e n t

Soft-shell clam

Medomak Pond

http://www.community-gis.org

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Muscongus Harbor

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

r ive

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Riv er

1 £ ¤

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Saltwater Recreational Fisheries - Present

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po nd

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

s ar ro w

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

ko m

Fly in

unc oo

ge dP

as s a

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Little Griffen Isand St ra it

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Gull Rock

Webber Sunken Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Goose Riv

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

So un d Mus cong us

Bar Island

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Led ge Pola nd

130

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pon d Boyd

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row eN ar

er We bb

Ke en

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

ws ro ar

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Round Pond

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Muscongus Harbor

r ive

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Bremen

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Riv er

1 £ ¤

Warren

Oy ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 17

Gull Rock Ledge

Fisheries

F G

Atlantic mackerel Bluefish Rainbow s melt Rainbow s melt ice fishery

Miles

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

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Kayaking Areas Map background Recreational 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

Kayaking Areas

Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Kayak use areas

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local kayak guides) Medomak

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Pond

MITA managed island

Little Medomak Pond

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org Crawford Pond

Maine Island Trail Association

Seven Tree Pond

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org 131

Pemaquid Watershed Association Medo ma k

Riv

220 90

S t. G u So

131

th Po

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

1 £ ¤

Warren

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Riv

PWA managed site

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Kayaking Areas

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

unc oo

Little Griffen Isand St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

er ge

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

So un d Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Kayak use areas # * Launch site General use Wind exposed Wind protected

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 18

Gull Rock Ledge

Points of interest MITA managed islands F PWA managed site G

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

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Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Sailing Areas Map background Known 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 Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Race routes

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

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Day sailing area

Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program (in consultation with local sailors)

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Cruising route, Cruising point of interest

Pond Little A Cruising Taft, Hank and Jane. (1991) Medomak Pond Guide to the Maine Coast 2nd Ed. (International Marine, Camden, ME). 383p.

Sailing Areas

Medomak

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

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Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

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Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

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Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

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Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

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235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Sailing Areas

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

er dP

la n

Ot t er Is

unc oo St ra it

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Little Griffen Isand is

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Ch an n

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Mus cong us

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Gull Rock

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

So un d

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

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Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Race routes Friendship Cat Boat Race Friendship Chowder Cup Cabadetis Boat Club Long Race

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 19

Gull Rock Ledge

Sailing use areas Cabadetis Boat Club Short Race Port Clyde Sailing Club Races Monhegan Regatta

Day sailing area

F G

Cruising route Cruising point of interest

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

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Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

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

Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

Program use areas

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

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Eco-tours

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

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

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 Conservancy-Maine Chapter)

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

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)

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Environmental and Outdoor Education Sites

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

unc oo

Little Griffen Isand St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

er ge

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

So un d Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 20

Gull Rock Ledge

Program use areas

Trail areas and visitor centers F Conservation trail area G Environmental education site Outdoor education site F School nature trail G Outdoor education route _ Visitor center ^ Eco-tours Scenery cruise Wildlife cruise

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Historic Sites Map background This 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 Designated historic sites 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.

Historic Sites

Data sources Information Source

Digital Data Source

National Historic District, National Historic Site

National Park Service-National Register Medomak Pond Little of Historic Places Medomak Pond

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

State Historic Site

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

Crawford Center for Community GIS Pond Seven Tree Pond http://www.community-gis.org

Cemetery

U.S. Geological Survey, Maine Office of GIS 220

Riv

Features

Medo ma k

Maine Office of131GIS (GNIS_P) http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/ 90

Georges River Land Trust COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

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ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

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Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Riv

u So

131

ste r

1 £ ¤

Center for Community GIS http://www.community-gis.org

LIN C OLN KNO X

Kalers Pond

Pond

Waldoboro Quebec-Labrador Foundation-Marine Program

Historical organizations

S t. G

Local historic site

eor ge Ri v er

Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association GIS Support Warren Center http://www.sheepscot.org/gis_page.html

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Historic Sites

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

la n

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

unc oo

Little Griffen Isand St ra it is

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Haddock Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Ch an n

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

er ge

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

So un d Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Designated historic sites National Historic District F National Historic Site G F State Historic Site G

Other historical areas # * Cemetery # * Local historic site

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 21

Gull Rock Ledge

Historical organizations " / Local society " / Local museum " / Local museum and society " / Regional museum

Digital Data Sources: Center for Community GIS, Maine Office of GIS, Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association GIS Support Center

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

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 detail Population 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 Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

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

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Bureau http://factfinder.census.gov

Population Growth

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

th Po

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Population Growth

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

New Harbor Dry Ledges

er dP

la n

Ot t er Is

unc oo St ra it

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Little Griffen Isand is

Haddock Island

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Benner Island Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Davis Island

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock

Ledges

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

Tenants Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island

Da v

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Egg Rock South Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Devils Limb

Harbor Island Rock

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Ch an n

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Mus cong us

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

Thrumcap Ledge

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Gull Rock

Ol d

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

So un d

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Dry Ledges

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Little Burnt Island Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Population change (1990-2000) ≤ 0% > 1% - 10% > 11% - 20% ≥ 21%

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 22

Gull Rock Ledge

Total population by year Population levels* Year Lowest (Monhegan) 1960 1970 1980 Highest (Waldoboro) 1990 *Height of the bars is relative to population levels by period 2000

Miles 0

1 0

2 2

3 4

Kilometers

4 6

1:150,000 Map created by: QLF- Center for Community GIS, 2008

Digital Data Sources: U.S. Census Bureau

Muscongus Bay Atlas

Housing Unit Growth Map background The 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 detail Housing 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 Features

Information Source

Digital Data Source

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

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Bureau http://factfinder.census.gov

Housing Unit Growth

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

th Po

s ar ro w

er Goose Riv

ko m

Fly in

Jims Island

Martin Point

Cow Island

Gull Rock

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Hatchet Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Morse Island

Gay Island

Goose Rock Ledge

as s a

la n

Island Cedar

Otter Island

Saint George

Bay Cove Ledge

Baum Bay

False Whitehead Harbor

Seal Harbor

Norton Island Ledges Seavey Ledges

Tenants Harbor

Hart Ledge

Gay Cove

Caldwell Muscongus Bay Atlas Cranberry Island Beyer Ship Ledge

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Mill Cove

Clark Island Ledge

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Friendship Long Island

Seavey Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

Morse Ledge

Jones Garden Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

tte r Is

Thief Island Killick Stone

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Indian Island

Broad Cove

Ames Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

unc oo

Th eN

g Pas sag e

el an n Ch

Louds Island

Friendship

73 Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Bremen Long Island

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

So un d Mus cong us ed ges

Pon d

Delano Cove

ock

d Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Hog Island Bar

Boyd

Wolsgrover Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

Moxie Cove

Oar Island

Hungry Island Wharton

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Point Ledges

Halftide Ledge

Bristol

Locust Island

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Back River Northeast Cove

P on Bis ca y

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Round Pond

iver

Ram Island

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Long Cove

Havener Cove

ws ro ar

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

Greenland Cove

1 £ ¤

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston

R ag ke es W

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

Deep Cove

Channel Rock

Little Caldwell Goose Blubber Islands Rock Eagle Murray Island Island Port Clyde Teel Ledge

Mosquito Harbor

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Housing Unit Growth

Medomak Pond

Little Medomak Pond Crawford Pond

Medo ma k

Riv

Seven Tree Pond

131 220 90

S t. G u So

131

Riv

1 £ ¤

Warren

th Po

ste r

Kalers Pond

LIN C OLN KNO X

Waldoboro

Pond

COU NTY COU NTY

Nor th

eor ge Ri v er

235

s ar ro w

New Harbor Back Little Island Cove

er Friendship Long Island

unc oo

Harbor Island Rock

Devils Haddock Elbow Island Ledge

la n

Gangway Ledge

Crane Island

Devils Back

Thompson Rock The Kegs

Franklin Island

Little Griffen Isand

Benner Island

Hu Ol d

Western Egg Rock

Hough Ledge

Old Hump Ledge

Midway Rocks

Johns Bay Pumpkin Pumpkin Cove Cove Ledge

South Ledge

Wash Ledge

Shark Island

Old Horse Ledge Gig Rock

Griffin Ledge Davis Shoal

Harpoon Ledge

Little Egg Rock

Ledge

The Brothers

Allen Ledge

Gunning Rocks Hart Island

Hart Island Ledges

Shag Ledges

Davis Island

P E N O B S C O T B AY

Island

Barter Shoal Hay Ledge

Gunning Rock Shoal

Black Rock

Metinic Island Ledge Hupper Shoal

Old Cilley Ledge

Black Rock

Carey Rock

Georges Harbor

Allen Island

Eastern Egg Rock Egg Rock South Ledge

Ledges

Little Burnt Island

Seal Ledges

Egg Rock North Ledge

Tenants Harbor

Mosquito Harbor

Channel Rock

Inner Shag Ledge Outer Shag Ledge

Barter Island Thompson Island St ra it

Long Ledge Little Franklin Ledge

Haddock Island

Deep Cove

Caldwell Island

Island

Toms Island

Devils Limb

Ot t er Is

Hall Island

Harbor Island

Polins Ledges Polins East Ledge

Seavey Ledges

Beyer Ship Ledge

Da v

Wreck Island Ledges

Wreck Island

Dry Ledges

Burnt Island Roaring Bull

Old Woman Ledge

Little Egg Rock Shoals

Southeast Breaker

Old Man Ledge

M U S C O N G U S B AY

Thrumcap Ledge

Pemaquid Ledge

Seal Harbor

Hart Ledge

Bay Cove Ledge

Goose Rock Ledge

Otter Island Ledge

Black Island Ledge

Saint George

False Whitehead Harbor

Norton Island Ledges

Long Cove

Cove

Turkey Cove

Baum Bay

Clark Island Ledge

Gay Cove

Gay Island

as s a

Round Rock

New Harbor Sunken Ledges

New Harbor Dry Ledges

Morse Island

Morse Ledge

Seavey Cove

Henderson Ledge Teel

Ledges Northeast Point Reef

Ch an n

Mus cong us

Gull Rock

Thief Island Jones Garden Island Killick Stone Garden Island Island South Ledge Black Island

Ross Island

Haddock Island Kelp Ledge

Salt Pond Ledge

Pemaquid Harbor

Martin Point

Mill Cove

Wheeler Bay Rackliff Clark Bay Cove

Otis Cove

Maple Juice Cove

Crotch Garrison Sand Island Island Island Ram Island Davis Crotch Cove Island

So un d

Webber Sunken Ledge

Fly in

an n Ch s row Ke en

eN ar

er We bb

Long Cove

Webber Dry Ledge

Cow Island

Harrington Cove

Watts Cove

Ledge

Friendship Harbor

Nubbins

Cranberry Island Otter Cedar Island Island

Island

Cutler Cove Wiley Cove Bailey

Hornbarn Cove

Hatchet Cove

Cow Island Sunken Ledges

Thrumcap Island

Browns Browns Head Head Webber North Cove Ledge Ledge

Coombs Cove Fossetts Cove

Cow Island Ledges

Jims Island

Broad Cove

Indian Island

Louds Island

Bar Island

Friendship

Ames Cove

Crow Island

Inner Ledge

Marsh Harbor Marsh

BrownsBar Island Cove Ledge

Bremen Long Island

Cow Island Dry Ledges Coombs Ledge

Pola nd

130

Oar Island

Fort St. George

Island

Ho c

ko m

Po n

Hog Island Ledge

Led ge

Boyd

Moxie Cove

Delano Cove

Clam Island

Long Island Ledges

Hungry Island Wharton

ock

Bis ca y Pon d

Bristol

Wolsgrover Island

g Pas sag e

d P on

ws ro ar

Hog Island Bar

Round Pond

Goose Riv

Th eN

Point Ledges

r ive

M ed

Pond Pe ma quid

Back River Northeast Cove

Ballyhac Cove

Nabby Cove

Cushing

Locust Island

HogMiddle Ledges Palmer Island Island Crotch Islands

iver

N Ram er Ledges ow L

Halftide Ledge

Pitchers Cove

Havener Ledge

South Thomaston

Hyler Cove

220

Hardy Island

Bremen

Ram Island

Long Cove

Havener Cove

Greenland Cove

131

Sampson Cove

Bens Island

R ag ke es W

Havener Pond

Broad Cove Johnson Island

Thomaston 1 £ ¤

Meetinghouse Cove

Muscongus Harbor

Sidesparker Pond

Duck Puddle Pond

Haddock Ledge

Moser Ledge

Sunken Duck Rock

Duck Rocks

Eastern Duck Rock

Seal Ledges

Inner Duck Rock Deadman Cove Smutty Nose Island

Manana Island

Monhegan Harbor

Lobster Christmas Cove Cove

Housing unit change (1990-2000) ≤ 10% 11% - 20% 21% - 30% ≥ 31%

Allen Shoal

Monhegan Monhegan Island

MAP 23

Gull Rock Ledge

Number and age of housing units Exisiting housing units (2000)* Relative age of existing housing units Fewest units (Monhegan) Most units (Waldoboro) *Pie size is relative to number of housing units per town

≥ > > > ≤

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years years years years years

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Muscongus Bay Atlas

Conclusion All maps tell a story. In the Atlas, the 23 GIS-derived maps depict Muscongus Bay as a firmly established yet moderately populated region, which actively utilizes the rich diversity of biological and physical resources. The Atlas’ presentation of the bay, however, is just an introduction to the region. More can be said and learned about this place by re-scaling, re-organizing, and querying the many different layers of digital data that were assembled to produce the maps in the Atlas. And these next chapters on the bay can now be told by others interested in creating their own maps. Future maps might focus on smaller pieces of this region, showing the uses and environmental features of one estuary, peninsula, or town. Many of the GIS data layers presented in this document are sufficiently detailed to be shown at finer or more local geographic scales. Original maps can be made by re-arranging the available data layers so that they provide new insights into relationships between various activities or elements. Mapmakers experienced in GIS can bring together data layers on new maps, whose unique “look and feel” may emphasize different relationships in the data. Using GIS, one could overlay contaminated water discharges (Map 10) with intertidal harvest restrictions (Map 6), or sea level rise predictions (Map 8) with working waterfronts facilities (Map 12). And again, these new images can be created at many different scales. Entirely original data layers can also be developed and shown. For the Atlas, QLF and the Muscongus Bay Project Steering Committee worked with many people from the region to generate over 50 new data layers using information obtained from internet research, interviews, participatory sketch maps, existing paper maps, and other sources. Some of these layers were relatively simple to translate into a digital format while others required extensive communication and verification. Of course, not every layer imaginable can be easily generated. QLF and Committee members were not able to create all the ones we had originally intended to include in the Atlas. In some cases the original data was not sufficiently reliable, such as a layer depicting development trends using recently released chronological information on electrical service connections. For others, the data proved too costly to obtain or generate, such as a layer depicting development patterns based on information from local tax maps. Yet these same data may be well within the budget or expertise of a group tasked with tracking coastal development in part or all of the Muscongus Bay region. When creating the Atlas, the need to make historical information available for computerized mapping was also quite evident. Little digital data exists that can be used to geographically illustrate the story of this region’s past. Not only are few features documented in a form suitable for GIS, but also there are almost no layers that show changes in use or environmental features over time. Working with a GIS service center, new digital data can not only be developed for projects like these but also stored for either the sole use of the client or for the client to share with others. Some GIS service centers, like QLF’s Center for Community GIS, also provide training to groups interested in generating original data using Global Positioning Systems (GPS), participatory mapping approaches like sketch mapping, or other forms of information research and documentation. The Atlas shows just how effective GIS mapping can be in helping us to understand and appreciate the complexity of the places where we live. Based on accurate and well-scaled data, GIS-derived maps can also provide new perspectives on old issues, help resolve conflicts, inform management decisions, and assess the potential impacts of proposed resource uses. For the Muscongus Bay region, this collection of maps gets us over the threshold and into new possibilities for using maps and digital data in local decision-making. It is a launching point from which we can begin to visualize and discuss our common issues and resources. QLF and the Muscongus Bay Project Steering Committee look forward to moving on from this point and working with the many local organizations, towns, businesses and other institutions interested in using GIS to sustain the environmental, economic and cultural vitality of our shared bay region.

For more information about: QLF’s Marine Program or the Muscongus Bay Project Contact: Jennifer Atkinson, Director P.O. Box 335 34 Jefferson St. Waldoboro, ME 04572 USA Ph: 207.832.8109 jatkinson@qlf.org www.qlf.org QLF’s Center for Community GIS Contact: Stephen Engle, Director 109 Church St., Suite B Farmington, ME 04938 Ph: 207.778.0900 sengle@community-gis.org www.community-gis.org

To order additional print copies of the Muscongus Bay Atlas contact either QLF office listed above. The cost for each atlas is $15 (add $5 for tax, shipping, and handling). Rates are in U.S. dollars. Print copies of the Muscongus Bay Atlas may be purchased from local stores in the Muscongus Bay region. For store locations, please contact the QLF Marine Program.

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