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The area got its name from its role as a lookout post, used to watch British ship movements during the War of 1812. [9]During the War of 1812 the Chesapeake Bay was a major route for British War ships, who established a naval and military base at near-by Tangier Island in Virginia for the Royal Navy under Rear Admiral George Cockburn with Fort Albion there, which constantly raided Chesapeake ...
Isle au Haut is an island approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long by 2 miles (3.2 km) wide in Penobscot Bay, part of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean. An island forest. Mount Champlain, elevation 540 feet (160 m), is the highest point on the island, located on a north-south ridge occupying the island's center.
Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine.The population was 5,031 at the 2020 census. [2] Harpswell is composed of land contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, called Harpswell Neck, as well as three large islands connected by bridges: Sebascodegan Island (locally known as Great Island), Orr's Island, and Bailey Island and ...
Point Lookout (Colorado), a mountain in Mesa Verde National Park Point Lookout (New South Wales), a mountain in New South Wales Point Lookout, Maryland. Point Lookout State Park, Maryland, site of an American Civil War prisoner of war camp
Point Lookout Light, looking from north to south. On May 3, 1825, the federal government decided that a light was needed at Point Lookout to warn ships of the shoals and to mark the entrance to the Potomac River, and appropriated $1,800 for the project. The owner, Jenifer Taylor, refused the offer of $500 for the land, though he apparently ...
Coldest: Fort Kent, Maine The coldest city in Maine is at the very northern tip of the state, on the border with New Brunswick, Canada. Fort Kent averages an annual low of only 27 degrees.
Point Lookout is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 1,527 at the time of the 2020 census. [ 2 ] The town is mostly made up of residential homes, with several small businesses on Lido Boulevard.
West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. [2] [3] [4] In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows. The current tower, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was constructed in 1858 and is an active aid to navigation.