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The M/V Everett Libby docked at Rockland Terminal. In December 1958, the Maine Port Authority (MPA) solicited bids for construction of a new ferry terminal in Rockland. [5] The following month, the Rockland City Council granted approval for the MPA to build a new slip at the site for use by the Vinalhaven ferry.
The Maine State Ferry Service serves (from Rockland) Vinalhaven, North Haven and Matinicus Isle; (from Lincolnville) Isleboro; and (from Bass Harbor) Swan's Island and Frenchboro. According to U.S. News & World Report, Maine is ranked 19th in public transit usage and 43rd in transportation infrastructure. [8]
Rockland is located on Penobscot Bay and the Gulf of Maine, part of the Atlantic Ocean. About ten miles to the east are the islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, reached by ferry from Rockland. Rockland is crossed by U.S. 1 and 1A, and state routes 17, 73 and 90.
The Vinalhaven quarries were the only ones deep enough to provide the eight huge polished columns called for in the original plans for the apse of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City; the massive columns broke under their own weight, and ultimately more than one piece of granite had to be put together to create each column. [9]
North Haven is a town and island in Knox County, Maine, United States, in Penobscot Bay. The town is both a year-round island community and a prominent summer colony. The population was 417 at the 2020 census. [2] North Haven is accessible by thrice-daily state ferry service from Rockland, or by air taxi from Knox County Regional Airport.
Rockland Branch from Brunswick to Rockland. MaineDOT awarded a lease to the Central Maine and Quebec Railway in September 2015. Freight operations on the branch began on January 1, 2016. [4] In 2012, MaineDOT sought an operator to restore passenger service on St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad tracks to Lewiston and Auburn, Maine." [5]
The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
Matinicus Isle is an island plantation in Knox County, Maine, United States. The island is located within Penobscot Bay about 20 miles east of the mainland coast and is accessible by state ferry service from Rockland or by air taxi from Knox County Regional Airport. Matinicus is the inhabited land furthest off the American East Coast. [1]