A Meeting Place for Fish

The convergence of land, river, and sea creates a rich habitat for many animals, including fish such as alewives, Atlantic salmon, and American eels

A Port with a Fishing Past

Poster about the fishing history of the Town of Bucksport, Maine

Downeast Fisheries Trail / Sentier Downeast Fisheries Trail

From Penobscot Bay to Passamaquoddy Bay, the Downeast Fisheries Trail connects sites, such as museums and community resource centers, that illustrate the region’s maritime heritage past and present. Also included are places where the stories of people and the sea are intertwined, such as fishing harbors, clam flats, herring weirs, fish hatcheries, aquaculture facilities, and seafood processing plants

Nations Connected by Fisheries Past and Present / Des Peuples Unis par leur Patrimoine Halieutique

Brief history of Campobello’s fishermen and women as they harvest lobster, scallops, sea urchins and clams, catching herring, and raising Atlantic salmon in circular pens

Passamaquoddy People / Les Passamaquoddys / Peskotomuhkatiyik

Passamaquoddy people trace their ancestry to time immemorial. The oldest archaeological site dates back to more than 13,000 years ago, when people moved into the region as the glaciers melted at the end of the last Ice Age

The Last Lightkeeper / Le dernier gardien de phare

Brief biography of Angus Newman, a native of Campobello Island and last lighthouse keeper for the Mulholland Point Lighthouse

Salmon Aquaculture / Salmoniculture

This artist’s rendition of a single salmon pen shows how the fish are contained. Groups of pens are tied together by an underwater grid system of anchors, chains, and ropes

Friar\u27s Bay Beach / Plage de la baie Friar’s

Photo collage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt\u27s time at Campobello Island

Downeast Fisheries Trail: Celebrating the Fisheries Heritage of Downeast Maine, Then and Now

Road map of the Downeast Fisheries Trail from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy Bay, connecting historic and active fisheries sites that illustrate the region’s maritime heritage. Marine resources sustain the culture and economy of Downeast Maine. The Downeast Fisheries Trail builds on these local resources to strengthen community life and the experience of visitors. Map includes brief descriptions of 45 businesses, wharves, museums, and parks located along the trail

Ecology of the Bay / Écologie de la baie

At the mouth of the St. Croix River, Passamaquoddy Bay lies along the border of Downeast Maine and coastal Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Passamaquoddy Bay is influenced by the extreme twice-daily tides and strong currents that bring nutrients from the deep ocean into the Bay of Fundy, creating a rich feeding ground for fin, minke, and humpback whales, and the endangered North Atlantic right whale