The document provides details about the landscape, history, and attractions of Maine. It describes Maine's coastline, lakes, mountains, and vast forests. Important points in Maine's history include early French and English exploration and settlements in the 1600s, and the Treaty of Paris in 1763 that ended French claims. The document highlights various towns, parks, beaches, and natural features throughout Maine that make it a popular vacation destination for activities like fishing, hiking, and camping.

1. Starry, starry night,
paint your palette blue and grey.

2. There are more than 60 lights along
Maine's craggy Down East peninsulas.

3. Largest state in New England, Maine is its northernmost portion and the easternmost of the
United States. Maine is known for its landscapes, especially for its rocky and jagged
coastline, low and undulating mountains and vast forests. Lovers of the great outdoors come
at any time of the year to enjoy the parks, A scenic seacoast, beaches, lakes, mountains, and
resorts make Maine a popular vacationland. There are more than 2,500 lakes and 5,000
streams, plus 26 state parks to attract hunters, fishermen, skiers, and campers shorelines and
islands of Maine.

4. Eastport is the easternmost city in the
United States, receiving the first rays of
the morning.

5. Eastport harbor

6. The Vikings probably discovered Maine 1,000 years ago.
In 1498, France sent many explorers to Maine. They claimed the area of Canada and
Maine, calling it Acadia. In 1604, the first French colony was established on the St.
Croix River.Two wealthy Englishmen sent men to explore the Maine coast for England in
1605. Two years later, colonists from England established Popham Colony near the
mouth of the Kennebec River. France and England fought for control of the New
England area during the French and Indian Wars. With English victory, The Treaty of
Paris ended all French claims to Maine and most of North America in 1763.

8. Curtis Island Light

9. Monson, a picturesque small town on the way
to Greenville and Moosehead Lake

10. A serene scene along picturesque
Rangeley Lake in Northern Maine

11. Aerial view of Rangeley

12. Rangeley Town

14. Camdem

15. Camdem

16. Castine

17. . Boothbay Harbor

19. Shore Hills Campground in Boothbay

20. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

21. Asticow Azalea gardens
– Northeast Harbor

22. Ogunquit Beach

23. Domestic-crested-duck-Camden

24. Maine Coons are the largest breed of domestic cat. They
can reach a length of up to 48 in (120 cm), including the
tail,

25. . Wildlife is
abundant
Much of Maine is wilderness

26. Wild turkeys

29. Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks Bar Harbor, Maine

30. The mythical large winter cat Babatoona considered by many as the smartest animal on the planet.
It weighs over 1200 pounds and is about ten feet long and five feet high.

31. White tail deer

32. Maine moose is the oficial state animal and are best
found at dawn or dusk.

36. Maine windjammer fleet

40. Penobscot Bay

42. Bass Harbor near Acadia National Park

43. –Eagle Lake - Bar Harbor

44. Bar Harbor

45. Bar Harbor

46. Famous Maine lobster

49. Acadia National Park

50. Sand Beach-Acadia

51. Acadia National
Park represents the
single most star-
dense sky on the
east coast.

52. The Milky Way -Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park

53. Eagle Lake

55. Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain

61. Portland Harbor at
sunrise

62. Portland Head Lighthouse

63. Bug Light – South Portland

64. Ighthouseatsunset–MarshallPoint

65. Marshall Point Light Station was established in 1832 to assist
boats entering and leaving Port Clyde Harbor.

66. Milky Way at Pemaquid Lighthouse (Bristol)

67. West Quoddy Head Light

69. Venus – Milky Way over Nubble Island just off Cape
Neddick near York

70. Portland Head Light on Cape Elizabeth

71. Whaleback Light, Kittery Maine, at Sunrise

72. Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse in Tremont, in operation
since 1958

74. Rainbow over York

75. Little Deer Isle

76. Lilibeth
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