![]() From there I plotted a northeasterly course for the first day, along the western shore of the bay, past Cousins and Little John I., along the islands off Freeport and then deep into Merepoint Bay, to tiny Crow and Little Birch Island. The traditional and most convenient starting point for an island trip, with boat ramp, parking facilities and drinking water, is without a doubt the Eastern Promenade in Portland, right off Interstate #295. Start of trip: Eastern Promenade, Portland It is based in Portland, Maine and currently protects 191 islands and mainland sites along the Maine coast. ![]() The Maine Island Trail Association, as many of you readers know, was established in 1987, 25 years ago, as one of the very first water trails in the US. Looking at my NOAA chart of Casco Bay and the MITA guide booklet (see appendix) for overnight possibilities, trip options for my solo canoe camping trip seemed endless. Many long, thin peninsulas, island chains and strings of ledges extend far into the bay, like the fingers on two hands, all pointing to the southwest, the direction of travel of the last big ice shield.įor a larger view of this map, click here I have done a lot of day tripping on Maine's Casco Bay and have traversed it several times (doing the entire Maine Island Trail from Portland to Machias), but I had never spent any extended time gunkholing on this large, deeply cleft, very glacial looking bay. ![]()
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