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Eastport, Maine History, Genealogy and Trivia

The Festival of Lights is an annual Christmas Season event in Eastport, featuring a parade of lighted boats in the harbor.


Eastport, Maine has the longest growing season


Eastport Maine has the highest tides in the state of Maine. Tides can be over 18 feet.


Eastport Maine is known as "the sardine capital of the world".


The first sardine cannery built in Eastport in 1876.


The great white shark taken off Eastport in November 1932 was 26 feet long. It was thought to be the same shark that had previously attacked a fishing boat.


You are likely to see a right whale on the coast off Eastport.


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