10 Marvelous Facts about Maine
What makes Maine so marvelous? Find out with the Web's best list of Maine facts. Explore its rich history, rugged landscapes, vibrant culture, and more.
1. Maine has more moose per square mile than any other state.
2. Eastport, Maine, is the first city in the contiguous United States to receive the first morning light.
3. Maine is the only state in the U.S. whose name is just one syllable.
4. Leon Leonwood Bean, a Maine outdoorsman, founded the boot company L.L.Bean in 1912. Today, the L.L.Bean store in Freeport, Maine, is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
5. Maine is the only state in the U.S. that borders just one other state.
6. Forests cover almost 90% of Maine’s land area, which is more than any other state in the U.S.
7. Maine native Chester Greenwood invented earmuffs in 1870 as a way to stay warm while ice skating.
8. The Parrish Shoe Factory scenes in the 1995 movie Jumanji were filmed in The Olde Woolen Mill in North Berwick, Maine.
9. A native Mainer, author Stephen King has set many of his novels in Maine, such as Pet Sematary, Salem’s Lot, and It.
10. Rockport, Maine, is the birthplace of the doughnut hole.
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High On Maine - Dobbs Productions- Bar Harbor, Maine
How magical it would be, we sometimes muse, to soar like an eagle, gazing down on a land we love.
High on Maine gives us our eagle's wings.
Produced by the same team which created the highly acclaimed video's Gift of Acadia and Maine America's Coast, this alluring new film takes to the skies over Maine for the most extensive and breathtaking aerial views of this state ever seen. From the dappled islands of the south to the rocky, foggy shores of the east, from the fertile fields of the far north to the mountains and lakes of the majestic west -- town and village, steeple and schooner -- this is Maine as you have never experienced it before.
From on high, we get High on Maine.
Jack Perkins, who wrote and narrates this video, has been a Mainer for the past decade. On national television, he hosts the successful series Biography on A&E.
John Cooper, who composes and performs the original score, is a well known jazz performer and music educator, teaching currently at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor.
Calais, Maine wearing its Autumn Colors
The small picturesque New England city of Calais, Maine sporting it's downtown autumn colors of red, orange and gold colored leaves.
Calais is home to 3,123 residents and services a regional population of 15,000. It is nestled along the Saint Croix River.
The city has three United States border crossings (also known as ports of entry) over the St. Croix River bordering St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada.
Stroll along the Waterfront and Walkway and observe the greatest tide changes in the continental U.S.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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Northmost Point of Maine - US/CANADA Border Monuments (2005)
Filmed 08/10/2015 - A fascinating spot where the NW border of Maine (a southwest/northeast running line bordering the Canadian Province of Quebec) intersects the St.Francis River. Once the border reaches the St.Francis River, the border follows the river downstream in an east-southeasterly direction. Consequently, the Northernmost point in Maine is at point where the land border reaches the river. On the Canadian side is a beautiful French-speaking village. On the US side is an uninhabited wilderness frequented by lumber companies to harvest trees. There are only two houses which are completely within Estcourt Station, ME. They did not seem to be inhabited (but I could be wrong). There are several houses that split by the border.
The State of Maine creates an intrusion into Canada, therefore most Canadians traveling to the Maritime Provinces must either pass through Maine, or go around the Northern tip of Maine. The CN railroad cannot pass through the USA, therefore it passes just meters away from the northern tip of Maine in order to turn again to the southeastward into the Maritime Provinces.
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USA East Coast Road Trip - Maine to Florida Keys & Key West - 4,700 Miles of US1
Discover America's east coast with a great US road trip of more than 4,700 miles. US Route 1 runs from Fort Kent, Maine, all the way down the eastern seaboard to the southernmost point of the continental United States in Key West, Florida.
Join travel writer, Ella Buchan, as she hits the road for us on an incredible journey across America. Read all of Ella's road trip stories:
Filmed on a Samsung S7 courtesy of Three. With thanks to Hertz for the use of Harrison, Ella's road tripping wheels, taking her through Maine, Massachusetts, Washington DC, Virginia, North Carolina, Daytona Beach, Orlando and Florida Keys.
Music: You're No Help by Silent Partner and Open Road by Audionautix, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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Downeast Maine
A slideshow of pictures from Downeast Maine taken from 2007-2010.
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Portland, Maine, USA
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A drive around Church Street, Keegan, Maine, United States.
Joseph Normand Grinnell drives around Church Street, and some neighboring streets, Keegan neighborhood, Van Buren, Maine, United States, on July 4, 2010.