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Bar Harbor Town Pier

End of Main & West Streets, Bar Harbor

Between the low-tide sand bar that gave the town its name and the breakwater constructed a century ago, Bar Harbor’s waterfront continues to support many different uses. With good landing beaches and proximity to fish and shellfish, such as the sand bar’s clams and mussels, Bar Harbor was, and is, an important place for the Wabanaki. By the time of the Civil War, record levels of cod were caught in these waters. Schooners and smaller fishing vessels have given way to lobster boats, which share the harbor with yachts, cruise ships, and sea kayaks.

207-288-4098 | www.barharbormaine.gov

Year-round. Parking. Water access. Restrooms. Accessible

Bar Harbor pier in 1900
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Indian village, Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor town beach
Bar Harbor boats
Bar Harbor shrimp
Bar Harbor shrimp
Bar Harbor at night
Tour boat
Lobster boat and yacht
Bar Harbor lobster boat
Bar Harbor waterfront
Bar Harbor shore path

Events & Activities

Bar Harbor Blessing of the Fleet, always early June

MDI Seafood Festival, always 4th of  July

 

Sources & Links

Town of Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor Historical Society

Maine Folklife Center, Life of the Maine Lobsterman Interview Collection: Interviews with Edwin Lawson, 73, about lobstering on the Maine coast.

Trail Sites

  • Abbe Museum
  • Bad Little Falls Park
  • Bar Harbor Town Park
  • Bar Harbor Town Pier
  • Beals Heritage Center
  • Bucksport Waterfront
  • Cable Pool Park
  • Carryingplace Cove
  • Cobscook Bay Resource Center
  • Cobscook Bay State Park
  • Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery
  • Deer Isle – Stonington Historical Society
  • Downeast Institute
  • Frazer Point
  • Frenchman Bay Overlook
  • Frenchman Bay Scenic Turnout
  • Gleason Cove Park
  • Gordon’s Wharf
  • Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Green Lake National Fish Hatchery
  • Henry Cove
  • Islesford Historical Museum
  • Jonesport Historical Society
  • Long Cove
  • Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (formerly Penobscot East Resource Center)
  • Maine Coast Sardine History Museum
  • McCurdy’s Smokehouse
  • Milbridge Historical Museum
  • Milbridge Town Marina
  • Morong Cove
  • Mount Desert Oceanarium
  • Naskeag Point
  • Otter Cove
  • Penobscot Marine Museum
  • Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory & Fort Knox
  • Peter Gray Hatchery
  • Pleasant River Hatchery
  • Prospect Harbor
  • Quoddy Head State Park
  • Roosevelt-Campobello International Park
  • Shackford Head State Park
  • Somesville Mill Pond
  • Taunton Bay Gateway
  • Tidal Falls
  • Waponahki Museum & Resource Center

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The Downeast Fisheries Trail consists of 45 locations from Penobscot Bay, Maine, to Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick, that showcase active and historic fisheries heritage sites, such as fish hatcheries, aquaculture facilities, fishing harbors, clam flats, processing plants, historical societies, community centers, parks, and other related places. The Trail is an effort to raise awareness among residents and visitors of the importance of the region’s maritime heritage and the role of marine resources to the area’s economy. The Trail builds on these local resources to strengthen community life and the experience of visitors.

For a printed map-brochure of the Trail, please call 207.581.1435.

Download the web version of the map-brochure. (6.8 MB)

For more information about the Downeast Fisheries Trail, email or call 207.288.2944 x5834.

Downeast Fisheries Trail Brochure Map - Web Version

Downeast Fisheries Trail Brochure Map - Web Version

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