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Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

Campobello Island, New Brunswick

Long before US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made his summer home here overlooking Fundy Bay, Passamaquoddy natives harvested clams, sea urchins, and other marine species off the island’s coast. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, French, British and Canadian settlers called Campobello home, fishing for cod, haddock, hake, herring, pollock, and mackerel. The Island also features two historic lighthouses, East Quoddy Head Light and Mulholland Light, as well as Roosevelt Park. Fishing is still a mainstay of Campobello’s economy. Local fishermen dig clams, haul lobster traps, drag for sea urchins and scallops, net herring and mackerel, and raise salmon in aquaculture pens.

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Seasonal/Year-round (grounds and park natural areas). Restrooms. Picnic area. Camping. Trails.

Bird watching
Kid reading on a bench
Friar's Bay Beach
Mulholland Point Lighthouse in winter

Mulholland Point Lighthouse panels
The last lighthouse keeper
Lubec from Campobello
McCurdy's Smokehouse

Weir at Head Harbor
Herring weir
Motor boats and salmon pens
Salmon pens

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Events and Activities

1 June, 2015. A Celebration of the Sea. Hosted by Roosevelt Campobello International Park and Downeast Fisheries Trail in honor of eight new interpretive panels. Poetry, music, and more. More information: info@DowneastFisheriesTrail.org.

Sources & Links

Roosevelt Campobello International Park, National Park Service  

Roosevelt Campobello International Park 

Campobello Island

Downeast Fisheries Trail Interpretive Panels

Seven interpretive panels located at a Downeast Fisheries Trail kiosk on the beach beneath the Roosevelt Cottage, and an eighth one located by Mulholland light at the head of the island (panels created by Roosevelt Campobello International Park, Downeast Fisheries Trail, and Maine Sea Grant).

 

Aquaculture

Salmon aquaculture /salmoniculture

Ecology

Ecology of the Bay / Écologie de la Baie

Fisheries

Nations Connected by fisheries past and present / Des people unis par leur patrimoine halieutique

Friar'sBayBeach

Friar’s Bay Beach / Plage de la baie Friar’s

Research opps

Research and Learning Opportunities / Possibilités de recherché et d’apprentissage

Passamaquoddy

Passamaquoddy people / Les Passamaquoddys / Peskotomuhkatiyik

Trail

Downeast Fisheries Trail / Sentier Downeast Fisheries Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last lightkeeper Icon

The last lightkeeper / Le dernier gardien de phare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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

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