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Boat Rides

Maine Daysail
Casco Bay Lines
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MAP Q3 • Thompson’s Wharf,
MAP N4 • 56 Commercial St,
Portland • 207 774 7871 • Ferry year- Belfast • 207 619 0654 • Open mid-
round; some cruises summer only Jun–early Oct • Adm • www.
• Adm • www.cascobaylines.com mainedaysail.com
Sunrise, sunset, or moonlight cruises Sail aboard the beautiful National
on the oldest ferry service in the US. Historic Landmark pilot schooner
Timberwind. Day sails and sunset
Three Rivers
2 cruises out of Belfast explore the
Whitewater
stunning midcoast Maine scenery.
MAP P1 • 2265 Rte 201, West Forks
• 207 663 2104 • Open May–Oct
• Adm • Minimum age 10 • www.
threeriverswhitewater.com
Hold on tight as your guide negotiates
the thrilling waves and rapids on this
adrenaline-filled rafting trip down
the Kennebec River in Maine.
Bold Coast Charter
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Company
MAP R2 • Cutler Harbor • Open SS Katahdin on Moosehead Lake
Jun–mid-Aug • Adm • Reservations
SS Katahdin
essential • www.boldcoast.com 8
About 3,000 endangered puffins MAP P1 • 12 Lily Bay Rd,
gather on Machias Seal Island. Bold Greenville • 207 695 2716 • Open
Coast offers the only sight seeing trips late Jun–mid-Oct • Adm • www.
for bird-watchers and photo graphers. katahdincruises.com
Moosehead Lake is stunning during
Cap’n Fish’s Whale Watch
4 the fall foliage and there can be no
MAP P4 • 1 Wharf St, Boothbay better way to survey the scene than
Harbor • 207 633 3244 • Open late aboard the gloriously preserved SS
May–mid-Oct • Adm • www. Katahdin, a 1914 steamboat.
whaleme.com
Downeast Windjammer
A shipboard naturalist will help you 9
identify migrating whales. You might Cruises
spot seals, porpoises, and dolphins. MAP R3 • Bar Harbor Inn Pier,
Bar Harbor • 207 288 4585
Monhegan Boat Line
5 • Open May–Oct • Adm • www.
downeastwindjammer.com
MAP Q4 • Port Clyde • 207 372
8848 • Closed Sun in winter • Adm Historic schooners and a lobster
• www.monheganboat.com sloop make day sails through the
Drift past lobster boats on the trip islands of Frenchman Bay.
out from Port Clyde to Monhegan
Allagash Canoe Trips
Island, or opt for a cruise past the 0
Muscongus Bay lighthouses. MAP Y5 • Carrabassett
• 207 280 1551 • Open May–Sep
Schooner Appledore
6 • Adm • Apply on website
MAP Q3 • Bayview Landing,
• www.allagashcanoetrips.com
Camden • 207 236 8353 • Open Jun– The Allagash River and Chamberlain
Oct • Adm • www.appledore2.com Lake offer paddling journeys in the
Get your sea legs with day sails North Woods wilderness and good
around Penobscot Bay. trout fishing as well.
See map on pp122–3
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