Birch Island

Birch Island is an island in Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. Birch Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Merepoint, as well as near the village Harpswell.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harpswell Cattle Pound and Harpswell Meetinghouse.

Harpswell Cattle Pound

Historic site

The Harpswell Cattle Pound is a stone enclosure in Harpswell, Maine, United States. It was used to hold stray animals until they could be reunited with their owners.

Harpswell Meetinghouse

Place of worship

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Harpswell Meetinghouse is a historic colonial meeting house on Maine State Route 123 in Harpswell, Maine. Built in 1757-59 to provide space for both religious services and town meetings, it is a little-altered and well-preserved example of a once-common form, and is the oldest such surviving building in the state of Maine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harpswell and South Freeport.

Harpswell

Village

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Harpswell is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, on Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. The population was 5,031 at the 2020 census. Harpswell is composed of a peninsula contiguous with the rest of Cumberland County, called Harpswell Neck, as well as three large islands connected by bridges: Sebascodegan Island, Orr's Island, and Bailey Island.

South Freeport

Neighborhood

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Freeport is an unincorporated village in the town of Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The community is located on Casco Bay, 2.6 miles south of the village of Freeport. South Freeport is situated 5 miles west of Birch Island.

Freeport

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Freeport is just north of Portland in Maine and hosts the headquarters of L.L Bean. Because of the popularity of L.L. Bean, other stores were drawn to the area and it has become a shopping destination.

Birch Island

Type: Island
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Cumberland County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.8202° or 43° 49′ 13″ north

Longitude

-70.0068° or 70° 0′ 25″ west

Elevation

20 feet (6 metres)

Open location code

87MFRXCV+37

OpenStreetMap ID

way 827741995

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4958350

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