Down East
Hancock County
Town of Gouldsboro

Frenchman Bay

Frenchman Bay is a bay in , , named for Samuel de Champlain, the explorer who visited the area in 1604. Frenchman Bay may have been the location of the Jesuit St.
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Photo: Mfield, GFDL.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in Hancock County, Maine
  • Also known as: “Frenchman’s Bay”
  • Address: ME

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burnt Porcupine Island and Abbe Museum.

Islet
Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.
is an islet.

Museum
Photo: AbbeMuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a museum with two locations in , on . The museum is dedicated to exploring the history and culture of 's Native people, the Wabanaki.

Library
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Jesup Memorial Library is the public library of . It is located in an architecturally distinguished Colonial Revival building at 34 Mount Desert Street in the town's main village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bar Harbor and Hulls Cove.

Photo: Tina Saey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on in in the area of . It is a useful base for those visiting .

is a village on on the coast of , a state of the .

Village
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , , United States. The population was 279 at the 2020 census.

Frenchman Bay

Latitude
44.41425° or 44° 24′ 51″ north
Longitude
-68.18501° or 68° 11′ 6″ west
Open location code
87PHCR77+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369063771
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
4964912
Wiki­data ID
Q3087497
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Satellite Map

Discover Frenchman Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Slovenian—“Frenchman Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Frenchman Bay (luuk sa Estados Unidos)”
  • Cebuano: “Frenchman Bay”
  • Dutch: “Frenchman Bay”
  • French: “Frenchman Bay”
  • German: “Frenchman Bay”
  • Italian: “Baia di Frenchman”
  • Slovenian: “Frenchman Bay”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Frenchman Bay”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hulls Cove and Summer Harbor.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rum Key and Sheep Porcupine Island.

Hancock County: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Frenchman Bay”. Photo: Mfield, GFDL.