Lawrence Cove

Lawrence Cove is a bay in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Lawrence Cove is situated nearby to the neighborhood Prospect Ferry, as well as near the village Verona Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Knox and Bucksport station.

Fort Knox

Fort

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Fort Knox, now Fort Knox State Park or Fort Knox State Historic Site, is located on the western bank of the Penobscot River in the town of Prospect, Maine, about 5 miles from the mouth of the river.

Bucksport station

Railway station

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The Bucksport Railroad Station is a historic railroad station on Main Street in Bucksport, Maine. The station was built in 1874 by the European and North American Railway, and is one of a small number of surviving rural railroad stations in Maine.

Wilson Hall

Apartment building

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Wilson Hall is a historic Methodist seminary building on Franklin Street in Bucksport, Maine. Built in 1850-51 by the Eastern Maine Methodist Conference, it housed East Maine Conference Seminary, which was the only Methodist seminary in eastern Maine, and was the only seminary in Hancock County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bucksport and Verona Island.

Bucksport

Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bucksport is a historical town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. Bucksport is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the Waldo–Hancock Bridge.

Verona Island

Village

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Verona Island is a town located on an island of the same name in the Penobscot River in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 507 at the 2020 census.

Prospect

Village

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Prospect is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census. The most prominent landmark in Prospect is Fort Knox, a large 19th-century fort.

Lawrence Cove

Type: Bay
Address: ME
Category: body of water
Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.58396° or 44° 35′ 2″ north

Longitude

-68.8092° or 68° 48′ 33″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87PHH5MR+H8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369065530

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4969252

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