Pollock Rock
Pollock Rock is a bar in Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine. Pollock Rock is situated nearby to the village South Bristol, as well as near the neighborhood Pemaquid Beach.Places of Interest
Highlights include Witch Island and Fort William Henry.
Witch Island
Islet
Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre wildlife sanctuary off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States. Witch Island received its name from Anna Chittenden.
Fort William Henry
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of Pemaquid.
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, founded in 1974, is an independent, non-profit oceanography research institute. The Laboratory's research ranges from microbial oceanography to the large-scale biogeochemical processes that drive ocean ecosystems and health of the entire planet. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is situated 2 miles west of Pollock Rock.Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Bristol and Yellow Head.
South Bristol
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,127 at the 2020 census. A fishing and resort area, South Bristol includes the villages of Walpole and Christmas Cove, the latter on Rutherford Island.
Yellow Head
Neighborhood
Yellow Head is a marine navigational coastal location, often sited in maps, within Lincoln County, in the U.S. State of Maine. It is located on Pemaquid peninsula, 1.1 m south of New Harbor, Maine and north of Pemaquid Lighthouse. Yellow Head is situated 2½ miles east of Pollock Rock.
New Harbor
Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0.
New Harbor is a small scenic coastal village in the town of Bristol, in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In 2019, the town of Bristol, and in turn New Harbor, was a finalist in the Reader's Digest award for "America's Nicest Place." Bristol and New Harbor were also nominated for and won the "Nicest Place in Maine Award" by Reader's Digest.
Pollock Rock
- Type: Bar
- Categories: Char (River Island) and landform
- Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Pollock Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pollock Rock (piliw)”
- Cebuano: “Pollock Rock”
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