Poorhouse Cove
Poorhouse Cove is a bay in Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine. Poorhouse Cove is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pemaquid Harbor, as well as near the village South Bristol.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Robinson Cove”, “Robinsons Cove”, and “West Branch”
- Address: ME
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.
Harrington Meetinghouse
Place of worship
Photo: Jim Derby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Harrington Meeting House is a historic colonial meeting house at 278 Harrington Road in Bristol, Maine. Built in 1772 and moved to its present site in 1775, it is one of the town's original three meeting houses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Bristol and Bayville.
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.
Bayville
Neighborhood
Bayville is a village in the town of Boothbay Harbor in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The village of Bayville was formed in 1911. Bayville consists largely of summer residents and has approximately 43 houses at the head of Linekin Bay.
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.
Poorhouse Cove
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.89036° or 43° 53′ 25″ northLongitude
-69.55394° or 69° 33′ 14″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87MGVCRW+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 369067919OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
4975707
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