Pope’s Folly Island

Pope's Folly Island is a small 2 acres island located 0.2 miles from the Canadian , but has been historically disputed whether it belongs to Canada or the United States.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Washington County, Maine, United States of America
  • Also known as: Popes Folly

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mulholland Point Lighthouse and Lubec Channel Light.

Lighthouse
is situated on in the , , . Situated inside overlooking the international bridge, it is only lighthouse jointly owned and operated by Canada and the United States.

Lighthouse
is a sparkplug lighthouse in . Established in 1890, it is one of three surviving sparkplug lights in the state, and served as an important aid to navigation on the route from the to and the St.

Library
is an historic public library in downtown , United States. It was built in 1893 in the Romanesque Revival style and named for Albert Peavey, an Eastport resident whose son, Frank Peavey, had moved to Minnesota, founded a major grain company, and invented the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lubec and Eastport.

is a town in the region of along the coast. is the easternmost town in the United States of America.

a town in the region of on Moose Island at the junction of Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bays. A causeway on Route 190 connects the island to the mainland.

is an island in , . The island has no road connection to the rest of Canada except to deer island with a ferry; though there is a bridge connecting it to nearby Lubec, Maine in the United States.

Pope’s Folly Island

Latitude
44.8683° or 44° 52′ 6″ north
Longitude
-66.984° or 66° 59′ 2″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87PMV298+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 851683080
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4975714
Wiki­data ID
Q49670093
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Pope’s Folly Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Popes Folly

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Abrahams Plain and North Lubec.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lubec Veterans Memorial Park and McCurdy’s Smokehouse Museum.

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