Seal Cove

Seal Cove is a bay in Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine. Seal Cove is situated nearby to the neighborhood Back Narrows, as well as near the village South Bristol.

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 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Bristol and Bayville.

South Bristol

Village

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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.

Boothbay

Village

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Boothbay is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2020 census. It includes the neighborhoods of Back Narrows, Dover, Linekin, Oak Hill, Ocean Point, Spruce Shores, and the villages of East Boothbay and Trevett.

Seal Cove

Type: Bay
Address: ME
Category: body of water
Location: Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.88564° or 43° 53′ 8″ north

Longitude

-69.56977° or 69° 34′ 11″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87MGVCPJ+73

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369068157

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

4978033

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