Welcome to the
Cobscook Bay region of Washington County,
Maine. Come
enjoy the Maine coast at still reasonable prices.
This
is a place of peace, quiet, and great natural beauty.
Also, Washington County is the only coastal New England county that
met the federal air pollution standards for ozone, according to
information published by the US Environmental Protection Agency
in April 2004.
The name "Cobscook"
comes
from the Indian word meaning "boiling tides." Cobscook Bay is part of the
Bay of Fundy, well known for its extreme tides. We
have lighthouses and lobsters and a whole lot more!
Lubec's
West Quoddy Head Lighthouse
One
of Maine's most photographed lighthouses & the Eastern
most
lighthouse
in the USA.
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Where is Cobscook Bay?
Follow this link to a map of the area.
The Cobscook Bay Area
Chamber of Commerce members include businesses from the
communities of Eastport, Sipayik,
Perry, Pembroke,
Dennysville, Edmunds,
Whiting, Trescott,
Lubec, Machias, and
Calais, Maine, as well as Campobello
Island, New Brunswick, Canada. To learn more about these communities, click
here.
Reversing Falls
from the air, by Fred Hartman
Wayne Curtis
wrote about the area in "A
Holiday of Woods and Water," that appeared in the
August 18, 2002, New York Times.
View of Cutler Harbor Copyright Alana's
Fine Art Photography
We exist to promote our area and our members. Our goal is
to promote an increasingly effective business climate that
sustains our members and our natural environment. The Chamber
belongs to the Maine State Chamber’s Alliance of Maine
Chambers and to the Maine Tourism Association.
The Cobscook Bay Area is known in the birding community as
an excellent bird watching location. In recognition,
this Chamber and other organizations sponsor the Down
East Spring Birding Festival over the Memorial Day
Weekend. The first annual festival took place in
2004. Altogether during the past four festivals,
participants have found 208 different birds. Planning has
begun for the Fifth Annual festival, May 23-26, 2008
Local
Area Images
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Click
here for More Information on the Birding Festival
What else can you do here? You can enjoy
hiking, camping, canoeing, kayaking, cross-country skiing, fishing,
golfing, hunting, bicycling, lighthouse watching, lobsters, snowmobiling and snow-shoeing, whale watching, and great
nature photography. Antique dealers, art galleries, and
museums also compete for your attention.
The Bay area also is convenient to nearby
attractions. Tour Burnham Tavern Museum in Machias - the
oldest building east of Bangor and the only one with a
Revolutionary War history. View 1,500-year old
petroglyphs in Machias Bay. Celebrate the St. Croix
Island International Historic Site in both the U.S. and
Canada. Visit Calais's Downeast
Heritage Museum. St. Stephen's Chocolate Museum and
Canada's oldest seaside resort town - St. Andrews.
Your visit to the Cobscook Bay area will be
enhanced if you choose to visit neighboring Canadian
attractions. See our Campobello
Island page for attractions on that island, located across
a short bridge from Lubec. Other Canadian attractions
are noted above.
Lubec Campobello Bridge Copyright Alana's
Fine Art Photography
U.S. citizens wishing to visit Canada should
consider bringing passports, or for minor children - their birth
certificates, to facilitate crossing the Canadian border and
returning to the USA. (Click
here to see current requirements.) If you are
traveling into Canada with your dog, you will need proof of
rabies vaccination for the animal.
And the Cobscook Bay area is only 2 hours from
Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park!
The Chamber began in March 2000 with support from the Sunrise
County Economic Council and with guidance from the Eastport
Area Chamber. Since then, the Cobscook Bay Area Chamber
has grown to around 80 members. We are a
non-profit organization registered with the State of Maine.
The IRS has granted us an exemption from payment of federal
income taxes under Section 501(c)(6).
If you would like to
receive general
information on the Chamber and the Cobscook Bay area, send your name and full mailing address
to
or
write to:
COBSCOOK BAY
AREA
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
PO BOX 42,
WHITING, MAINE 04691
(207)
733-2201
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