Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-25
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LOBSTER FISHERMEN
January %, 1924.

January %, 1924.
Editor kennebec Journal:
| We who have enjoyed the pleasure
of sailing along the coast OF Maine,
appreciate the change in scenery and
the beauty of our native land. AS
/ YOU leave kittery. the most western
town on the coast and head east
ward you pass York Harbor. Cape
! Forpoise and Biddeford Pool, with
their snug little harbOrs. The shores
| remind you somewhat of the Pacific,
along the coast of Southern Cali
fornia: as you look inland YOU be-
| hold mountains Of different shapes
and sizes, some slopinG eastwood
some westward, resembling those To-
Gated in Mexico.
7 recall one day when on a noun
tain peak near San Diego. Cal. |
Glanced to gaze across the border
into Mexico. and there before my
eyes was a sight never TO be forgot
ten SO long as memory faNors me:
there were many hugh mountain
peaks but the one that impressed me
most was an immense one extending
high into the all. with a summit ap-
pa"cntly as level and smooth as amy
moving field in Maine. II must have
contained hundred o. acres: a sight
| never had witnessed before.
The coast along lower California
is comparatively free from islands.
likewise only few are encountered
on this voyage until YOU pass Cape
Elizabeth. picturesque point with
its two magnificent light houses. AS
you round the point and head UP into
Casco Bay toward Portland the sight
! that meets your eye can only lie I'M
aSined by the person who has had the
pleasure of witnessing such view.
1t Is one Of Natures great pictures
OF islands, mountains. and ocean and
once seen will always be remember
cd. Portland, the largest city in the
State is located on this beautiful bay.
AZ you proceed YOU pass rugged
points dotted with cottages. hCautt-
full inlets. snug harbors, surrounded
! by lovely villages: rivers extending
far into the interior and naviGa bic
for many miles: then more islands
the scenery changing continually with
each mile that is covered until YOU
wonder If these mountains and ISL
ands will ever cease to be. After
passing White Head Light Station.
another beauty. spot. you head up the
Muscle Ridge Channel, with beauti-
full islands on the south and pleas
ing main coast on the north. For
miles you are protected from the
broad Atlantic by islands until you
round Owls Head Light Station and
proceed up the Penobscot Bay. on
which is located the City Of Rock
land. noted for the manufacture OF
lime. & few miles further Up the
hay Won see the pretty little village
of Camden " two large mountains
for a background. Continuing among
the islands YOU enter the mouth OF
Penohscot River. with the City OF
Belfast on the west and Old Histori-
cal CaStine on the east. Now you
are at the mouth of one of the prot-
test rivers in the world. with the
CITY Of Bangor thirty-siy miles away
at the head of navigation. As you
continue eastward you pass through
Eggemoggfn Reach, with Deer Isle
on YOUR right and SargentVille,
Sedgwick. and Broohline on YOUR left
In the background is Rluehill Moun-
tain which derived its name from its
beautiful color of blue. almost at the
base of which is the town OF Blue
hill prettilv locate at the head OF
RhuehiIl BAY. Passing Mount Desert
Island. lofty mountain peaks are seen
protecting out of the Atlantic. sight
seldom. II ever. seen in any other
mart of the world After entering
Frenchman's Bay. Bar HarbQr Is soon
seen with its magnificent cottages
some OF which are located among the
htlIs others on huge weather beaten
bluffs. which bid defiance 10 the
great waves Of Mother Ocean in Sc
we're storms, while others are almost
hidden hv forest OF spruce trees
which despite the season changes are
ever green.
Something new and beautiful meets
vour gaze continually until YOU mn
allv reach the home OF the American
Sardine. the City Of Eastport, situat.
ed lust across the narrow stretchs OF
water known as Passamaquoaoy
Raw To the eastward mere ISLANDS
ere visible. which although belonging
TO Canada. look not unlike some OF
the isIaus already mentioned In me
VOYAGE. Campbello Island is SO near
Iuhec that at low tide a stone can
almost be thrown from one shore 70
fhe other. As YOU gaze on this beau
tiful island il is almost impossihie
10 realize that II IL not native SOIL
You almost rub your eyes in aston
fshment and say TO yourself, "Can II
be possible that a foreign countrE
looks so like our own native state:
This country although apparently
friendly is always ready to enjoy the
freedom of our markets TO the extent
Of a monopoly. whenever an oppor-
tunity presents itself.
AS We look back over the recent
Fast we recall 10 mind what happen
ed when Canada opened the waters
over which she has control to lobster
fishing. months earlier than had been
1, +r far
TINS happened II did not take long
to food tue United states Markets
with Holsters to such an extent that
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