Muscongus Bay is a bay on the coast of

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, United States, between

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and John's Bay. Muscongus was the name of an

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village meaning "fishing place" or "many r largerock ledges." John Smith recorded the river in 1616 as Nusconcus and was also spelled Nuscongus. The two main tributaries are the Saint George River at its eastern end and the Medomak River, which flows into the bay at Waldoboro. Historically, the Medomak River and Muscongus Bay were the dividing line between the

Waldo Patent The Waldo Patent, a letters patent also known as the Muscongus Patent or the Lincolnshire Patent, was a document granting title to of land in what is now the U.S. state of Maine. It is named variously for businessman Samuel Waldo, who eventually ...

and Pemaquid Patent and Waldoboro was a

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point of entry.Stahl, Jasper Jacob. ''History of old Broad Bay and Waldoboro''. Portland, Me.: Bond Wheelwright Co., 1956. Print. Muscongus Bay has many islands including Hog which is home to a

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camp,

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, Eastern Egg Rock, Franklin (home of

Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on Franklin Island outside Muscongus Bay in the state of Maine. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along w ...

), and Louds Island historically referred to as Muscongus Island prior purchase from Thomas Drowne by William Loud.

Monhegan Island Monhegan () is an island in the Gulf of Maine located in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. A plantation, a minor civil division in the state of Maine falling between unincorporated area and a town, it is located about off the mainland. Th ...

is offshore from Muscongus Bay. The

Maine Island Trail The Maine Island Trail is a recreational water trail that spans the entire coast of Maine, connecting over 200 islands and mainland sites available for day visits or overnight camping. The trail is operated by the Maine Island Trail Association ...

passed through Muscongus Bay. The bay is bounded by Marshall Point Light,

Pemaquid Point Light The Pemaquid Point Light is a historic U.S. lighthouse located in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, at the tip of the Pemaquid Neck. History The lighthouse was commissioned in 1827 by President John Quincy Adams and built that year. Because of po ...

, and contains Franklin Island Light. Towns bordering Muscongus bay are

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Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

, Waldoboro,

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, Cushing, and St. George. The type of sailboat called the Muscongus Bay sloop is also known as the Friendship Sloop. The hull of the five- masted

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

'' Cora F. Cressey'' lies in Muscongus Bay.

References

External links

An Environmental Bibliography of Muscongus Bay, Maine
Bays of Maine Bodies of water of Oxford County, Maine Bays of Knox County, Maine Bodies of water of Lincoln County, Maine {{Maine-geo-stub