Machias Bay is a
bay in
Washington County,
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
that opens into the
Gulf of Maine
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The bay was the scene of the
Battle of Machias — the first
naval battle of the
American Revolution
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revoluti ...
, occasioned by the British need for lumber for
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
.
Located at the mouth of the
Machias River
The Machias River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed 2011-06-22 river in Maine, USA. It flows through Washington County in the eastern part of the state, from Fift ...
between the towns of
Machiasport,
Machias,
East Machias,
Whiting, and
Cutler, it is separated from
Little Machias Bay to the east by the Cutler Peninsula, from
Little Kennebec Bay to the west by the Point of Maine, and from the
Gulf of Maine
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to the south by
Cross Island and the Libby Islands.
The bay extends roughly 7 mi. (12 km) and is 4 mi. (6 km) at its widest.
Notes
External links
Maine Coast Guides: Machias Bay* http://machiasport.org/
Bays of Washington County, Maine
Machias, Maine
Bays of Maine
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