Lubec, ME and Campobella, NB

Our next stop is Lubec, ME. . We are staying at the furthest east campground in the USA.  Sunset Point Campground is the summer residence of many who come here to escape hot weather further south.  Some have been coming here for many years.

View from our campsite

Lubec is a very beautiful place.  It reminds us of the Pacific northwest.  The bay often is hidden in a thick fog bank.  Tides here are among the most dramatic in the world.  The tide rises or falls at the rate of five feet an hour.  The tides range in the twenty-five feet range.  Which is much different from our Florida tides of just a few feet.

There isn't much in Lubec itself other than a few gift shops and an IGA grocery store.  The area has several very beautiful lighthouses.  Fog horns sound continuously warning mariners of the dangerous rocks in the bay.  Occasionally, the fog breaks allowing sunlight to stream through.  The appearance of the water changes from steely gray to a deep blue which highlights the giant boulders and rock cliffs along the shoreline.

We passed over the bridge from Lubec to Campobella Island which is in New Brunswick.  After checking through customs we drove the length of the island to another lighthouse on a point of land.
This light house is separated from the main island by a narrow channel.  When the tide is fully out, you can walk across the bottom of the channel to a ladder up to the lighthouse.  Best not to stay too long though.  The incoming tide will leave you stranded until the next low tide.

Can you see the stairs to the lighthouse?

Campobella is also the location of FDR's summer house.  You can tour the grounds and even get a ticket for tea with Eleanor.  We chose not to do that.  The grounds and the house is part of an international park.

We stopped for lunch at a local fishery restaurant.  It was highly recommended to us by the attendant at the campground.  Darlie had seafood chowder.  It was jam packed with huge scallops, lobster meat, large clams and shrimp.  It was very good.  I had halibut.  I was disappointed as it was not fresh fish as advertised.  The flavor and texture was that of previously frozen fish.

After buying the souvenir t-shirt, we returned to Lubec.  We spent the rest of the day visiting with others in the campground and enjoying the beautiful view we have here right on the water.

Fireweed

Sunset Point Campground