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Eastport
Eastport is a city in Washington County, incorporated as a town on February 24, 1798 from Plantation Number 8 PS. It became a city, the eastern most in the United States, on March 18, 1893.
Eastport is located on Moose Island at the end of a peninsular south of the town of Perry following Maine Route 190 off U. S. Route 1. Cobscook Bay and Passamaquoddy Bay surround the city.
Visited by European fishermen and trader in the 1600's, the area was settled in 1772. Far from Massachusetts authorities, it was a smuggling center during the Embargo Act period 1807-1809, and was occupied by the British during the War of 1812, from 1814 to 1818.
The Canadian island of Campobello, Franklin D. Roosevelt's famed retreat, is visible across Cobscook Bay.
From Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)
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