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Lubec
Lubec is a town in Washington County, incorporated on June 21, 1811 under the name of Lubeck (for the German town) from a portion of Eastport.
In 1847 it both ceded land to Eastport and annexed land from Trescott.
Lubec contains the easternmost point of land in the United States: West Quoddy Head, on which the famous lighthouse of the same name is located. A State Park is nearby and open from June through Labor Day.
South Lubec Sand Bar is a barrier beach whose extensive tidal mud flats, which adjoin it, are an internationally important shorebird staging area. In the fall, tens of thousands of shorebirds congregate at this site to feed and rest during their southern migration. It is managed by The Nature Conservancy.
The town also is the gateway to the Canadian island of Campobello, the longtime and now historic summer home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Lubec is the birthplace of Myron H. Avery, a key to the creation of the Appalachian Trail and a founder of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club.
From Maine: An Encyclopedia (www.themaineencyclopedia.com)
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