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The Five Islands Lobster Co. on Georgetown Island serves seafood of all varieties -- lobsters, steamer clams, farm-raised mussels, scallops, haddock and clams -- mostly brought in off its dock. Among its specialties, though, are the Big Boys, lobsters weighing more than two pounds (and priced, on one June day, at $12.75 a pound), which are best enjoyed from a scattering of picnic tables overlooking the small harbor and the Sheepscot River.

The Five Islands Lobster Co. on Georgetown Island serves seafood of all varieties -- lobsters, steamer clams, farm-raised mussels, scallops, haddock and clams -- mostly brought in off its dock. Among its specialties, though, are the Big Boys, lobsters weighing more than two pounds (and priced, on one June day, at $12.75 a pound), which are best enjoyed from a scattering of picnic tables overlooking the small harbor and the Sheepscot River.  (Thomas Curwen / Los Angeles Times)

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Summer: a time for Northerners to forget all about the long winter nights, the piles of dirty snow, the endless gray skies.

The Marshall Point Lighthouse is located just five minutes from Port Clyde at the mouth of the St. George River. The lighthouse, which was built in 1858, is under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, and the first floor of the lighthouse keeper's house is a museum. The lighthouse was one of the destinations that Tom Hank's character ran to in the movie "Forrest Gump" (1994). On a summer afternoon, the Marshall Point is a perfect location to gaze out across the Atlantic, watch rain squalls drift across the water and mark the progress of a fishing boat as it heads home after a day at sea.

The Marshall Point Lighthouse is located just five minutes from Port Clyde at the mouth of the St. George River. The lighthouse, which was built in 1858, is under the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, and the first floor of the lighthouse keeper’s house is a museum. The lighthouse was one of the destinations that Tom Hank’s character ran to in the movie “Forrest Gump” (1994). On a summer afternoon, the Marshall Point is a perfect location to gaze out across the Atlantic, watch rain squalls drift across the water and mark the progress of a fishing boat as it heads home after a day at sea.  (Thomas Curwen / Los Angeles Times)

Evocative of another era, a gaff-rigged sloop works its way on the starboard tack across Boothbay Harbor. The region is famous for its antique wooden-hulled boats, which are often out in number on summer weekends. Andrew Wyeth valued Maine for timelessness. Along the coast, past and present seem intertwined, and from the water, this impression is inescapable.

Evocative of another era, a gaff-rigged sloop works its way on the starboard tack across Boothbay Harbor. The region is famous for its antique wooden-hulled boats, which are often out in number on summer weekends. Andrew Wyeth valued Maine for timelessness. Along the coast, past and present seem intertwined, and from the water, this impression is inescapable.  (Thomas Curwen / Los Angeles Times)

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