Maine · ME
Stonington
Maine's biggest lobster port, built on granite.
- Population
- 1,056 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- February 18, 1897
- 2011 lobster catch
- 14.9 million pounds
Then
- c. 1870
Granite quarrying takes off. Stone from Crotch Island goes into the Brooklyn Bridge approaches, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and the JFK Eternal Flame.
- 1897
Green's Landing incorporates as Stonington, named for its quarries.
- 1939
The Deer Isle–Sedgwick bridge and causeway open.
Now
Stonington is the largest lobster port in Maine. In 2011 its fishermen landed nearly 15 million pounds worth $46 million.
Isle au Haut, Swans Island and Bass Harbor share these waters.
12 tide stations around Stonington
- Stonington, Deer Islein town
- Oceanville, Deer Isle3.4 mi
- Isle Au Haut5.9 mi
- Center Harbor8.4 mi
- Little Deer Isle9.5 mi
- North Haven10.4 mi
- Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island10.8 mi
- Pulpit Harbor, North Haven Island10.9 mi
- Mackerel Cove, Swans Island11.5 mi
- Vinalhaven, Vinalhaven Island11.6 mi
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- Bass Harbor16.6 mi
- Matinicus Harbor, Wheaton Island23.0 mi