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Measuring just 12km from bow to stern, Deer
Island, reached by ferry from L'Etete on the southeast shore of Passamaquoddy
Bay (every 30 minutes 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; hourly till 10 p.m.; free), is dotted with
the tiniest of fishing villages, strung along a road that provides charming
views of hill and dale as it crosses from the ferry wharf in the east to
Fairhaven in the west.
Near Fairhaven, in Northern Harbor Bay, the island boasts the world's largest lobster pound while Deer Island Point, at the southern tip, overlooks a narrow
sound where it's possible to see and sometimes hear the famous whirlpool known
as the Old Sow
(largest in the Western Hemisphere - possibly the world!). It's caused by the
Fundy tides as they sweep round the island and is at its peak three hours before
high tide.
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US Cities
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From
Bar Harbor, Maine and Acadia National Park
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115 miles, approx. 2.5 hours
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US1 to ST189 at Whiting, ME to Lubec, ME cross Roosevelt International Bridge to Campobello Island, NB
through Canada Customs. |
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135 miles, approx. 3 hours |
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US1 to ST 190 to Eastport, ME and board the hourly (summer) toll-ferry to Deer
Island. |
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123 miles, approx. 3 hours |
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US1 to East Machias, ME. Then US 191 to US1 again to Calais,
ME crossing the border and follow directions from St.
Stephen, NB. |
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From
US cities: |
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New
York, New York - Interstate
95 to... |
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Boston,
Massachusetts - 4 hours via
Interstate to Bangor, some tolls on Interstate 95 then... |
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Bangor,
Maine - 1.5 hours via Route 9 to
Calais, then... |
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Calais,
Maine - May have some delay crossing
into Canada at St.
Stephen, NB from either the downtown
Calais Bridge or the second Milltown Bridge. |
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From
Canadian cities: |
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St.
Stephen, New Brunswick -
45 minutes, via Route 1 East. Exit 43 on Route
172 through St. George and take L'etete Ferries to
Deer Island. |
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Saint
John, New Brunswick - 1 hour, via
Route 1 West. Exit 43 on
Route 172 through St. George and take L'etete
Ferries to Deer Island. |
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Fredericton,
New Brunswick - 2 hours |
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Moncton,
New Brunswick - 2.5 hours on Route 1
and 2 |
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Halifax,
Nova Scotia - 5.5 hours (one
toll-road) |
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Charlottetown,
Price Edward Island - 4.5 hours via
the Confederation Bridge. (toll off the
island) |
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Toronto,
Ontario - Approx. 15 hours |
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Ottawa,
Ontario - Approx 12 hours |
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Montreal,
Quebec - Approx. 8 hours
Site revised November 10 2005
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