Lubec is a small town on the west side of Lubec Narrows. Its principal industry is fishing. The most prominent features are a tall church spire and a blue water tank on the hill in the town, both of which are visible from Friar Roads and Quoddy Narrows. A prominent school and its gymnasium are about 700 yards westward of Mowry Point.
There is a recreational floating pier with water and electricity about 0.2 mile north of the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge. A 170-foot-long L-shaped commercial fishing wharf with a 62-foot face is on the north waterfront. The depths alongside were reported to be 14 feet, with 6 feet along the outer face. A public small-craft launching ramp with an adjoining float landing is about 250 yards eastward of the wharf. There are no regular repair facilities at Lubec. Due to the large tidal range, boatmen usually ground out their vessels for below-the-waterline repairs. Diesel fuel is available by truck at the commercial fishing wharf on the north side of the town. Ice, provisions, and limited marine supplies are available in Lubec. Johnson Bay, on the northwest side of Lubec, is a well-sheltered and frequently used anchorage. The approach from southward is through Quoddy Narrows and Lubec Narrows, and the approach from northward is through Friar Roads. The southwestern part of Johnson Bay is shoal for a distance of 0.5 mile from its head. A shoal covered 17 feet is near the middle of the bay, and another shoal covered 11 feet is 350 yards off the eastern shore. Navigation: Click the “Map View” button above to see a chart of this harbor. Lubec Channel and Lubec Narrows, between Quoddy Narrows and Friar Roads, have been improved by dredging. In 2002, the controlling depth was 9 feet (11.7 feet at midchannel). The channel is marked by a light and buoys. At spring tides the low water may be 3 or 4 feet below the average. Lubec Narrows has strong tidal currents and eddies. It is not advisable to use this passage without local knowledge. Shoals bare on both sides of Lubec Narrows at low water. A breakwater extends from Short Point on the west side of the channel about 300 yards northward of Mowry Point, on the southwest side of the narrows. Another breakwater extends from the shore to Gun Rock and 75 yards eastward of the rock on the west side of the channel at the north end of the narrows. This breakwater is marked by a white pyramid midway of its length. The breakwater covers at extreme high water. A ledge extending about 150 yards north-northeasterly from Gun Rock has 7 feet over it and is marked on its north end by a buoy. Popes Folly is a thinly wooded islet 0.3 mile north-northwest of Mulholland Point. The bar that extends southeastward from the islet to Campobello Island has a depth of 15 feet, and vessels bound southward to Lubec or through Lubec Narrows cross it. The ledge that extends northeastward from the islet is marked at its outer end by a buoy. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Highway Bridge crosses the narrows from Lubec to Campobello Island at a point about 400 yards southward of the abandoned lighthouse on Mulholland Point. The fixed span has a clearance of 47 feet. U.S. Customs and Immigration officers are stationed at the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge 24 hours daily.
