Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Matinicus, ME

Matinicus is the largest of the eight island Matinicus Isle Plantation. Matinicus is the most seaward of Maine’s islands, located at the outer reaches of Penobscot Bay 22 miles from Rockland.

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Matinicus, the village at the head of the harbor, has a general store and a restaurant. Gasoline and diesel fuel are available at the main wharf, which has a reported depth of only 1 foot alongside at low water.
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Matinicus Harbor, on the east side of Matinicus Island, is protected by Wheaton Island and a 450-foot breakwater extending from the north side. A light is close eastward of the breakwater. Indian Ledge, 2 feet high, is in about the center of the harbor.
Harbor Ledge is a rock covered 4 feet, 300 yards northeastward of the entrance to Matinicus Harbor. A bell buoy south of the rock marks the entrance to the harbor. The Barrel, 300 yards northeastward of Harbor Ledge, is a rock which uncovers 10 feet at the south end of a ledge 300 yards long.
Local boats bound to Matinicus Harbor from northward drawing 6 feet pass through the channel between Matinicus Island on the west and Two Bush Island and Beach Ledges on the east, at low water. Strangers should use this passage only in small boats and with a smooth sea, being careful to avoid the ledges.