Welcome to Prospect Harbor, ME

Prospect Harbor, 4 miles north-northeastward of Schoodic Island and 6 miles northwestward of Petit Manan Light, is a large deepwater bight, about 1.3 miles wide between Cranberry Point and Prospect Point.

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Anchorage can be found according to draft anywhere in the outer harbor, and in soft bottom in the entrance to the inner harbor about 200 yards northward of a line between Clark Ledges Daybeacon 5 and the end of the cannery wharf on Clark Point.
There is a harbormaster, and the moorings are under his control.
There are a number of private piers and commercial wharves on the westerly side of Prospect Inner Harbor. A cannery wharf with a reported depth of 10 feet alongside is on Clark Point. A lobster pier with a reported depth of 2 feet alongside is just northwestward of the cannery wharf. Gasoline is piped to the lobster car moored about 30 yards off. Groceries can be obtained in town.
Navigation:
Click the “Map View” button above to see a chart of this harbor.
The approach to Prospect Harbor and the anchorage can be readily made with the aid of the chart in daytime in clear weather; at night the white sectors of Prospect Harbor Point Light clear all dangers in the approaches.

The town of Prospect Harbor is at the head of the harbor. The upper part of the harbor is divided into two coves by Prospect Harbor Point. Sand Cove, the eastern branch, has ample depth until near the head with its west side obstructed by rocky ledges.
Prospect Inner Harbor, the western branch of the harbor, is used commercially on its western shore; the upper half is obstructed by unmarked rocky ledges. There is no shipping, but fishing and lobstering are important.

The houses around the head of the harbor, the spire of the Community House, and a large green warehouse are conspicuous. The radio antennae of the naval communications station north of Cranberry Point and the dome on Prospect Harbor Point are also prominent.

Prospect Harbor Point Light (44°24.2’N., 68°00.8’W.), 42 feet above the water, is shown from a 38-foot white conical tower on the point. The former residence buildings of the light station, now part of a naval communications station, and the radio antennas are conspicuous behind the light.

Little Black Ledge, awash and marked by a buoy, Big Black Ledge, 5 feet high, and Old Man and Old Woman, which partly uncover 5 feet, are ledges off the entrance to Prospect Harbor. A bell buoy is off the southwest side of Old Woman Ledge. The white sectors of Prospect Harbor Point Light cover the fairways either side of these ledges.
Clark Ledges, extending 500 yards eastward of Clark Point, on the southwestern side of the entrance to the inner harbor, have a rock 4 feet high and are marked by a gong buoy and a daybeacon on their easterly side.

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