Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Thomaston, ME

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There are two boatyards at Thomaston. Craft up to 150 feet can be built, and hull and engine repairs can be made. Open and covered dry winter storage facilities are also available. The public landing has a float landing with 15 feet reported alongside and a small-craft launching ramp. Gasoline, diesel fuel, water, dry open and covered winter storage, limited marine supplies, and hull and engine repairs are available at marinas on either side of the river just below the bridge. The harbormaster can be contacted through the Thomaston Police Department.
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The St. George River extends 10 miles in a northeasterly direction to the town of Thomaston. The approach to the entrance of St. George River has very broken and irregular bottom, with numerous ledges bare and submerged. Strangers should proceed with caution and avoid crossing broken areas where the charted depth does not greatly exceed the draft.
The channel depths in the river up to Broad Cove range from about 22 feet to over 80 feet; above this, the depths gradually decrease and the channel narrows to a small stream through extensive flats that bare at low water. From a point about 1 mile below Thomaston, a narrow channel, subject to shoaling, was dredged to a depth of 16 feet. The channel in the upper river is marked by buoys, some of which are uncharted because they are frequently shifted to mark the best water. The sharp bend in the dredged channel near Thomaston is marked by a seasonal light.
St. George River is crossed at Thomaston, above the wharves, by a fixed highway bridge with a clearance of 5 feet; the nearby overhead power and telephone cables have a clearance of 40 feet.