Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast

A descriptive travelogue of the New England coast that blends natural history, topographical sketches, and local colonial narrative. The author journeys among bays, islands, and harbors—Mount Desert, Penobscot, Castine, Pemaquid—recording geological features, nautical landmarks, fisheries, maritime industries, and anecdotes about early European explorers and settlements. Chapters combine reminiscence and antiquarian research with accounts of encounters among English, French, and Indigenous peoples, noting place-names, forts, and shipwrecks. Portraits of local characters, seasonal excursions, and reflections on changing coastal livelihoods together convey a lively sense of the region’s landscape and layered past.