ContractNot Applicable • May 5th, 2020
Contract Type FiledMay 5th, 2020MIT Sea Grant: New England's Fishing Communities Table of Contents Sub-region Profile Counties: Lincoln, Sagadahoc and Cumberland 5.9 Lower Midcoast Maine 5.9.1. Lincoln County 5.9.1.1.South Bristol 5.9.1.2. Boothbay Harbor 5.9.5.Sagadahoc County 5.9.2.1. Georgetown 5.9.2.2. Phippsburg 5.9.3. Cumberland County 5.9.3.1. Portland 5.9.3.2. Harpswell 5.9 Lower Midcoast Maine Midcoast is defined in the local Chamber of Commerce’s literature as the "reach of two mighty rivers–the Kennebec and Androscoggin–and their joining at the luminous expanse of Merrymeeting Bay." 1 The region’s Chamber of Commerce notes that Bath, Brunswick and Topsham are the region’s core commercial communities, with Arrowsic/Georgetown, Bowdoinham, Harpswell, Phippsburg, West Bath, Westport/Woolwich and Wiscasset also considered significant. None of the profiles drawn by various "Midcoast Maine" publications includes Portland even though the city is in Cumberland County, not far from Harpswell that is considered part