Prospect Harbor is a bay

Bay

A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...

 in Gouldsboro, Maine

Gouldsboro, Maine

Gouldsboro is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States on the Schoodic Peninsula. The town was named for Robert Gould, a landholder in the town. The town has many historically separate fishing and summer visitor villages, including Birch Harbor, Prospect Harbor, and Corea...

. It is also the name of one of the villages in Gouldsboro. It is separated from Gouldsboro Bay

Gouldsboro Bay

Gouldsboro Bay is a bay on the coast of the U.S. state of Maine.The bay is located between the towns of Gouldsboro and Steuben.It is separated from Dyer Bay to the west by Dyer Neck, from Prospect Harbor to the southwest by Cranberry Point, and from the Gulf of Maine by the Sally Islands.The bay...

 to the northeast by Cranberry Point and from Winter Harbor to the west by the Schoodic Peninsula

Schoodic Peninsula

The Schoodic Peninsula is a peninsula in Down East Maine. It is located four miles east of Bar Harbor, Maine, as the crow flies. The Schoodic Peninsula contains , or approximately 5%, of Acadia National Park. It includes the towns of Gouldsboro and Winter Harbor. The peninsula has a rocky...

.

The bay is roughly 3 mi. (5 km) long and 3 mi. across (5 km) at its widest.

The village of Prospect Harbor was home to the last sardine cannery, the Stinson Seafood plant, in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

; the cannery closed in April 2010.

External links

• Maine Coast Guides: Prospect Harbor