Maine lies farther northeast than any other state.
West Quoddy Head is the most easterly point in the United States.
Augusta is the most eastern capital city in the United States.
In Wilton there’s a cannery that imports and cans only dandelion greens.
Approximately 90 percent of the nation’s lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.
Maine’s earliest inhabitants were descendants of Ice Age hunters.
Acadia National Park is the second most visited national park in the United States.
90% of the country’s toothpick supply is produced in Maine.
Maine lobsters have won international fame for their flavor and contribution to the culinary world.
The nation’s first sawmill was established near York in 1623.
York became the nation’s first incorporated city in 1642.
Maine historians found a Viking coin from the reign of Olaf the Peaceful (1065-1093).
Maine used to be a district of Massachusetts.
It is the only state bordered on three sides by Canada.