Perkins Cove Sign
by Jerry Fornarotto
Title
Perkins Cove Sign
Artist
Jerry Fornarotto
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Ogunquit meant "Coastal Lagoon" to native Abenaki Indians and was first a village within Wells, Maine settled in 1641. The first sawmill was established in 1686 and shipbuilding developed along the Ogunquit River. Besides constructing schooners and brigs, local shipwrights built the famous "Ogunquit Dory".
First called �Fish Cove�, fishing was a major livelihood but the cove was unprotected by breakwater from the Atlantic storms. Fisherman had to protect their boats by hauling them ashore each night and the Fish Cove Harbor Association was created. They dug a channel across the land they purchased to connect Fish Cove with Josias River. When the trench was complete�.IN ROARED THE OCEAN. It�s erosion helped further widen the passage. The resulting tidewater basin would be called �Perkins Cove� across which spans a manually operated draw footbridge and one of the most photographed in Maine!
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March 7th, 2013
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