Lubec is a tiny town which is the Eastern most city in the United State! I went to Lubec in search of a couple of light houses and this town did not disappoint. First off the campground I stayed, Sunset Point RV Campground, was right on the water, Johnson Bay, and there were some really nice sunsets. I also got to experience some great sunrises when I was in Lubec, but also had one fogged in. Lubec has two light houses that I photographed and both of these are on the same road. The first one you come to on South Lubec Road is the light house known in town as “spark plug” and as you can see in the photo it looks like a spark plug. The second one is West Quoddy Lighthouse. This lighthouse also has a gift shop and is/was a house for the lighthouse keeper. I did enjoy seeing these two lighthouses when the fog lifted on day 2 of being in Lubec.
Another cool thing about the town of Lubec is that it is connected to Canada by a short bridge, bring your passport as you will need it for both crossings. The bridge takes you to Campobello island, an island in New Brunswick, Canada. This island also has two of its own lighthouses. The first lighthouse you see on Campobello is Head Harbour Lightstation and you can see it from the bridge going to Canada. The second lighthouse is on the other side of the island, about a thirty minute ride on route 774, signs will show the way to the lighthouse. The Mulholland Point Lighthouse is much bigger than the Head Harbour as it has many buildings around it. You can also walk out to the lighthouse in low tide. The tides this far North are between twelve and twenty feet! Getting over to the lighthouse is a bit of a trek during low tide as you have to go down a flight of stairs, cross the ocean floor, go up a flight of stairs, cross over a second area of the ocean floor then up some additional stairs to the lighthouse. Note that the ocean floors do contain large rocks and seaweed so please be careful. Also don’t dilly dally at the lighthouse and be sure to know the tide schedule. The tide rises about five feet in one hour so if you are late getting across then you are stuck for about twelve hours on the island. While on Campobello Island waiting for the fog to lift to try and see the Mulholland Point lighthouse, I missed the tide, I went to try and get some photos of the fog/land, they did not turn out. I however was taking these bad photos and I heard a whale blow and rushed to the other side of the road to see the whale. I did get to see the whale and was watching the minky whale when I heard bald eagles talking. I looked up and was able to see one flying. Now I had an issue of what to take a photo of the eagle or the whale. I chose both and went back and forth between the two until the eagle flow away. During my time taking photos of a whale and eagle, traffic stopped to ask what I was seeing. When I said eagle and whale well traffic came to a stop, not many cars on the island where I was so it was OK. I did meet a local photographer who lived right by my location. We spoke for a few minutes but his grand kids wanted to move on. He did let me know where the nest of the eagle was located and boy was it big!
Whale watching was another activity you can do in Lubec and it is with a company called Downeast Whale Watching Tours. They had two tours one for whale watching and one for whales and a whirlpool. I chose the whale watching and we were lucky to see a bunch of bald eagles, a minky whale and a fin whale. The initial eagle we saw was the same spot I found them the day before but we also spotted many on the trip I did not see previously. The two lighthouses we saw and the Mulholland Point Lighthouse was beautiful from the water and I was thankful I got to see everything on that little island.
