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In the 1800s, cattle once roamed the grassy slopes of Portland’s Eastern Promenade. But as the city grew, so did interest in preserving this scenic area. Historian William Goold and Mayor James P. Baxter played key roles in securing land with views over Casco Bay. By 1905, the Olmsted Brothers were asked to shape the park’s design. Today, the Eastern Prom remains a vital green space.

This memorial celebrates Portland's founder, George Cleeves, and his partner Richard Tucker, who landed at the historic Portland Waterfront in 1633. From here you get sweeping views out across Casco Bay and the Eastern Promenade. This was the first public monument erected in Portland, two hundred and fifty years after the first colonial landing, in 1883.

Nestled on the wharf, Scales specializes in classic New England seafood. If you are looking for the finest plates of lobster, octopus, or oysters, this is it! You will need a reservation weeks in advance, which you can find on their website here: https://www.scalesrestaurant.com.

A place with a nice overlook. Good to have a short stop.

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum has maintained a narrow gauge railway since 1993, which runs approximately 2.4 km along the coast of the Portland Peninsula and parallel to the Eastern Promenade Trail. The railway tracks date from a time when the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad and later the Grand Trunk Railroad ran from Portland to Montreal. After the East End Rail Bridge was badly damaged by fire in 1984 and was not repaired for economic reasons, the railway line was no longer used. This led to the founding of the non-profit organization with the aim of preserving the railway and making its history unforgettable. https://mainenarrowgauge.org/

The Eastern Promenade was designed in 1905 by the Olmsted Brothers. The firm is known for designing New York's Central Park and Boston Common. The three-kilometer-long Eastern Promenade Trail runs along the shore of Casco Bay from the northeast of the Portland Peninsula below Munjoy Hill to Portland Harbor. At Tukey's Bridge on Highway 295, there are connections to the Back Cove Trail and the Bayside Trail. The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad runs special trains along the promenade year-round. https://easternpromenade.org/the-eastern-promenade

The Atlantic bay off Portland is called 'Casco Bay'. The approximately 520 sq km bay is part of the Gulf of Maine and lies between Cape Elizabeth south of Portland and Cape Small, a peninsula in eastern Maine that extends far into the Atlantic. Six inhabited islands lie in the bay and can be reached by ferry all year round. You can find detailed information about the bay on the website of the 'Friends of Casco Bay - Casco BAYKEEPER'. https://www.cascobay.org/casco-bay/

We went on a whale watching tour. We spotted a humpback whale mother and calf. Incredibly impressive! Very difficult to photograph. You see the blow briefly, then a back and the whale is gone again. You almost never get to see them jumping out of the water, as you see in photos...