Harraseeket Bay (and estuary)

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The Harraseeket River and Bay is west of Maquoit Bay. The approach is between Bustins Island on the east and Moshier Island, 91 feet high and wooded, on the west. The entrance to the river, between Moore Point and Stockbridge Point, is narrow and marked by buoys. Except for a dangerous midchannel rock, covered 2 feet, reported to lie in the entrance about 100 yards southwest of Pound of Tea Island, it has a depth of 23 feet.

From the entrance the channel leads between flats, mostly bare at low water, in a northerly direction to Weston Point. Thence a shoal unmarked channel leads to Porter Landing, to which small craft drawing up to 6 feet or less are reported to go at high water with local knowledge.

South Freeport, on the west side of Harraseeket River, about 0.7 mile above the entrance, has a town wharf with a depth of 15 feet reported alongside its float landing. Guest berths and moorings, electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, most marine supplies, and a pump-out facility can be obtained at the float landings of marinas on either side of the town wharf; depths of 12 to 16 feet are reported alongside the floats. Lifts to 36 tons are available, and complete hull, engine and electronic repairs can be made. Dry open winter storage is also available.

The Harraseeket Yacht Club with 19 feet reported alongside its float landing is about 300 yards southward of the town wharf; guest moorings are maintained. A motorboat passenger ferry operates from the town wharf to Bustins Island during the summer.

At Porter Landing, 1.4 miles north-northeast of the South Freeport town wharf, is a boatyard which builds boats up to 40 feet and makes hull and engine repairs. The landing is reported accessible for a draft of 6 feet within 2½ hours of high tide.

Prominent landmarks include a large stone turreted tower at South Freeport, a tank and standpipe at Yarmouth, and the two stacks and green painted power plant and oil tanks on Birch Point, the southwestern end of Cousins Island, which are visible from every section of Casco Bay. The stacks are marked by flashing lights.