Today is the day that we must leave Canada or plan to camp in a Canadian Tire Company or Walmart's parking lot. The last Canadian Tire and Walmart stores were back in St. John, NB. So, today we have to make it into Maine and down at least as far as Bangor to find an open campground. The highway leading to the U.S. border is very nice and wide.
However, we decided to visit a quaint little town of Saint Andrews, down on a peninsula which is on the U.S.-Canada border. It is bordered on the west side by St. Croix River and the Passamaquoddy Bay on the east. The road was pleasant enough for pulling our 35' trailer behind us. Click on the below picture as it is a video of the road heading for Saint Andrews.
The trouble was finding parking in this small touristy town! Thank the Lord, we found 3 parking spaces right on main street that were open and no parking meters! I was able to pull right in and park the truck. Roxie went with us to walk around the town, but when we knew where we wanted to eat lunch, I had to put her in the trailer where it would be cooler than in the truck.
The town was founded in 1783 by United Empire Loyalists who moved here after the Revolutionary War. The homes we saw in much of the town are original homes built during that period or were brought down the river from Castine, ME, by barge. The town has a nice waterfront area with shops, restaurants, museum and fishing boats. Further back in the town from the waterfront, we found the old Greenock Presbyterian Church, which plans were taken by Christopher Scott from the Presbyterian church in Greenock, Scotland. The church was completed in 1824
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All too soon, it was time to leave Saint Andrews so we would arrive at our campground before dark. Upon leaving the peninsula, we crossed the U.S.-Canadian border at the town of Calais, ME.
After the border crossing, we turned down Highway #1 towards Lubek, ME, to see a famous lighthouse. While driving through Perry, ME, we crossed the 45th parallel, half way between the Equator and the North Pole.
We soon arrived at the small town of Lubek and drove out to Quoddy State Park. The Lubek lighthouse was built in 1808 on the West Quoddy Head. It is a very cool lighthouse. As you can see from the picture, it is painted with red rings around the structure. This lighthouse is also located on the eastern-most-point of the U.S.
Tomorrow, we will going to Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park. However, for today, we have to check into a campground just outside of Bangor, ME due to the campground near Bar Harbor is completely filled. We arrived a day earlier than I thought, so I had no reservations for this night. But we found that the KOA in Bangor/Holden area had spaces available for us to park. We arrived at the KOA Campground just as the sun was setting. It had been a long day!
From New Brunswick to Bar Harbor -- USA Bound
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Holden, Maine, United States
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