Machias Seal Island

Machias Seal Island is an island in disputed water between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 16 km southeast from Cutler, Maine, and 19 km southwest of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Sovereignty of the island is disputed by the United States and Canada. The Canadian Coast Guard continues to staff a lighthouse on the island; the first lig…
Machias Seal Island is an island in disputed water between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 16 km southeast from Cutler, Maine, and 19 km southwest of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick. Sovereignty of the island is disputed by the United States and Canada. The Canadian Coast Guard continues to staff a lighthouse on the island; the first lighthouse was constructed there in 1832.
  • Location: Far Northern region of the Gulf of Maine
  • Population: None (Two Canadian Coast Guard lighthouse keepers occupy the lighthouse on a rotational basis; temporary population increases in the summer with University of New Brunswick researchers and a Canadian Wildlife Service observer) (1995)
  • Archipelago: Grand Manan Archipelago (disputed) / Machias Seal Island & North Rock Archipelago (disputed)
  • Area: 8 ha (20 acres)
  • Province: New Brunswick
  • State: Maine
  • Constructed: 1832 (twin tower first) · 1878 (second)

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