Maine Is Hiding Something Most Americans Don't Know Exists

Maine is hiding far more than lobster boats and rocky lighthouse postcards. A lake whose floor sits below the level of the sea, cliffs that rise straight out of Moosehead Lake, and a granite summit where the country's first sunrise lands for half of every year. In this video, printer and small-town columnist Everett Whitcomb counts down 25 true facts about Maine, from a deep lake near Portland to a granite summit above Bar Harbor: • Saint Croix Island, settled by a French party in 1604, where about 35 of 79 men died in a single winter • The Popham Colony of 1607 and the Virginia, the first ocean-going vessel the English ever built in the Americas • Marcus Hanna, the Pemaquid Point keeper who is the only man ever given both the Medal of Honor and the Gold Lifesaving Medal • The Maine Law of 1851, Neal Dow's liquor ban that other states copied • Eastern Egg Rock, where puffins nested until 1885, vanished, and came back with Project Puffin • Sebago Lake, West Quoddy Head, Portland Head Light and the Independence Day fire of 1866 Every story here comes from a real place in Maine. Which Maine fact surprised you the most? Tell me in the comments. The presenter in this video is an AI-generated character. All facts were researched and checked against published sources. #NewEngland #Maine #AmericanHistory