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| Preface | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Read This First | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Onshore Threats: Poison Ivy, Insects, and Lightning | |
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| Low-Impact Paddling | |
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| Tides and Weather | |
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| Defensive Paddling and Planning a Trip | |
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| From Kittery to Cobscook | |
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| The Southern Coast | |
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| Piscataqua River and Portsmouth Harbor (Map 1) | |
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| York to Wells Harbor (Map 2) | |
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| Kennebunk to Goose Rocks Beach (Map 3) | |
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| The Saco River (Map 4) | |
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| Scarborough Marsh and Vicinity (Map 5) | |
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| Casco Bay | |
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| Western Casco Bay: Portland to South Freeport (Map 6) | |
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| Middle Casco Bay: South Freeport to Harpswell Neck (Map 7) | |
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| Eastern Casco Bay: Harpswell Sound to Cape Small (Map 8) | |
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| Western Rivers | |
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| The Kennebec River: Bath to Cape Small (Map 9) | |
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| The Kennebec River: Merrymeeting Bay (Map 10) | |
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| The Kennebec River: Augusta to Swan Island (Map 11) | |
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| Wiscasset and the Back and Upper Sheepscot Rivers (Map 12) | |
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| The Lower Sheepscot River and Boothbay Harbor (Map 13) | |
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| The Damariscotta River (Map 14) | |
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| Western Muscongus Bay: New Harbor to Friendship (Map 15) | |
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| Eastern Muscongus Bay: Friendship to Port Clyde (Map 16) | |
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| Tenants Harbor to Owls Head (Map 17) | |
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| Penobscot Bay | |
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| Western Penobscot Bay: Rockland to Camden (Map 18) | |
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| Northern Penobscot Bay: Lincolnville to Belfast Bay (Map 19) | |
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| The Lower Penobscot River: Searsport to Bucksport (Map 20) | |
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| The Penobscot River: Bangor to Winterport (Map 21) | |
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| Northern Penobscot Bay: Castine and the Bagaduce River (Map 22) | |
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| Eastern Penobscot Bay: Little Deer Isle (Map 23) | |
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| Stonington and Mount Desert Island | |
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| Stonington and the Deer Isle Archipelago (Map 24) | |
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| Eggemoggin Reach and Blue Hill Bay (Map 25) | |
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| Upper Blue Hill Bay and the Union River (Map 26) | |
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| Northern Mount Desert Island and Frenchman Bay (Map 27) | |
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| Southern Mount Desert Island (Map 28) | |
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| Downeast | |
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| Winter Harbor to Petit Manan (Map 29) | |
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| The Narraguagus and Pleasant Rivers and Their Bays (Map 30) | |
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| The Great Wass Archipelago (Map 31) | |
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| Chandler and Englishman Bays (Map 32) | |
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| Machias Bay (Map 33) | |
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| Cobscook Bay (Map 34) | |
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| Maine Coast Natural History | |
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| Glacial Geology | |
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| Birds and Marine Mammals of the Open Coast | |
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| The Rocky Shore | |
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| Estuaries | |
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| Salt Marshes and Mudflats | |
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| Sand Beaches | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Emergency Telephone Numbers | |
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| Air and Sea Temperatures | |
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| Wind Speed | |
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| Stewardship Organizations and Government Agencies | |
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| Saltwater Campgrounds | |
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| Sea Kayaking Guide Services, Trips Programs, and Rental Businesses | |
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| What to Do with Number Two | |
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| Suggested Equipment for a Day Trip | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |