Cape Rosier, Maine

Cape on the mid-coast of Maine

Cape Rosier

Peninsula

Cape Rosier

Cape Rosier, Hancock County, Maine

Coordinates: 44°20′56″N 68°48′53″W﻿ / ﻿44.34889°N 68.81472°W﻿ / 44.34889; -68.81472
Location| Maine, United States
Etymology| Named for James Rosier

Cape Rosier is a cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean on the south central coast of the U.S. state of Maine. It lies in Penobscot Bay, in Hancock County, Maine, and the peninsula runs southward from the Maine mainland. On the west, it forms a part of the mouth of the Penobscot River. The cape lies about 25 miles southwest of Ellsworth, Maine, and is within the town of Brooksville. One of Brooksville's unincorporated villages, Harborside, lies on the cape itself.

The land has historically been the home of the Penobscot people, a federally- and state-recognized tribe. Indigenous people are thought to have inhabited the area now known as Maine for 11,000 years or more, and in recent centuries the Penobscot area was home to tribes of the Wabanaki confederacy. [1] The Wabanaki peoples ate seafood such as clams, mussels, and fish, and may have hunted marine mammals such as seals. They also gathered and processed bird eggs, berries, nuts, and roots.[1] Europeans may have arrived in the area as early as the 13th century. Cape Rosier was named for James Rosier, an English explorer, who explored the Penobscot River region in 1604-05.[2]

On the cape there are 1,345 acres of preserved land, at the publicly owned Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park. The park contains several coastal ecosystems, including upland forest and meadows, ponds, wetland marshes and rocky coastline.[3] It is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.[3][4] The land is open for hiking, kayaking, picnicking and and fishing.[5] The park has 11 miles (18 km) of trails, and several places to swim.[3][4]

## See also[edit]

* Maine portal

* Harborside, Maine
* Brooksville, Maine
* Hancock County, Maine

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b The Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes. American Friends Service Committee, 1989.
2. ^ "Brooksville History". Town of Brooksville, Maine. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
3. ^ a b c "Holbrook Island Sanctuary". Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
4. ^ a b "State Parks, State Historic Sites and Public Reserved Lands" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. September 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
5. ^ Sarnacki, Aislinn (2017). Family Friendly Hikes in Maine. Down East Books. pp. 94–99. ISBN 9781608935857. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

## External links[edit]

* History of Brooksville, Maine