Maine has many popular annual events. The summer month’s feature boat-racing as well as other water related sport contests. The most outstanding annual celebration is the Maine Lobster Festival. This is held in Rockland during the first weekend in August.

Maine has a population of 1,274,923. It ranks 40th in population among the 50th states. About 45 percent of Maine’s people live in urban areas. The state’s largest cities (in order of size) are Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland, Auburn, and Biddeford. Three Metropolitan Statistical Areas are entirely within Maine are Bangor, Lewiston-Auburn, and Portland. More than a third of Maine’s peopl

The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) started at Lexington and Concord, Mass. Hundreds of Maine patriots joined the fight for independence. The war brought great hardships to Maine towns. In 1775, British troops burned Falmouth (now Portland) to punish the townspeople for opposing the king's policies.

The Coastline of Maine accounts for many deep harbors and thousands of bays, coves, and inlets. The coastline measured in a straight-line total 228 miles. Yet, if all the area that is washed by water were measured the coastline would measure 3,478 miles.

Climate. Maine’s temperature averages 15 F in January and 67 F in July. The state’s record low temperature is -48 F was set in Van Buren on January 19, 1925. Maine’s record high temperature, 105 F was ser in North Bridgton on July 10, 1911.

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