Introducing Wiscasset
As the sign says, ‘Welcome to Wiscasset, the Prettiest Village in Maine.’ Other villages may dispute this claim, but Wiscasset’s history as a major shipbuilding port in the 19th century has left it with a legacy of exceptionally beautiful houses. Set near the Sheepscot River, Wiscasset has some fine vantage points, and its tidy streets are dotted with antique shops, galleries, restaurants and a few old-fashioned inns.
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Like Bath, Wiscasset was a shipbuilding and maritime trading center. Great four-masted schooners carrying timber, molasses, salt, rum and cod sailed down the Sheepscot bound for England and the West Indies, a route known as the Triangle Trade.
One caveat: as with other pretty towns astride US 1, Wiscasset has bad traffic jams in the summer.
Last updated: Jul 22, 2009
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