Geography Question. Where am I? (Deer Isle) (Portland, Rockland: fit in, live in)

[deerislesmile]

LOL- I know where I am, how to find Deer Isle on a map and all that, but I have always wondered what the general consensus is about what region Deer Isle, Stonington, and the Blue Hill Peninsula fit in. I think "Mid-Coast Maine" and associate it with the western side of Penobscot Bay- Camden, Belfast, Rockland, etc. "Down East", to me, starts somewhere between Hancock and Cherryfield and stretches all the way to to Canada. So I'm curious- does Deer Isle (and Blue Hill) fit into either of these regions?

[Bydand]

I always thought of it as Mid-Coast as well.

[fxtrader]

Good question? I would say it is on the very end of the mid coast. I always thought that Acadia was the seperation point and considered its own area.

[Maineac]

Having grown up on the West side of the Bay, and now hang on DI (I could describe where we hang, and you'd know it in less than 5 words), I'd have to say "no man's land." Orland is Bucksport. Castine, Brooksville, DI/S and Blue Hill Surry are all sorta "Blue Hill Peninsula." MDI is the "dividing point" between "downeast" and "mid coast", but the wealth extends to Hancock and Sorrento area. After that, you're getting into the real "downeast."

[Coaster]

I've always considered the Penobscot River the boundary for Down East Maine. Putting Deer Isle in Midcoast Maine is a real stretch IMO. Most folks I know would say Midcoast Maine ends in Thomaston, and the Rockland-Castine area belongs within their own PenBay region. BUt that's just IMHO.

[American girl]

Downeast is kind of a travelling term. Wherever you live downeast is down the road a ways from your home. If you live in Portland downeast begins in Rockland. Ellsworth natives like me are slightly offended to be told we live in Downeast Maine. That starts in Machias .

[Maineac]

Actually, I always considered downeast to start in Steuben. Really.