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Old 05-03-2014, 09:36 AM
 
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i drove to lubec yesterday along route 1

and the guy with me asked where "downeast" starts...

i said thats a matter of opinion, a lot of folks in maine think it starts east of ellsworth (ive asked folks all over the state)

and i remember asking a lifelong native of sullivan this question and he said east of sullivan,

on jeopardy , years ago alex trebek asked "what state inhabitants are also known as "downeasters"
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Old 05-03-2014, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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Sailing out from Boston, to go 'downwind' and 'eastward' encompasses all of the coast: from NH, through Maine, St John, Nova Scotia, Halifax, and on to New Foundland.
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