They talk about Maine’s “rockbound coast,” but lately some of that is no longer original. The extreme storms of December and January caused considerable erosion along Maine’s coast and Naskeag Harbor suffered its share. Here you see the just-repaired northeastern sweep of the Harbor area:
The bank has been shored-up with fill dirt, a layer of containment fabric that is covered with medium-sized stone riprap, and a nubby blanket of larger rocks, which makes it more rockbound than ever. The boat launching area also has been enlarged with the addition of more interlocking cement launch slabs:
( Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February 17 and 26, 2024.)