Here’s the WoodenBoat School pier, which also is intriguing in a good Great Cove fog. It comes ashore adjacent to the School’s classic boathouse and probably is the most substantial pier in the neighborhood. It has a very long, heavy-duty wood span that rests on massive, old granite pilings. In the summer, it’s extended by a gangway and a fairly large docking float where visitors tie up boats.
Above, you see the pier from the south. On the north side of boathouse, there’s a flight of old, lichen-splattered field stone steps that lead directly to the pier:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 6, 2025.)