Biddeford Pool, Maine

                                                                                                Maine Maine author Margo Alley is a native of Biddeford Pool. Her deep ancestral roots and love for this tiny seacoast village on the rocky coast of Maine draw her to document its rich history for the benefit of generations present and future.

     Her first book titled Biddeford Pool: A Founding History, was published in 2005. It is the only known book exclusively covering the founding history of Biddeford Pool, beginning with the early explorers and first settlements.

  At Beautiful Biddeford Pool. . .      

      A tunnel created by limbs from large elm trees-lush with green leaves in summer- "holding hands" as the limbs reach across and over the boulevard that divides them beckons the visitor to explore what may be one of the prettiest and most serene places on the eastern seaboard. Just beyond the tunnel, on a clear summer day, the endless blue-green water of the Atlantic Ocean reflects what could pass for sparkling diamonds in the sunlight. . .

Summer brings an abundance of beautiful wild beach roses. 

Stage Island

The 60 foot monument on Stage Island in Wood Island Harbor was built in 1825 as a  "daymark" by order of the government to deter the many ship wrecks off Stage Island. One man lost his life during its construction and another was seriously injured when at 45 feet completed, the monument came crashing down.

Today, even many of the locals do not know its history, but agree that the monument is quite mysterious and even spooky in appearance!  

The monument is the subject of a fun fictional book, click on the "Information" page to read about the book, The Killer Monument by award winning author Charles Garnache who along with being one of Maine's great story tellers is also a Biddeford Pool Lobsterman!  

http://www.charlesgarnache.com/index.html