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Downtown Eastport, Maine: Estimated population 1,352. This area was once jam-packed with sardine factories. Downtown Eastport, Maine: estimated population 1,352. This area was jam-packed with sardine factories 100 years ago.

From gutting sardines to shipping pregnant cows, this Maine port wants your business

July 20, 2017Economics

Eastport, Maine, used to be the sardine capital of America. When the industry dried up, the town did, too. But the city still has a big asset: the deepest natural harbor in the continental United States.

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