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Cobscook Bay State Park
Cobscook Bay State Park is a Maine state park surrounded on three sides by the salt waters of Cobscook Bay. It is located of U.S. Route 1 approximately south of Dennysville and north of Whiting. The park contains of land and provides magnificent views of the ebb and flow of the tides. The name Cobscook is a Maliseet-Passamaquoddy word for boiling tides. Tides on average rises to high with some reaching as high as . The park is a haven for bird watching with the park's over 200 species of birds, including the American bald eagle.〔 In Whiting Bay visitors can dig to gather clams, for the park is the only state park that allows visitors to engage in clamming. Cunningham Mountain provides an excellent vantage point for watching sunrise.〔
==In the news==
The park is located on land leased from the neighboring Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, a fact which caused controversy during the U.S. federal government shutdown in 2013 when refuge personnel closed the refuge and, by extension, the state park. The move was criticized by Governor Paul LePage, who stated that in the event of another shutdown, he would order the Washington County Sheriff to forcibly open Cobscook Bay State Park if necessary.〔
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