Downeast Maine National Heritage Area
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The nationally important story of the Downeast Maine National Heritage Area focuses on our Natural Heritage, and how the forces of nature have and continue to shape us as people.
Downeast Maine embodies a nationally important story of the waters, land, sky, and cultures of the Atlantic northeast, and of the complex relationships between the people of five nations and the harsh and bountiful natural environment that shapes their identity and way of life – a story which exists only here, on the easternmost edge of the continental United States.
National Heritage Area (NHA) designation provides national recognition of an area’s unique cultural & natural heritage and its important contributions to the Nation’s collective heritage. Learn more on our website: downeastmainenha.org.