Muscongus Bay

Muscongus was the name of an Abenaki village meaning "fishing place"[1] or "many [or large] rock ledges.

"[2] John Smith recorded the river in 1616 as Nusconcus[3] and was also spelled Nuscongus.

[4] Muscongus Bay has many islands including Hog which is home to a National Audubon Society camp, Allen, Eastern Egg Rock, Franklin (home of Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge), and Louds Island historically referred to as Muscongus Island prior purchase from Thomas Drowne by William Loud.

Towns bordering Muscongus bay are Bristol, Bremen, Waldoboro, Friendship, Cushing, and St. George.

The hull of the five-masted schooner Cora F. Cressey lies in Muscongus Bay.