[1][2] It is located around 2.70 miles (4.35 km) south of Yarmouth Village and looks out into inner Casco Bay.

As historian Alan M. Hall noted: "Coastal farms, such as the Nicholas Drinkwater homestead on Princes Point [Road], were often perched on more ledges than topsoil, a fact that nudged many Drinkwaters into a life at sea.

For several years it had become a favorite camping spot for the villagers and the inhabitants of the inland parts of the town who came here for clam bakes and picnics.

The town road ended at the John Allen Drinkwater barn, and here a large gate opened into the pasture which included the two points.

[8] A short-lived steamship line ferried passengers to and from Princes Point aboard the Madeleine.