The Black Duck Shore Trail twists through a cedar forest to the Smelt Brook bridge (0.5 miles). From Smelt Brook the trail continues another 2 miles, following the shoreline along Canal Cove and Klondike Cove. The trail ends at the High Bluff Picnic Pavilion and the Black Duck Cove Beach. At low tide the wood skeleton of the sardine freighter ‘The Eagle’ scuttled in Black Duck Cove is visible. From the High Bluff Picnic Pavilion offers a panorama of South Bay of the wooded shoreline of South Bay, including The Nature Conservancy’s Long Island, Guvspuny Island and Scrub Island. Watch for seals on the exposed rock ledges 1,500 feet to the South.
Black Duck Cove is open dawn to dusk, from May to October. It is a part of Cobscook Shores, a system of fifteen waterfront parks that are privately owned and/or maintained by Cobscook Shores INC., a family funded Maine charitable foundation. The parklands offer public access and recreational use including walking, picnicking, hiking, biking, camping, and paddling in Cobscook Bay.
PARKLAND GUIDELINES
For additional information, visit the Cobscook Shores website, or contact:
From the junction of ME-189 and North Lubec Road (about 2 miles west of downtown Lubec), head north on North Lubec Road for 2 miles to the parking lot at the trailhead on the left.
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