Editing Eastbrook, Maine (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|37.65|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|33.35|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|4.30|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer2010.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref>

The Municipality's territory encompasses several lakes (also termed 'ponds'), wetlands, marshes/bogs, nature preserve, blueberry barrens, and woodland, which include but are not limited to:

* Scammons Pond: an inter-locking chain of bodies-of-water
* Molasses Pond: one of the larger lakes in the Town that is shared between Eastbrook and [[Franklin, Maine]] and surrounding Townships
* Molasses Pond Bog: wetland/marshland adjacent to Molasses Pond; part of the Stone Dam Watershed.
* Webb Pond
* Abram's Pond
* Macomber Mill Marshes: wetlands along an indented area of the Neck Ridge area, partially between Scammons Pond & Molasses, feeding in to both along with nearby George's Pond (Franklin, ME)
* Stone Dam: series of interlocking pools and rivulets feeding nearby bodies of water.

=== Areas ===

Eastbrook is a Municipality, governed by a [[New England Town]] style government with a board of selectmen and an annual open [[Town Meeting]]. While it is unitary municipal authority within Hancock County, the Town is essentially a series of small enclaves, [[hamlets]], and [[villages]], which encompass the geographic features of the area. The most well known are:
*  Eastbrook Village / Greenwood Grange: located at the crossroads of Molasses Pond Road & Rte 200. Location of the Eastbrook Church, Municipal Offices, and a feel hope mes. 
*  Cave Hill: adjacent to the eponymous school and hill; near the Village proper and Rte 182. 
*  Molasses Pond: located along the northern shore of the pond of the same name, home to the Molasses Pond House. 
*  Back Cove / Schoodic Shore: area located along the southern side of Molasses Pond. 
*  Deep Cove: a small hamlet of a few camps and cottages on Molasses Pond’s eastern shore. 
*  Western Shore / Macomber Mill: located along Neck Hill Ridge on the west shore of Molasses, running down in to Franklin. 
*  Sugarhill: a Hamlet on the hill of the same name, with a view dominated by Molasses Pond and the Schoodic Foothills. 
*  Roaring Brook: a few homes and camps scattered along a brook of the same name. 
*  Webb Pond: homes, camps, and cottages along the shores of the same named Pond. 
*  Abrams Pond: same as above. 
*  Bull Hill: site of the Bull Hill Wind Power Project. 
*  Township 16: a separate, survey township to the west of the town. 
*  Stone Dam: area adjacent to the stream and road of the same name. 
*  Waltham Crossing: area adjacent to the junction of Rte 182 & Rte 200. 
*  Foothills: area along Rte 200 from Franklin up to the Village Proper. 
*  Martin’s Ridge: visible from parts of town, this area is primarily within the Blackswoods and Franklin.

Eastbrook was named for its relationship to the Union River watershed, being the site of the eastern branches that fed the river. 
Adjacent to the towns of Waltham, Mariahville, Fletchers Landing Township, Franklin, Blackswoods Township, and inland Unorganized Central Hancock County, Eastbrook is considered part of Downeast Maine’s interior. The area hosts the Annual ''Eastbrook Days Festival'', typically with events at the Molasses Pond House beach area or the Village proper.

=== Culture ===
Molasses Pond is mentioned in N. Galen Havey’s ''Memoirs of the Sweet Life on Molasses Pond''. 
Roaring Brook is the site of an alleged incident as described abstractly in the song ''Where the East Brook Roars'' by local musician and artist Chris Ross. 
The Molasses Pond Writers Creative Collaborative Workshop meets at the Pond of the same name

Various [[flora]] & [[fauna]] are native to the region, such as: [[loons]], [[trout]], [[Centrarchidae|sunfish]], [[eagle]]s, [[moose]], and [[deer]].

In summer months, the Blueberry Barrens become dotted with labourers and machinery, for the [[Maine Blueberry]] harvest. Lumber and gravel is also sourced within the town.

=== Local Lore ===
Molasses Pond is reputed to be so-named due to a series of canoes that sank to the bottom due to being overfilled with molasses and maple syrup sugar, having been harvested from trees on Sugarhill and being sent down the lake to Scammons and from there through the Macomber Mill Marshes to other lakes towards [[Hog bay]] and [[Frenchmans Bay]]. Allegedly, it is also reported to be named for either [[Molly Molasses]] or another notable native figure. According to the Pond’s [[Facebook]] fan page, this and nearby Sugarhill have given rise to the term “the way the sweet life should be”, an homage to [[Maine]]’s secondary motto: “the way life should be”.

Nearby Blackswoods and [[Catherines Hill(Maine)]] are the site of a local ledges involving [[paranormal]] [[local folklore]] and [[urban legends]], surrounding the [[ghost of blackwoods road]].

Cavehill’s eponymous cave-in-a-hill, also is rumoured in stories to be the site of treasure, ghosts, or historic events.

==== Regional Development ====

The area is also populated by a series of hills and hollows, as part of the inland Schoodic Foothills and Outback region of Hancock County, Maine. 
In the late 2000s developers sought permission to construct various renewable energy projects in land within or adjacent to the Town, such as the Bull Hill Wind Power Site.