Editing Owls Head, Maine (section)

==History==
When [[Samuel de Champlain]] explored Owl's Head in 1605, the [[Abenaki]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]] called it Bedabedec Point, meaning "Cape of the Winds." Mariners would name it for the shape of the promontory, which they thought resembled the head of an [[owl]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000115095429/http://www.lighthouse.cc/owls/history.html History of Owls Head Light]}}</ref> First incorporated as part of [[Thomaston, Maine|Thomaston]] in 1777, and then as part of [[South Thomaston, Maine|South Thomaston]] in 1848, Owls Head was itself set off and incorporated on July 9, 1921. The town is home to both the [[Owls Head Light Station]], a {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} tall [[granite]] [[lighthouse]] built in 1826 to mark the southern entrance of [[Rockland, Maine|Rockland Harbor]], and to the [[Owls Head Transportation Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://owlshead.maine.gov/html/town_history.html |title=Town History -- Owls Head, Maine |access-date=December 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719005104/http://owlshead.maine.gov/html/town_history.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Owls Head was home to an electric trolley line that traveled to Crescent Beach. It was started in 1902, and it ended in the years of 1917–1918, largely due in part to a deadly accident in 1914, in which a train left the tracks killing one woman instantly, and injuring several others.<ref>[http://owlshead.maine.gov/html/railway_service.html Railway Service – Owls Head, Maine]</ref>

In August 1940 (around the 13th), the English composer [[Benjamin Britten]] completed his ''Diversions for piano'' (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21 while staying at the Owl's Head Inn—coincidentally meeting up with [[Kurt Weill]] with whom he got on well. On August 22, he wrote from Owl's Head to Elizabeth Mayer: "We eventually made Pemaquid Point, but found the place most disappointing—not on the sea, & full of the most terrible Bostonian old ladies, that we left after one gloomy night. Then we came on here which is a grand spot—very unpretentious—but quiet & right on the sea. We can work & there are tennis courts nearby. It is too cold to bathe unfortunately—but there is plenty else to do...."

Owls Head was a filming location for the 2001 movie ''[[In the Bedroom]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247425/locations |title=IMDB listing of In The Bedroom filming locations |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=January 8, 2010}}</ref>