Editing Lubec, Maine (section)

==Geography==
Lubec is located in northeastern Maine, at {{coord|44|51|38|N|66|59|5|W|type:city}}.<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|78.38|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|33.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}}  is land and {{convert|45.13|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=2012-12-16}}</ref> Lubec is located on a peninsula in [[Passamaquoddy Bay]], slightly south of [[Eastport, Maine|Eastport]]. The [[West Quoddy Head]] is southeast.

Lubec is the [[Extreme points of the United States|easternmost town of the contiguous United States]].<ref name="clui">{{Cite web |url=http://www.clui.org/section/united-divide-a-linear-portrait-usacanada-border-0 |title=Chapter 1: Eastern Maine |website=United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border |publisher=The Center for Land Use Interpretation |date=Winter 2015}}</ref> West Quoddy Head in Lubec is the easternmost point in the contiguous United States, located at {{coord|44|48|54|N|66|57|1|W}} longitude. It is adjacent to the Quoddy Narrows, a narrow strait between Canada and the United States, one of the entrances into Passamaquoddy Bay. Since 1808, [[West Quoddy Head Lighthouse]] has been on the site to guide ships through this waterway. The present [[lighthouse]] with its distinctive red-and-white stripes was built in 1858.

Lubec is crossed by [[Maine State Route 189]]. The [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge]] connects the town to [[Campobello Island]], [[New Brunswick]], Canada.

=== Sites of interest ===
* [[Lubec Channel Light]]

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Image:WestQuoddyHeadLight.jpg|[[West Quoddy Head Lighthouse]]
File:Lubec, Maine, from Campobello 2012.jpg|Center of Lubec as seen from [[Campobello Island]]
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