Port Clyde, Maine

Port Clyde is the southernmost settlement on the St. George peninsula in central/coastal Maine and part of the town of St. George in Knox County, Maine, United States.

Trivia

*The famous Marshall Point Lighthouse in Port Clyde is the lighthouse Tom Hanks ran to in "Forrest Gump"
*The Wyeth family, with three generations of accomplished artists, has owned a summer home in Port Clyde ever since N.C. Wyeth purchased "Eight Bells" in the early 1920's. His son Andrew Wyeth still owns property and spends time in the area, as does N.C.'s grandson, Jamie Wyeth.
*Maine's maverick visionary artist/writer Charles Wilder Oakes was born near by in Rockland, Maine, and grew up in Port Clyde, which figures into much of his artistic subject matter.
*Port Clyde is home to The Herring Gut Learning Center.

External links

* [http://www.stgeorgemaine.com/ Town of St. George]