Whittum Island

One-acre Whittum Island is located in crystal clear waters of Sheepscot Bay, Maine. The Sheepscot is known as being one of the coldest and deepest water bodies adjoining the Gulf of Maine, even colder than much of the Canadian coast. With depths north of 250 feet, this is where German U boats were suspected to hide during WW II. The Sheepscot is even known to make its own weather. It is a beautiful but raw place frequented for centuries as the summer outpost for the Abenaki Native American tribes. They have left behind on neighboring Westport Island and Indiantown Island deep shellfish middens where the tribes disposed the remnants of their clam and oyster banquets. Their arrowheads and tools are still found today on Whittum Island and nearby areas. Seals are now seen daily, Porpoises can be viewed weekly, and Whales intermittently all from the shore of Whittum. Shorebirds are abundant, including a stray Puffin or two. Intact wild Oyster populations were recently discovered by scientists in the upper Sheepscot area. The lineage of these native Oysters may reach all the way back to the glacier era thousands of years ago! To this day the summer water temperature peaks at 59 degrees, while the salinity levels are spike high. The Sheepscot is thus known as one of the cleanest bodies of water on the East Coast and has thus been labeled a pristine area of ecological significance.