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Maine is as big as the other five New England states combined, yet barely has the population of tiny Rhode Island. The easternmost state in the Union is known for its spectacular scenery, which ranges from rocky coastlines through low mountains to the high forests that give it its nickname, the Pine Tree State. The seafood cuisine is also remarkable.

Until 1820, the province was officially part of Massachusetts. The first English settlement in Maine predated Plymouth: it was established at Popham in 1607, the same year as the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Because the Popham Colony did not survive the harsh winters, Jamestown is regarded as America's first permanent English-speaking settlement. A further succession of settlements was wiped out by the vicious climate, deprivations and Indian attacks: the English farmers were so unwilling to leave the local tribes in peace that the natives formed alliances with the French and regularly drove out English refugees. Consequently, when Maine became a state in its own right there were still few settlers. Despite their small numbers, conservative Mainers were very resistant immigration; they manifested their feelings in the anti-Irish riots of the early nineteenth century.

Because of its position as a frontier state, Maine was quickly captured by the Republican Party. A Mainer, Hannibal Hamlin, was Lincoln’s first VP, and the famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in Brunswick. After contributing large number of soldiers to the Union Army, Maine remained reliably Republican and its politicians enjoyed considerable power for the rest of the century. Recently it has become marginalised, better known as a summer resort than for its standpoints.

Almost ninety percent forested, the Pine Tree State turns out wood products from boats to toothpicks and is one of the world's largest pulp-paper producers. Maine also leads the world in the production of the familiar flat tins of sardines, producing more than seventy-five million of them annually. This leads to the question, who eats them? In 2005, Maine lobstermen landed nearly 63 million pounds of lobster. In the autumn, ninety-eight percent of American blueberries are harvested here.

Since the 1850s, this has been a favoured destination for the rich: from the Rockefellers to the Roosevelts, the great and good have had their preferred hideaways. Vacationland was added to the state number plate in the 1960s. Most people confine their visits to the warm summers and fresh autumn; by November the landscape is snow-covered and bleak.

The huge majority of visitors head straight for the three thousand mile coastline, but most of it has been commandeered by the rich and famous: only two percent is accessible to the public and the best way to see it is by boat. North of Brunswick, the towns are peaceful and pretty, with a number of stunning headlands between them. South of Portland there are so many small villages that Mark Twain alleged one couldn't “throw a brick without danger of disabling a postmaster”.

The Blue Hill Peninsula, blanketed with fields of wild blueberries and their pinkish-white flowers, is becoming increasingly popular. Castine is quiet and dignified, with great elms arching over well kept gardens. The State of Maine, used for training US Marines, often docks here: it’s worth trying to catch a glimpse. On lonely Isle au Haut, one often has Acadia National Park, highlighted by the rocky shoreline, bogs, and dense stands of spruce trees, to oneself.

There are very few paved roads in the Maine interior but plenty of hiking trails, from the beginning of the Appalachian Trail to Baxter State Park, home to herds of endangered caribou, moose and bison as well as the odd beaver. Sugarloaf USA offers fantastic skiing. Distances here are long and there are few places to refuel along the way. Downeast Maine is even barer, uninhabited except for the bird colonies that hover around the border with Canada.

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