http://outdoorlifestyle.com/taxonomy/term/17/0 en http://outdoorlifestyle.com/maine/machias-seal-island-puffins Canada and the U.S. have a boundaries dispute involving a small island off the Maine coast, Machias Seal Island. It's home to Atlantic Puffins, two varities of Terns, and other types of birds. Tour operators take birders and others out to view the island, and while I didn't visit the island itself I did briefly stop in and chat with Barna Norton, former captain for <a href="http://www.machiassealisland.com/">Norton of Jonesport, Maine</a>. He informed me that the island is actually American territory and my preliminary investigation reveals that to be the case: <a href="http://www.coastguides.com/r6/r6.html?http%3A//www.coastguides.com/r6/6.45MachiasSeal.html">here</a>, and a longer treatment is <a href="http://www.siue.edu/GEOGRAPHY/ONLINE/Schmidt.htm">here</a>. <p><a href="http://outdoorlifestyle.com/maine/machias-seal-island-puffins">read more</a></p> http://outdoorlifestyle.com/maine/machias-seal-island-puffins#comment 44.502778 -67.102778 44.502778 -67.102778 44.502778 -67.102778 Maine puffin puffins Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:43:50 -0400 admin 64 at http://outdoorlifestyle.com http://outdoorlifestyle.com/maine/biking-into-canada <a href="http://outdoorlifestyle.com/images/canada-international-boundary-line.jpg"><img src="http://outdoorlifestyle.com/images/canada-international-boundary-line-sm.jpg" alt="boundary between canada and us maine new brunswick" ></img></a> <p><a href="http://outdoorlifestyle.com/maine/biking-into-canada">read more</a></p> http://outdoorlifestyle.com/maine/biking-into-canada#comment 47.352955 -68.331838 47.352955 -68.331838 47.352955 -68.331838 biking Maine Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:00:36 -0400 admin 155 at http://outdoorlifestyle.com