ABSTRACT
The State of Maine is perhaps the most isolated of the contiguous American states. It is bordered on the northwest by the Canadian province of Quebec and on the northeast by the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Both Quebec and New Brunswick were territories of New France until the British Conquest on September 18, 1759. British sovereignty, however, was not firmly established until the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which gave England control over the majority of French territory in North America. Maine’s south and southeastern border are the salty waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The coastal line of the state is elongated and irregular; the result is over 2,400 miles of shoreline. The state’s only shared border with another American state is its western boundary with New Hampshire.
