OCEANARIUM - SOUTHWEST HARBOR
A trip to the Oceanarium in Southwest Harbor provides a firsthand look at marine life. To make arrangements....Group rates are available upon request.
One may visit the different areas of the Oceanarium and see and touch marine life native to Maine. This tour takes approximately 1 1/2 hours.
As part of this trip on e might wish to visit the Coast Guard Station at Southwest Harbor or one may possibly arrange a boat tour of Somes Sound....This boat trip allows the students to view the only natural fjord in the United States. During the boat ride one also gets to see the lovely homes of Northeast and Southwest Harbors.
On this trip one may wish to include a trip to Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park. Good picknicking facilities as well as scenery and sea gulls are available here.
Oceanarium
Student Rating - 2.9
Staff Rating - 3.6
Schoodic Point
Student Rating - 3.2
Staff Rating - 3.6
(Excerpt from The Maine Journey Field Trip Guide, 1980, p.39.)
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