7:00 AM

You wake up in the easternmost city in the United States, and on a clear morning, you’re among the first people in the country to see the sunrise. You make coffee at home and step out onto the porch to watch the light come up over Passamaquoddy Bay and the Canadian island of Campobello.

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8:00 AM

You head to work. Eastport’s economy is built on fishing, aquaculture, and a growing creative sector. You work for a salmon aquaculture company, monitoring water quality and managing feeding systems at one of the offshore pens in Cobscook Bay. The work is physical and science-driven, and the marine environment keeps every day interesting.

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12:00 PM

For lunch, you head to Water Street and grab a lobster roll from Quoddy Bay Lobster, a waterfront lobster pound with picnic tables overlooking the bay. The lobster is as fresh as it gets — pulled from the water that morning.

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1:00 PM

After lunch, you walk along Water Street. Eastport has a remarkable collection of historic buildings, galleries, and small businesses for a city of about 1,300 people. You stop by the Tides Institute & Museum of Art, a cultural organization that hosts exhibitions, residencies, and community events in a renovated bank building.

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5:00 PM

After work, you hike Shackford Head State Park, a 90-acre preserve on a peninsula just outside downtown. The trails lead through spruce forest to dramatic cliff-top views of Cobscook Bay and the Bay of Fundy. On a clear evening, you can see all the way to Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick.

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7:00 PM

For dinner, you cook at home with ingredients from the local fishermen and the farmers market. Eastport is small enough that you know the people who catch your fish and grow your vegetables. Tonight it’s pan-seared scallops and a salad from the garden.

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8:30 PM

After dinner, you walk to Raye’s Mustard Mill on Washington Street — the last traditional stone-ground mustard mill in the United States. The mill has been operating since 1900 and offers tours and tastings. You pick up a jar of their Downeast Schooner mustard for the week.

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10:00 PM

Back at home, you sit with a book and listen to the quiet. Eastport is remote, affordable, and beautiful in a raw, unpolished way. The tides here are among the highest in the world, the community is creative and resilient, and the sense of place is unlike anywhere else on the East Coast.