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'''Muscongus Bay''' is a bay on the coast of [[Maine]], United States, between [[Penobscot Bay]] and John's Bay. Muscongus was the name of an [[Abenaki people|AbabakiAbenaki]] village meaning "fishing place".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://guide.mita.org/muscongus-bay |title=Muscongus Bay &#124; Maine Island Trail Online Guide |access-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222500/http://guide.mita.org/muscongus-bay |archive-date=2013-12-02 }}</ref> or "many [or large] rock ledges."<ref>Huden, John C.. ''Indian place names of New England''. New York, N.Y.: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1962. Print. 128.</ref>. [[John Smith (explorer)|Capt. JamesJohn Smith]] recorded the river in 1616 as Nusconcus<ref>JamesJohn Smith, A Description of New England, 1616. 23. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=etas accessed 11/25/2013</ref> and was also spelled Nuscongus. The two main tributaries are the [[Saint George River]] at its eastern end and the the [[Medomak River]], which flows into the bay at [[Waldoboro, Maine|Waldoboro]]. Historically, the Medomak River and Muscongus Bay were the dividing line between the [[Waldo Patent]] and [[Shem Drowne#The Drowne claim of the Pemaquid Patent|Pemaquid Patent]] and Waldoboro was a [[customs]] point of entry.<ref>Stahl, Jasper Jacob. ''History of old Broad Bay and Waldoboro''. Portland, Me.: Bond Wheelwright Co., 1956. Print.</ref> Muscongus Bay has many islands including [[Hog Island (Lincoln County, Maine)|Hog]] which is home to a [[National Audubon Society]] camp, [[Allen Island (Maine)|Allen]], [[Eastern Egg Rock Island|Eastern Egg Rock]], Franklin (home of [[Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge]]), and [[Louds Island]] historically referred to as Muscongus Island prior purchase from Thomas Drowne by William Loud. [[Monhegan, Maine|Monhegan Island]] is offshore from Muscongus Bay. The [[Maine Island Trail]] passedpasses through Muscongus Bay.

Towns bordering Muscongus bay are [[Bristol, Maine|Bristol]], [[Bremen, Maine|Bremen]], [[Waldoboro, Maine|Waldoboro]], [[Friendship, Maine|Friendship]], [[Cushing, Maine|Cushing]], and [[St. George, Maine|St. George]].

The type of sailboat called the Muscongus Bay sloop is also known as the [[Friendship Sloop]]. The hull of the five-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[schooner]] ''[[Cora F. Cressey]]'' lies in Muscongus Bay.