What I Learned about Working Waterfronts
Written by Lorenzo Shields, 2026 MCFA Intern When MCFA encouraged me to take on a summer project focused on working waterfronts, I envisioned postcard-worthy harbors with weathered docks, grizzled fishermen, and the smell of salt and engine oil. I expected to document a landscape shaped by nostalgia and an industry that had perhaps shifted out of commercial relevance. However, as I jumped into my project inventorying and GIS-mapping the working waterfront of a town called Southwest Harbor up...
