Funeral Homes in Ogunquit, ME

Facts about the city

Ogunquit /oʊˈɡʌŋkwᵻt/ oh-GUN-kwit is a town in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2010 census its population was 892. The summer resort's name means \"beautiful place by the sea\".Ogunquit is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Ogunquit Obituaries

It was revealed on June 27th, 2018 that Benoit Morin died in Ogunquit, Maine.  Morin was 75 years old and was born in Quebec, .  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Benoit's life.

It was revealed on September 26th, 2011 that James A Rev Diamond died in Ogunquit, Maine.  Diamond was 66 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor James A Rev's life.

History

Resolving to create a safe anchorage, they formed the Fish Cove Harbor Association, and dug a channel across land they purchased to connect Fish Cove with the Josias River. As of the 2000 United States Census census its population was 1,226. But the cove was unprotected by a Headlands and bays or breakwater (structure) from Atlantic Ocean storms, so fishermen had to protect their boats by hauling them ashore each night. Besides constructing schooners and brigs, local shipwrights built the famous "Ogunquit dory." At what was then called Fish Cove, near the unnavigable Josias River, fishing was a major livelihood. With a 3 and a half mile beach of pale sand and dunes forming a bar (landform) peninsula, connected to the mainland in 1888 by bridge across the Ogunquit River, the weatherbeaten old village was discovered by artists.

The official website for the city of Ogunquit is http://www.townofogunquit.org.