The Thorofare.
“Still weeks to ice-out
in upcountry lakes. Here
on the coast, salt-ice
gets lifted off coves
by gales and steep wave-
lengths. Tides flow hard
between the mainland
and islands. Out in
the Thorofare, two fish-
boats, blurred in thin rain,
march back and forth like
small boys’ small toys’’
From “Beyond Equinox,.’’ by Philip Booth, who spent much of his life in the beautiful mid-coast Maine town of Castine. The "Thorofare'' is the passage between Vinalhaven and North Haven Islands. (It's usually spelled "Thoroughfare''). Castine is the home of the famous Maine Maritime Academy, seen below.
Winter scene in Castine.
