Sedgwick
Caterpillar Hill Outlook: more info soon. Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society: Was the first minister's residence and serves as the society headquarters and museum. Within the same property is the Sedgwick Historic District as listed on the National Register and includes the Ministers residence, one room schoolhouse, hearse house, Town pound, Town common, original town meeting house and rural cemetery. Family oriented activities/exhibits. Ask about their events calendar. 207-359-2547 Mountain View Restaurant:more info soon Music in the Meeting House: more info soon Walker Pond: more info soon |
The charming town center of Sedgwick is
located on
the banks of the Benjamin River, as her waters join Eggemoggin Reach
and
Blue Hill Bay.
The
wider community of Sedgwick borders Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville
and
Sargentville. It boast one of the most photographed views in the
state, Caterpillar Hill, which provides sweeping views from its
elevated
vantage, overlooking blueberry barrens out to Penobscot Bay, the hills
of
Camden, Isle au Haut, and Jericho Bay. 
Sedgwick was one of the earlier
settled communities, with perhaps Europeon exploration and settlement
predating Columbus. It is home to the oldest town house in
continuous
use in Maine, where annual town meetings
are still held to this day. Incorporated in 1789, Sedgwick became
known for its shipbuilding, tanning, cooperage, and mining.
Before the
advent of refrigeration, Sedgwick was strategic for its "Ice Trade",
where
mammoth chunks of ice were harvested from
area lakes and sent to as far away places as India. Sedgwick's
historic homes and buildings stand today as reminders of its earlier
days,
and add to the beauty of the area's rolling hills, forests, grasslands,
brooks, steams, lakes and shoreline. 
Commitment to conservation offers
sanctuary to wild creatures such as black bear and their cubs, white
tailed
deer, coyotes, foxes, rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks.
Wild
turkey and quail
are prevalent in the tall grasses, and various hawk species and eagles
nest
in trees. A wide variety of migrating birds stop in this
area on
their passage going north and south, resulting in this area being a
bird
watchers paradise. Some birds, such as arctic snow buntings, make
this
area their home through the cold winter months. Today, a variety of
artist
have made this area their residence, opening their homes to share and
sell
their artistic creations. 
What to do in Sedgwick: