The Winter Harbor Lobster Festival

Winter Harbor Lobster Festival: Steaming Lobsters

The lobster dinner is a central part of the festival. In 2012, around 900 pounds of lobster was served to visitors. The dinner ran from 11:00am until 3:00pm and was packed the entire time.

Winter Harbor Lobster Festival Dinner

For $15, diners were served a steamed lobster with drawn butter, corn on the cobb and fresh blueberries with cream. Lobster rolls were also on offer for the bargain price of $6.  Many other visitors clearly thought this was a bargain as well as when I made it over to the stand they were already sold out!

Bargain lobster rolls at the Winter Harbor Lobster Festival

Main Street, Winter Harbor

The harbor at Winter Harbor

The main street and harbor of this fishing village are quaint and beautiful. Sadly, due to morning fog, this year’s Winter Harbor boat races were cancelled.

Lobster buoys, Winter Harbor

Finally, here is a picture of a garage in Winter Harbor, decorated with old lobster buoys. Beautiful.