Cape Elizabeth and Vicinity

Cape Elizabeth is a town near Portland that hugs the shore of Casco Bay. For visitors, it’s also a place of history and lighthouses, great cycling and shoreside parks.

People have lived in what’s now Cape Elizabeth for thousands of years. Native people came first, with Europeans appearing in the early 17th century. In 1765, Cape Elizabeth became a town. For a glimpse of those early days, stop by the Spurwink Meeting House. The austere, white clapboard church was built in 1802. Graves in its adjacent cemetery date to 1810.

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