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}}Roque Bluffs State Park is a public recreation area on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Roque Bluffs, Washington County, Maine.[ The {{convert|274|acre|adj=on}} state park overlooks Englishman Bay from Schoppee Point and includes {{convert|60|acre|adj=on}} Simpson Pond and six miles of walking trails.[6] Visitors can inspect glacial striations attesting to the Ice Age history of the Maine coast.[7] The park is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.]
In the news
In February, 2011, the 1999 Chevrolet Lumina owned by Torray Wallace, 36, of Fredericton, was found abandoned in the park. After finding the abandoned vehicle Maine police, wardens, marine patrol officers and members of the U.S. Coast Guard launched an intensive five-day search with no results.[8] Torray Wallace [9] appeared as himself in the 2005 documentary BBS:_The_Documentary.
In July 2013, two women, one from nearby Machias and the other visiting from Pennsylvania, drowned after driving off a boat ramp in the park during high tide and inclement weather.[10] The women had been rescued earlier in the day after getting lost while hiking in the fog.[11]
References
1. ^1 {{cite gnis|1909326|Roque Bluffs State Park}}
2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/camping/pdf/outdoorsmini.pdf |title=Outdoors in Maine: State Parks, Public Lands, and Historic Sites |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry |date=September 2016 |accessdate=August 8, 2017}}
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://iceagetrail.umaine.edu/29.htm |title=Stop #29: Glacial Grooves - Roque Bluffs |publisher=The University of Maine Climate Change Institute |work=Maine Ice Age Trail Guide and Map |accessdate=June 18, 2015}}
4. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2011/05/04/outdoors/favorite-places-in-maine-roque-bluffs-state-park/ |title=Favorite Places in Maine: Roque Bluffs State Park |last=Mack |first=Sharon Kiley |date=May 4, 2011 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |accessdate=June 1, 2014}}
5. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2013/07/24/news/down-east/2-women-found-dead-in-submerged-car-down-east/?ref=inline |title=2 women, one pregnant, dead after car drives off boat ramp |last2=Cox |first2=Tim |first=Bill |last=Trotter |date=July 24, 2013 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |accessdate=June 1, 2014}}
6. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.pressherald.com/2013/07/24/maine-hikers-lost-car-accident-roque-bluffs-state-park-amy-stiner-melissa-moyer/ |title=Wrong turn led to hikers’ deadly Maine plunge |first=David |last=Hench |date=July 24, 2013 |newspaper=Portland Press Herald |accessdate=June 18, 2015}}
7. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2011/03/22/news/investigation-of-man-gone-missing-in-rogue-bluffs-handed-back-to-canadian-authorities/ |title=US investigation of missing man handed back to Canadian authorities |first=Sharon |last=Mack |date=March 22, 2011 |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |accessdate=March 9, 2018}}
8. ^1 {{IMDb name|nm1938878|Torray Wallace}}