Recent rhetoric about the United States taking over Canada reminds us that we have been through this before. Border conflicts ...

Pair your island journey with a longer sea birding trip. Take our quiz: How many shorebirds can you identify? Be one of the lucky few to watch puffins at arm’s length on Machias Seal Island.

If lighthouses are your thing, a job on Machias ... And the puffins and the razor bills and the terns" arrive to nest, he said. "So, it would be a completely different feeling island than it ...

The islands, named North Rock and Machias Seal, are located in the "grey ... The islands have no long-term inhabitants other than a colony of Puffins and a Canadian who mans the lighthouse.