New Maine Geologic Fact and Locality Available
The latest Maine Geologic Fact and Locality, A Tale of Two Shorelines: Historical Shoreline Changes at Higgins Beach, Scarborough, ME, takes us back in time, beginning in the 1920’s, to visually narrate the evolution of seawall development along Higgins Beach over the past century. By extensively analyzing historical photography, historical aerial photography, and historical photo re-creations, this research highlights the noticeable ways that seawalls and development can literally reshape a beach over a hundred years.
Many thanks to Steve Seabury of www.higginsbeachproperties.com for providing access to many of the historical photos used in this project.
 Aerial photograph overlooking Higgins Beach captured in the 1920’s.
 A re-creation of the 1920's Higgins Beach image taken in October 2024 using a DJI Mavic 3E drone
If you are interested in being a guest author or if you know of an interesting geologic site that you would like MGS to consider visiting and documenting, please email Christian Halsted, Director, Earth Resources Information, Maine Geological Survey, at christian.h.halsted@maine.gov.
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