Birch Point, also called Clark’s Point, is a petroglyphic site on a peninsula in Machiasport, Maine, and has long been important to the Passamaquoddy people. Its tidally washed ledges hold extensive panels of rock art within a broader southeastern Maine concentration, with human activity at the site dating back more than 3,000 years. In 1888, Garrick Mallery recorded 57 carved figures made by repeated blows with harder stone tools. The carvings’ placement reflects a changing shoreline: older figures lie nearest the water, some now submerged, while higher ledges lack art, a pattern linked to the 18th-century loss of Native control. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, and its coastal properties were transferred to the Passamaquoddy Tribe in 2006.

Machiasport, Maine · USA