East Machias is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States on the East Machias River. At the 2010 census, the town population was 1,368. It is
the University of Maine at Machias and Machias Valley Airport, a small public airport owned by the town. The word Machias roughly translates in Passamaquoddy
East Machias was first settled in the 1760s, and was part of neighboring Machias until 1826. Its principal settlement grew near a falls on the East Machias
people of Machias captured additional British ships, and fought off a large force that tried to take control of the town in the Battle of Machias in 1777
Machias Seal Island is an island in disputed water between the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, about 16 km (10 mi) southeast from Cutler, Maine, and