A Brief History: 

Located in picturesque South Bristol in Midcoast Maine, Gamage Shipyard has been a fixture of the Maine Coastline for more than 150 years. With a family history in boat building, the staff will take care of your boat with the care, dedication, and knowledge that only a lifelong shipbuilding professional can provide.

The rounded peninsular that is today the Gamage Shipyard marina has been a prominent South Bristol landmark for more than 250 years.

Native Americans made extensive use of the Bristol peninsula. What we now call the Gut was on the major travel route for native Americans going up and down the coast. The shipyard property is one of the more accessible locations on the Gut and certainly would have attracted the attention of both traveling and seasonal camping Indians.

European fishermen and explorers first appeared on the midcoast of Maine late in the 16th century. Pemaquid village was one of the first settlements established in the New World.By mid 17th century, the South Bristol mainland, belonged to George Buckland. Buckland appears several times in the records of Pemaquid after 1647. He was "appointed and to have the liberty to keep(a) house of publicke entertaynment and to retayle beare, wine and, licquors" in 1675. Where might Buckland's "publicke house" have been located The shipyard property, with its down river view, frequent small boat traffic, and safe anchorage would have been prime colonial real estate.