Imnarkuan
Ghost town · Washington County, Maine

Imnarkuan is a ghost town in Washington County, Maine. It is the only former community in Washington County recorded on the federal names register, out of 39 across Maine.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Imnarkuan as a historical populated place on the Pembroke topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 44.9537° N, 67.1619° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Pembroke |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 26 ft |
| Nearest living town | Eastport, ME |
| Distance to it | 8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1909211 |
| Coordinates | 44.95369, -67.16193 |
What's there now
Imnarkuan is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Eastport, ME (population 1,230), about 8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 26 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Lubec Channel Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 11.9 mi
- Saint Croix River Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 12.2 mi
- West Quoddy Head Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 14.1 mi
- Whitlocks Mill Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 14.8 mi
- Little River Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 21 mi
- Avery Rock Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 22.5 mi
- Libby Island Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 28.5 mi
- Moose Peak Light Shalen’s New Homelighthouse · Washington County · 37.8 mi
- Nash Island Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 44.4 mi
- Narraguagus Lightlighthouse · Washington County · 47.6 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.