On the Old Canada Road

Your Home Away From Home

Est. 1816 · Caratunk, Maine

Welcome

Meet Bill and Sue, your innkeepers

We're Bill and Sue Dunigan. After 19 years serving with the Salvation Army, including 15 years managing the historic Jubilee House in Boston, we brought our love of hospitality to Maine's Upper Kennebec Valley.

Bill is an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, so he knows exactly what you need after a long day outside. Sue has spent decades making places where guests feel like family. This building first opened as a stagecoach stop in 1816, and we're proud to keep its door open.

Our story →
Bill and Sue Dunigan on the porch beside the Sterling Inn sign

Who stays with us

However you got here, there's a bed and a hot breakfast waiting

AT hikers

One mile from the trail near the Kennebec crossing. Clean beds, hot showers, laundry, resupply, and a shuttle, from someone who has walked it.

Hiker services →

Snowmobilers

ITS 86/87 runs right to our door. Ride in, park the sled out front, warm up, and do it again tomorrow.

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Winter and ski families

An easygoing, affordable base for a Maine winter, with room for the whole crew and breakfast before you head out.

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Boston to Quebec travelers

We're right on Route 201, the Old Canada Road. Break up the drive with a quiet night and a real breakfast.

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Retreats and whole-inn groups

Fifteen rooms, a great room, and a long table. Take the whole inn for your group, family, or team.

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Rooms

Fifteen rooms, two hundred years of good sleep

Fulls from $100, Queens from $135, Kings from $150, and Doubles from $165. Every stay includes breakfast.

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A guest room at The Sterling Inn, with a pine sleigh bed and a quilt

What's on

Upcoming events

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The front door and porch, with the welcome board and hiker box The dining room set with round tables and flowers, with the sitting area beyond Shelves inside the Caratunk Country Store Snowmobiles parked out front

Come stay with us

Booking directly with us is always the best rate, and stays of 3 nights or more save 20%.

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Or call us at (207) 672-3333 · info@mainesterlinginn.com