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Flagstaff Lake from Bigelow Mountain (2003) The township is immediately west of Carrying Place Town Township, host to the next northerly section of the AT. Little Bigelow Mountain, Myron H. Avery Peak, and West…
Year Population 1970 367 1980 517 1990 552 2000 599 2010 560 Geographic Data N. Latitude 44:40:23 W. Longitude 67:42:49 Maine House District 138 Maine Senate District 6 Congress District 2 Area sq. mi. (total) 24.7 Area sq. mi. (land) 24.5 Population/sq.mi. (land) 22.9 County: Washington Total=land+water; Land=land only [kol-UM-bee-ah FALLS] is a town in…
This township is in southern Piscataquis County, just west of Brownville. Originally Williamsburg and Barnard were within Number Six, Range Eight township, and adjoined Brownville on the west. In 1834 the original township was split when Barnard and Williamsburg each became incorporated towns. In 1939, in the midst of the Great Depression, Williamsburg gave up…
This is a small, irregular boot-shaped township north of Sebec in Piscataquis County. Barnard Corner is a modest village in the southeast. The only improved road is a north-south stretch of about four miles with three names: Sebec Village Road (south), Barnard Road (middle) and Austin Road (north). The landscape contains no lakes, ponds, or mountains.…
Parker Cleaveland House, National Historic Landmark [75 Federal Street in Brunswick] Parker Cleaveland, nationally known for his contributions to the study of mineralogy, lived here from 1806 to 1858. A professor at Bowdoin College, he conducted some of the earliest studies of mineralogy in the United States. In 1816 his Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology was the…
As Socrates is said to have urged, on seeking knowledge: “first let us define our terms.” For early Maine mill owners “falls” were the drop in a stream or river that could be harnessed for power. Rapids also involve drops in a waterway, often with rocks as obstacles to navigation with canoes, kayaks and rafts. The…
Porcupines, a large rodent, found in Maine are good climbers, spending much of their time in trees. Some even have tails that help in gripping tree trunks to help in climbing. The North American porcupine is the only species that lives in Maine. It is the largest of all porcupines. A single animal may have…
The small village is located in the northeast corner of The Forks Plantation and at East Moxie Township.. At the north end of Moxie Pond, it is the northern access point for the Pond and for the seasonal cottages along the Pond on the Troutdale (private) Road. The road is available on the “Pass at…
Jessica U. Meir (1977- ) born in Caribou, was selected by NASA in 2013. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Brown University, a Master of Science in Space Studies from the International Space University, and a Doctorate in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD). From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Meir…
This township in Piscataquis County abuts a long shore of Moosehead Lake by way of Spencer Bay. The Spencer Bay Road trends northwest from Kokadjo to Spencer Pond in East Middlesex Canal Grant Township. Roach River also flows northwest about five miles from First Roach Pond to Spencer Bay. Campgrounds are frequent along the northeast…
West of Moosehead Lake and north of Rockwood Strip, this township has several miles of frontage on the northwestern shore of Brassua Lake. The only improved road is the north-south Demo Road between Rockwood Strip and Soldiertown Township (T2 R3 NBKP). The township has miles of unimproved roads, apparently to support the logging industry. NBKP…
The township lies just north of Lily Bay State Park and Campground in Beaver Cove on the shore of Moosehead Lake’s Lily Bay. Lily Bay Road, the only improved road, runs inland and northwest to Kokadjo Village and First Roach Pond, both of which are in Frenchtown Township. The northern part of the township is a…
This township in Somerset County is on the Long Falls Dam Road leading to Flagstaff Lake in Dead River Township. There is virtually no village area. The small community and Highland Plantation to the north have joined forces to create a common fire department. Happy Horseshoe Campground, on the Dam Road, caters to camper-trailers, providing…
This township in the North Maine Woods is just west of the town of Masardis, off the Garfield Road. The Craig Road, Craigville Road and, Craig Camp Roads in the southern area are the improved dirt roads in the township. Unimproved roads scatter in the central and northern reaches. Yes, moose abound in the north…
This township is just west of Stockholm and North of Westmanland in the Swedish Colony area of Aroostook County. The historic “Sunset Lodge” was a ceder log camp built in 1932 by Bruce Ward on the shore of the Lake. The Lodge apparently has been demolished based on a survey of the area in 2016.…
The Iron Works township contains the remaining structures of a once thriving industrial site. That site is now recognized as a historic treasure by its listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Katahdin Iron Works once included a small village and roads in this remote location. During the height of the Iron Works operation,…
[STRONG] is a town in Franklin County, settled in 1784 and incorporated on January 31, 1801 from the township T3 R1 NPC, WKR, once known as Reedstown Plantation. Maine’s Republican Party was founded here on August 7, 1854 by a coalition of anti-slavery Democrats, other Democrats, and Whigs. Israel Washburn, Jr., then a Whig, became…
On March 4, 1808 Freeman was organized as a town. In 1823 is set off land to form North Salem (now Salem Township. Ten years later it set off more land to New Portland. By 1838, during the Great Depression, it surrendered its organization and reverted to become an unorganized township in in Franklin County.…
Brunswick Landing is a multi-purpose site on the former Brunswick Naval Air Station in the Town of Brunswick. Brunswick Executive Airport (BXM) at Brunswick Landing has two 8,000 foot runways, 650,000 square feet of hangar space and maintenance facilities, over 103 acres of taxiways and aircraft parking apron space. It also has an advanced glycol…