The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a 170-mile-long (270 km) river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central...
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Kennebec is a name of the Kennebec people, a North American native people. Kennebec may also refer to: Kennebec, an area of Quebec represented in the...
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River Dyer River Marsh River Cross River Back River (Boothbay, Maine) Sasanoa River – connects to Kennebec River Little Sheepscot River Little River (Georgetown...
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are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. The population of Acadia included the various indigenous First Nations...
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Winslow, Maine (redirect from Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine)
Winslow is a town and census-designated place in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, along the Kennebec River across from Waterville. The population was...
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River source)). It flows generally east to join the Kennebec River at The Forks, Maine. The Dead River played a role in the American Revolution. In the fall...
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25-pound steel rails ran five miles from Randolph, Maine (across the Kennebec River from Gardiner) to the veterans home at Togus. Train service began on...
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Augusta, Maine (category Cities in Kennebec County, Maine)
1607 by English settlers from the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Before European settlement, Algonquian-speaking Indians lived in the...
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Sandy River may refer to: Sandy River (Chandler Bay), Jonesport, Maine Sandy River (Kennebec River) in Maine Sandy River (Mississippi River), a tributary...
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Kennebec County is a county located in the South-central portion of the U.S. state of Maine. At the 2020 census, the population was 123,642. Its county...
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Kennebec Bridge may refer to these bridges crossing the Kennebec River: Kennebec Memorial Bridge (Augusta, Maine) Maine Kennebec Bridge (Richmond-Dresden...
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English as Back River Atlatzi River, British Columbia, formerly known as the Back River Back River (Jamaica) Back River (Kennebec River), a river in coastal...
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provinces, as well as parts of Quebec and present-day Maine to the Kennebec River. It was ethnically, geographically and administratively different from...
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Examples include the Kennebec River ("long water place") and Kennebunk in Maine, the Quinebaug River ("long pond"), Quinapoxet River ("at the little long...
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County, Maine, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Kennebec River. The population was 2,155 at the 2020 census. It is within the Portland–South...
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Sandy River is a 73.3-mile-long (118.0 km) tributary of the Kennebec River in the U.S. state of Maine. The Sandy River originates in the Sandy River Ponds...
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replaced by the Weston Dam) descended 28 feet over a half-mile on the Kennebec River. From spring until fall the tribe fished here, where abundant salmon...
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border between Acadia and New England, which New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine.: 27, 266 Mainland Nova Scotia came under British...
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incorporated in 1854. The name comes from the "Sagadahoc River", an early name for the Kennebec River. Samuel de Champlain led the first known visit of Europeans...
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Waterville, Maine (category Cities in Kennebec County, Maine)
Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The city is home to Colby College, Thomas College...
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built by the Province of Massachusetts Bay on the western bank of the Kennebec River where Richmond is located today. Named for Ludovic Stewart, 1st Duke...
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troops rested and re-provisioned here in 1775 during their march up the Kennebec River to the Battle of Quebec. Following the Revolutionary War, Fairfield...
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Moosehead Lake (category Kennebec River)
mostly undeveloped Longfellow Mountains, the lake is the source of the Kennebec River. Several rural Townships border the lake. Greenville is by far the largest...
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dipper. Built in 1837, the 24-foot (7.3 m) tall Edwards Dam on the Kennebec River in Maine blocked passage to Atlantic Salmon and American Shad. Its 1999...
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The Eastern River is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) tributary of the Kennebec River in Pittston and Dresden, Maine. The river rises in Eastern Pittston at...
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of duck hunters spotted the bloated body of a woman floating in the Kennebec River near Gardiner. An autopsy determined that the body belonged to Constance...
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the last significant colonial outposts in Maine. The portages up the Kennebec River proved grueling, and the boats frequently leaked, ruining gunpowder...
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Back River is a 16-mile-long (26 km) waterway in coastal Maine, USA, in the combined estuary of the Sheepscot and the Kennebec rivers. The Back River runs...
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866 at the 2020 census. Bingham is a historic town located beside the Kennebec River. The primary settlement in town, where over 86% of the population resides...
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Norridgewock (redirect from Kennebec people)
along the claimed western border of Acadia, the western bank of the Kennebec River. Archaeological evidence has identified several different sites associated...
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