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Chesuncook Lake is a reservoir in Piscataquis County, Maine, within the North Maine Woods. The lake was formed by the damming of the West Branch Penobscot River by dams built in 1835, 1903, and 1916 respectively. [ 1 ]
Chesuncook (/ tʃ ɪ ˈ s ʌ n k ʊ k /, chih-SUN-kuuk) [2] is a small unincorporated settlement on the northwestern shore of Chesuncook Lake in rural central Piscataquis County, Maine. A small village, originally supporting logging operations in the area, has existed here since at least the time of Henry David Thoreau , who wrote about it in ...
The dam forms a hydroelectric reservoir raising the level of Ripogenus Lake to include the upstream Chesuncook Lake, Caribou Lake, and Moose Pond. This reservoir is commonly referred to by the name of its largest included lake, Chesuncook. The gorge provides an unusual exposure of Maine North Woods bedrock typically covered by saturated glacial ...
It is the fifth-largest lake system in Maine, exceeded only by Moosehead Lake at 74,890 acres (303 km 2), Sebago Lake at 28,771 acres (116 km 2), Chesuncook Lake at 23,070 acres (93 km 2), and Flagstaff Lake at 20,300 acres (82 km 2). The Pemadumcook Chain of Lakes occupy 18,300 acres (74 km 2). [2]
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The Hastings Cutoff: Grantsville to Donner Springs, May 1996. Salt Lake City, UT: [Utah Crossroads Chapter, Oregon-California Trails Association], 1996. Tea, Roy D., ed. Hastings Longtripp: A Hastings Cutoff Trail Guide from Donner Spring to the Humboldt River. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Crossroads, Oregon-California Trails Association, 1996.
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The Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District encompasses a series of important archaeological sites in a remote area of northern Maine, United States.These sites offer evidence of human habitation dating to not long after the retreat of the glaciers following the Wisconsin glaciation, with extensive stone tool workshops working with red chert found in abundance in the area.