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The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a 170-mile-long (270 km) [1] river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward. Harris Station Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in the state, was constructed near that confluence.
State Route 27 (abbreviated SR 27) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running 154.1 miles (248.0 km) from the village of Newagen in Southport at SR 238 to the Coburn Gore–Woburn Border Crossing, where it continues into Quebec as Route 161.
The Coburn Gore–Woburn Border Crossing connects the towns of Woburn, Quebec, and Coburn Gore, Maine, along the Canada–United States border. It is a land crossing, located where Quebec Route 161 and Maine State Route 27 meet. The U.S. border station, built in 1931, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This mountain, which has no formal name, is located on the Canada–US border between boundary markers 445 and 446. It is the highest point on the border east of the Rocky Mountains . [ 2 ] Specifically it is the highest point for 3,190 miles (5,130 km) of border from the Passamquoddy Bay up to 111 degrees west in Liberty County, Montana at ...
From there, they would use shallow-draft river boats called bateaux to continue up the Kennebec River, cross the height of land to Lake Mégantic, and descend the Chaudière River to Quebec. [9] Arnold expected to cover the 180 miles (290 km) from Fort Western to Quebec in 20 days, [10] despite the fact that little was known about the route. [9]
It runs for 157.46 miles (253.41 km) entirely within the state of Maine and is a spur route of U.S. Route 1. Its southern terminus is in Brunswick at US 1 and Maine State Route 24 Business. Its northern terminus is at the Canada–US border near Jackman (a terminus it shares with Maine State Route 6), where it connects to Quebec Route 173.
The Kennebec and Portland Railroad was chartered in 1836, and completed from Portland to Augusta in 1851. It was reorganized as the Portland and Kennebec Railroad in 1862, leased as the Maine Central lower road main line in 1870, and purchased in 1874. [1] Presumpscot River bridge [4] Milepost 7.9: West Falmouth station opened in 1850. [1]
The Dead River, sometimes called the West Branch, is a 42.6-mile-long (68.6 km) [1] river in central Maine in the United States. Its source is Flagstaff Lake , where its two main tributaries, South Branch Dead River and North Branch Dead River , join ( 45°09′41″N 70°25′55″W / 45.1615°N 70.4320°W / 45.1615; -70.4320 ...