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The two lakes had been separate before the dam was built. Upper Dam was rebuilt once in the late 1800s [3] and most recently from 2012 to 2016 [4]. Mooselookmeguntic Lake's maximum depth is 132 feet (40 m) and its surface area is 25.5 square miles (66 km 2). [5] It is the sixth largest lake in Maine.
The Baring Division covers 20,016 acres (81.00 km 2) and is located off U.S. Route 1, southwest of Calais, Maine. The 8,735-acre (35.35 km 2 ) Edmunds Division is between Dennysville and Whiting on U.S. Route 1 and borders the tidal waters of Cobscook Bay .
Hopkins' bioclimatic law states that in North America east of the Rockies, a 130-m (400-foot) increase in elevation, a 4° change in latitude North (444.48 km), or a 10° change in longitude East (two-thirds of a time zone) will cause a biological event to occur four days later in the spring or four days earlier in the fall. [1]
Maine also historically had a nesting population of golden eagles, though today it is only part of their winter range. Other common species include the common nighthawk , whip-poor-will , chimney swift , black-capped chickadee , indigo bunting , scarlet tanager , American goldfinch , tufted titmouse and the mourning dove .
Nov. 13—The Maine Warden Service is investigating the illegal killings of two moose in Washington and Aroostook counties. The deaths occurred last week but are unrelated, according to the Maine ...
The park was developed as a dairy farm by the Carver family in 1859. At one point, the 186-acre property had a house, barn, two silos, and sixty head of cattle. After most of the buildings burned down in 1927, the descendants of Captain George A. Carver offered the land to the State of Maine as a park in 1952. [4] [5] It opened in 1963. [6]
The Sebasticook River is a 76-mile-long (122 km) [1] river in the central part of Maine, in the United States. From its source ( 45°03′17″N 69°13′36″W / 45.05480°N 69.22655°W / 45.05480; -69.22655 ( Sebasticook River source ) ) in Dexter , the upper "Main Stream" section flows generally west and south 30 miles (48 km ...
On March 19, 1897, The Maine legislature passed a bill requiring hunting guides to register with the state. Maine registered 1316 guides in that first year. The first Registered Maine Guide was a woman, Cornelia Thurza Crosby, or "Fly Rod Crosby", as she was popularly known. In addition to being its first licensed guide, she promoted Maine's ...