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Located within the Gulf of Maine watershed, the Great Bay Estuary is a drowned river valley composed of high-energy tidal waters, deep channels and fringing mudflats. The entire estuary extends inland from the mouth of the Piscataqua River between Kittery, Maine, and New Castle, New Hampshire through Little Bay into Great Bay proper at Furber Strait, a distance of 12 miles (19 km).
The river passes over Mill Pond Dam near NH Route 108 in Durham where the river reaches tidewater. The dam dates to 1913 [3] and is listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places, [4] where it is referred to as the Oyster River Dam. [5] Prior wooden dams provided power to sawmills and gristmills dating back to the mid-1600s. [6]
Newington is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 811 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] It is bounded to the west by Great Bay , to the northwest by Little Bay and to the northeast by the Piscataqua River .
Newington's Old Parsonage (1710), one of the oldest buildings in New Hampshire. The town of Newington was originally settled in the 17th century as part of Dover. It was set off as a separate parish in 1712, and incorporated as a separate town in 1713. Its historic town center's origins date to 1640, when common land was set aside by the town.
New Hampshire is a state located in the Northeastern United States. It is divided into 234 municipalities, including 221 towns and 13 cities. New Hampshire is organized along the New England town model, where the state is nearly completely incorporated and divided into towns, 13 of which are designated as "cities". For each town/city, the table ...
Long Point Rd. near Great Bay shore in the Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, New Hampshire Coordinates 43°4′45″N 70°51′29″W / 43.07917°N 70.85806°W / 43.07917; -70
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1992 and is located along the eastern shore of New Hampshire's Great Bay in the town of Newington. The area was formerly part of a weapons storage area at Pease Air Force Base , which was closed in 1991.