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County Town Area [1] Estab-lished River / lake / other Image Remarks acres ha Allagash Wilderness Waterway: Aroostook, Piscataquis: 24,164 9,779 1966 Allagash River: Canoeing, fishing, hunting, camping Androscoggin Riverlands: Androscoggin: Turner: 2,674 1,082 Androscoggin River: Canoeing, multi-use trails along 12 miles of river frontage ...
This is a list of the 16 counties in the U.S. state of Maine. Before statehood, Maine was officially part of the state of Massachusetts and was called the District of Maine. Maine was granted statehood on March 15, 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise. Nine of the 16 counties had their borders defined while Maine was still part of ...
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Shackford Head State Park is a public recreation area on Moose Island in the city of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. The 87-acre (35 ha) state park occupies a peninsula that separates Cobscook Bay and Broad Cove. The land is named for John Shackford, an American Revolutionary War soldier who once owned the headlands. [3]
website, A short walk provides views of Saco Bay and the Gulf of Maine, operated by Maine Audubon The Ecology School: Saco: York: Residential and traveling environmental education programs Ferry Beach State Park: Saco: York: website, 127 acres [2] Fields Pond Audubon Center: Holden: Penobscot: website, 192 acres, operated by Maine Audubon ...
The exact geographic center of the U.S. Virgin Islands is unknown — the default center starting point for the U.S. Virgin Islands on Google Maps is located in the Caribbean Sea, [15] 18.21 miles (29.30 km) south-southeast of Saint Thomas and 18.31 miles (29.47 km) north of Saint Croix — note that this point is the approximate center of the ...
After assuming the Maine Senate presidency during the state's 80th legislative session, Percival Baxter appointed his brother Rupert, a Senator from Sagadahoc County, to the Committee on State Lands and Forest Preservation, which would be considering legislation that would create a state park at Katahdin. Baxter introduced on January 25, 1921 ...
Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park is a public recreation area located on Casco Bay on the southeastern side of Freeport, Maine. The state park occupies 244 acres (99 ha) on a narrow peninsula, Wolfe's Neck, that runs between Casco Bay and the Harraseeket River. [1] It includes white pine and hemlock forests, salt marsh estuary, and rocky shore. [3]