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Log jam at Ripogenus Gorge during 1870s log driving.. The North Maine Woods is the northern geographic area of the state of Maine in the United States.The thinly populated region is overseen by a combination of private individual and private industrial owners and state government agencies, and is divided into 155 unincorporated townships within the NMW management area. [1]
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.
Known in Maine as "The County", [7] [8] it is the largest county in Maine by total area, the second-largest in the United States east of the Mississippi River by total area [9] [10] [7] (behind St. Louis County, Minnesota), and the 31st-largest county in the entire contiguous U.S.
Fort Kent stands on a slight rise overlooking the Saint John River, just west of the mouth of the Fish River. The Saint John is in this area part of the Canada–United States border, and the region on both sides of the river was until the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty territory disputed by both the United States and the United Kingdom, of which New Brunswick was then a colonial province.
Maine (/ m eɪ n / ⓘ MAYN) [10] is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeastern most state in the Lower 48.It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia.
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
The Desert of Maine is a natural curiosity and privately owned tourist attraction whose main feature is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) expanse of barren glacial sand in the town of Freeport, Maine, United States. The area was de‑vegetated by poor farming practices in the 19th century.