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The origin of the name Maine is unclear. One theory is that it was named after the French province of Maine. Another is that it derives from a practical nautical term, "the main" or "Main Land", "Meyne" or "Mainland", which served to distinguish the bulk of the state from its numerous islands. [ 1] Whatever the origin, the name was fixed for ...
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in the U.S. state of Maine is a major north–south section of the United States Numbered Highway System, serving the eastern part of the state.It parallels the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire north through Portland, Brunswick, and Belfast to Calais, and then the St. Croix River and the rest of the Canada–United States border via Houlton to Fort Kent.
Ripogenus Gorge. / 45.8759°N 69.15°W / 45.8759; -69.15. Ripogenus Gorge is a rock-walled canyon formed in Maine where the West Branch Penobscot River crosses the Caribou Lake anticline. Ripogenus Falls controlled discharge from Ripogenus Lake until Ripogenus Dam was completed at the upstream end of the gorge in 1916.
23-84135. GNIS feature ID. 0582810. Website. westportisland .us. Westport Island, formerly Westport, [2] is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In the 19th century the island was known as Jeremysquam, a nickname islanders still use for it. [3] The population was 719 at the 2020 census. [4]
Routes crossing state borders. New Hampshire Route 113B and New Hampshire Route 153 enter Maine. NH 153 remains entirely under NHDOT maintenance. NH 113B is a loop of Maine State Route 113. The spans of NH 113B within Maine are considered unnumbered highway by the MDOT. SR 113 enters New Hampshire several times but remains under MDOT ...
Mount Desert Island (MDI; [4] French: Île des Monts Déserts) in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest island off the coast of Maine.With an area of 108 square miles (280 km 2) [5] it is the 52nd-largest island in the United States, the sixth-largest island in the contiguous United States, and the second-largest island on the Eastern Seaboard, behind Long Island and ahead of Martha's Vineyard.
Moosehead Lake is a deep, coldwater lake located in Piscataquis County in Northwestern Maine. It is the largest lake in Maine, second-largest lake in New England (after Lake Champlain ), and the largest mountain lake in the eastern United States. Situated in the mostly undeveloped Longfellow Mountains, the lake is the source of the Kennebec River.
SR 6 is the only highway in Maine to terminate at the Canadian border at both ends. With a length of 207.23 miles (333.50 km), it is the third-longest state highway in Maine. Much of SR 6 runs through isolated parts of the state. More than two-thirds of the length of SR 6 is concurrent with other highways.