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Webb River
The Webb River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 30, 2011 river in western Maine. It is a tributary of the Androscoggin River, which flows to the Kennebec River and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean. The Webb River begins at the outlet of Webb Lake near the southern border of the town of Weld and flows south, quickly entering the town of Carthage, where it turns southwest, then south again. The southernmost of the river forms the boundary between the towns of Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ... and Dixfield. The river enters the Androscoggin just west of the village of Dixfield. The entire course of the river is paralleled by Maine Route 142. See also * List of rivers of Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixfield, Maine
Dixfield is a New England town, town in Oxford County, Maine, Oxford County, Maine, United States. Dixfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 2,253 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The town motto of Dixfield is "The Only One", because it is the only town in the world to claim that name. Dr. Elijeh Dix, a substantial landowner in the area, bought the town (and Dixmont) which bears his name. History The Massachusetts General Court granted the township in 1789 to Colonel Jonathan Holman of Sutton, Massachusetts, Sutton, Massachusetts (now Millbury, Massachusetts, Millbury), an American Revolutionary War veteran, together with 25 others. In 1795, the first permanent settlers arrived with their families—John Marble, Gardner Brown, Amos Trask, Levi Newton, David Torrey and John Gould. It was called Holmantown Plantation until part of it was incorporated on June 21, 1803, as Dixfield, the 147th to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia. Maine is the largest U.S. state, state in New England by total area, nearly larger than the combined area of the remaining five states. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, 50 U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 12th-smallest by area, the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 9th-least populous, the List of U.S. states by population density, 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural. Maine's List of capitals in the United States, capital is Augusta, Maine, Augusta, and List of municipalities in Maine, its most populous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Androscoggin River
The Androscoggin River (Abenaki: ''Ammoscongon'') is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data''The National Map'', accessed June 30, 2011 long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is in area. The name "Androscoggin" comes from the Eastern Abenaki term ''Ammoscongon'', which referred to the entire portion of the river north of the Great Falls in Lewiston, Maine. The Anglicization of the Abenaki term is likely an analogical contamination with the colonial governor Edmund Andros. History There were several ancient names for the river. The Androscoggin was known as ''Pejepscook'' from Merrymeeting Bay to the Great Falls, with its namesake deriving from an anglicization of the section of river from the Great Falls northward. According to the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennebec River
The Kennebec River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 30, 2011 natural river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward. Harris Station Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in the state, was constructed near that confluence. The river is joined at The Forks, Maine, The Forks by its tributary, the Dead River (Kennebec River), Dead River, also called the West Branch. It continues south past the towns of Madison, Maine, Madison, Skowhegan, Maine, Skowhegan, the city of Waterville, Maine, Waterville, and the state capital Augusta, Maine, Augusta. At Richmond, Maine, Richmond, it flows into Merrymeeting Bay, a freshwater tidal bay into which also flow the Androscoggin River and five smaller rivers. The Kennebec runs past the shipbuil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for separating the New World of the Americas (North America and South America) from the Old World of Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Asia, and Europe). Through its separation of Afro-Eurasia from the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean has played a central role in the development of human society, globalization, and the histories of many nations. While the Norse colonization of North America, Norse were the first known humans to cross the Atlantic, it was the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 that proved to be the most consequential. Columbus's expedition ushered in an Age of Discovery, age of exploration and colonization of the Americas by European powers, most notably Portuguese Empire, Portugal, Spanish Empire, Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Webb Lake (Maine)
Webb Lake is a lake in the town of Weld in Franklin County, Maine. Webb Lake is publicly accessible via a boat launch in Mount Blue State Park and has several fish species, including brook trout. The lake's principal fisheries are brown trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, and chain pickerel The chain pickerel (''Esox niger'') is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (biology), family (family Esocidae) of order (biology), order Esociformes. The chain pickerel and the American pickerel (''E. americanus'') belong to the ''Esox .... Water quality is marginal for coldwater fish due to warm temperatures and low dissolved oxygen Lake Webb is home to Camp Kawanhee for Boys and The Kawanhee Inn. It is also home to Camp Lawroweld at the head of the lake. References 6. Lakes of Franklin County, Maine Lakes of Maine {{Maine-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weld, Maine
Weld is a New England town, town in Franklin County, Maine, Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 376 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Set beside Webb Lake (Maine), Webb Lake and almost surrounded by mountains, Weld is noted for its scenery. It is home to Mount Blue State Park, Camp Kawanhee for Boys, and Camp Lawroweld. History Originally called No. 5 (or Webb's Pond Plantation), it was first settled in 1800 by Nathaniel Kittredge and his family from Chester, New Hampshire. The town was part of an extensive tract purchased about 1790 from the state of Massachusetts by Jonathan Phillips of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston. Phillips was an investor whose agent, Jacob Abbott of Wilton, New Hampshire, resold parcels of the land to settlers. Together with Benjamin Weld of Boston, Abbott and his brother-in-law Thomas Russell Jr. in 1815 bought what remained of the Phillips tract. Incorporated on February 8, 1816, the town was named for its proprietor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carthage, Maine
Carthage is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 509 at the 2020 census. History First known as Plantation No. 4, Abbott's Purchase, it was part of a large tract of land bought in 1815 by Jacob Abbott of Wilton, New Hampshire from Jonathan Phillips of Boston, who had purchased an even larger tract from the state of Massachusetts about 1790. Plantation No. 4 was noted for extensive forests of pine and valuable formations of limestone. In 1804, William Bowley and his family from Bristol, New Hampshire settled in Plantation No. 4, and with his brother Oliver and father Gideon, built the first sawmill at what was called Bowley's Mills on the Webb River at the foot of Webb Lake. They built a gristmill the following year. The town was incorporated on February 20, 1826, and named after Carthage, the ancient Mediterranean city in what is today Tunisia in North Africa. In 1849, land was set off to form a new Plantation No. 4. By 1880, when the population w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico, Maine
Mexico, near Rumford, is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Mexico is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 2,756 at the 2020 census. Mexico is a small mill town for the papermaking industry. History The land was once part of Holmanstown Plantation, granted by the Massachusetts General Court in 1789 to Colonel Jonathan Holman of Sutton, Massachusetts (now Millbury) and others. In 1803, Dixfield was set off and incorporated. The plantation's remaining portion, which had been first settled by Isaac Gleason, was incorporated on February 13, 1818, as the town of Mexico. The name was inspired by local sympathy for Mexico's 1810–1821 fight for independence from Spain.History of Mexico, Maine Then known as Mexico Corner, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine State Route 142
State Route 142 (SR 142) is a numbered state highway in the U.S. state of Maine that runs from U.S. Route 2 (US 2) and SR 17 in Dixfield to SR 16 and SR 27 in Kingfield. Route description The route begins at its southern terminus in Dixfield. It heads north through Carthage Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classic ... before turning left at SR 156 in Weld. It goes north again before turning right onto a concurrency with SR 4 in Phillips. It turns left twice there before going northwest to Kingfield, then another left turn leads to the route's northern terminus. Major junctions References External links * 142 Transportation in Oxford County, Maine Transportation in Franklin County, Maine {{Maine-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Maine
List of rivers in Maine these are the rivers in Maine Saint John River Note: Higher part of Saint John River is recuperating water from tributaries of Southeast Quebec Left bank of Saint John River (Maine) * Saint John River ** Southwest Branch Saint John River, Quebec and Maine *** Little Southwest Branch Saint John River *** Baker Branch Saint John River ** Northwest Branch Saint John River *** Daaquam River, Quebec and Maine ** Big Black River in Maine (''Grande rivière Noire'' in Québec) *** Depot River **** Brown River, Quebec and Maine *** Gobeil River, Quebec and Maine *** Shields Branch in Maine (''rivière du Rochu'' in Quebec) *** Fivemile Brook in Maine (''Rivière des Cinq Milles'' in Quebec) *** Twomile Brook in Maine (''Rivière des Deux Milles'' in Quebec) **** Little Saint Roch River *** Chimenticook River, Maine *** East Lake (Kamouraska), Quebec and Maine *** Pocwock River, Quebec and Maine **** Pocwock River West Branch, Quebec and Maine **** Pocwock Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
