
Kenduskeag Stream is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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, accessed June 22, 2011 stream in the
U.S. state
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of
Maine
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. It is a tributary of the
Penobscot River
The Penobscot River ( Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's ...
. The stream rises at the outlet of Garland Pond in the town of
Garland
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Etymology
From the ...
, and flows southeast through
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,
Kenduskeag, and
Glenburn, before it reaches the city of
Bangor
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. Passing through downtown Bangor, the stream drops in , flowing into the Penobscot between the two downtown bridges across the larger river. Kenduskeag means "eel weir place" in
Penobscot
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.
Notable
Kenduskeag Stream plays an important role in the fictional town of
Derry
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, Maine, in the works of
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.
In 1984,
Charlie Howard, victim of a
hate-crime
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, was harassed and assaulted by
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teenagers who then threw him over the State Bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, and Howard died by drowning.
In 2018, Peter Manuel of Bangor also died by drowning in the stream.
External links
Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
References
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Rivers of Maine
Rivers of Penobscot County, Maine