Passagassawakeag River
| Passagassawakeag River | |
|---|---|
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad just beyond the old Upper Bridge a little more than a mile inland from Belfast, ME, where it empties into Belfast Bay. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Passagassawakeag |
| • location | Maine |
| • elevation | 308 feet (90 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Belfast Bay |
• coordinates | 44°25′48″N 69°00′22″W / 44.430°N 69.006°W |
• elevation | sea level |
The Passagassawakeag River (US Route 1.
The waterway's name is of local Native American origin and is believed to mean "a sturgeon's place" or "a place for spearing sturgeon by torchlight."[2]
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad
, crossing the river heading inland from Belfast Bay.References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 22, 2011
- ^ Fannie Hardy Eckstrom, Indian Place-Names of the Penobscot Valley and the Maine Coast; Univ of Maine Press; Orono, Maine 1974 (original 1941)
External links
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- "Passagassawakeag River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2010-06-17.