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</style><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:44.04194444444444,-69.51305555555555"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°02′31″N</span> <span class="longitude">69°30′47″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.04194°N 69.51306°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.04194; -69.51306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">11 acres (4.5 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="Damariscotta_Shell_Midden_Historic_District" title="Damariscotta Shell Midden Historic District">Damariscotta Shell Midden Historic District</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/98001238">ID98001238</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/69000027">69000027</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background: #A8EDEF">Significant dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">December 30, 1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated CP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">October 8, 1998</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<b>Whaleback Shell Midden</b> is a <a href="Midden#Shells" title="Midden">shell midden</a>, or dump, consisting primarily of <a href="Oyster" title="Oyster">oyster</a> shells located on the east side of the <a href="Damariscotta_River" title="Damariscotta River">Damariscotta River</a> in <a href="Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, United States. It is preserved as a <a href="List_of_Maine_state_parks" title="List of Maine state parks">Maine state historic site</a> and was included as part of the <b>Damariscotta Oyster Shell Heaps</b> listed on the <a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1969. <a href="Damariscotta_Shell_Midden_Historic_District" title="Damariscotta Shell Midden Historic District">Other shell middens</a> are located on the estuary in both <a href="Damariscotta%2C_Maine" title="Damariscotta, Maine">Damariscotta</a> and <a href="Newcastle%2C_Maine" title="Newcastle, Maine">Newcastle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-museum_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The middens in this area were formed over about 1,000 years between 200 BC to AD 1000.

</p><p>The midden originally had three main layers of shells. In the bottom two layers, individual shells were generally 5–8 inches (10–20 cm) long. These two layers are separated by a layer of soil, and the middle layer is mixed with animal bones. The top layer contains smaller shells. Artifacts unearthed lead scientists to believe that successive tribes of prehistoric people used the area. The top layer was deposited by members of the <a href="Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Abenaki</a> tribes that fished in the area in the summer.<sup id="cite_ref-MAGDE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAGDE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Originally, the Whaleback midden was more than thirty feet deep, more than 1,650 feet (500 metres) in length, and a width varying from 1,320 to 1,650 feet (400–500 metres). It got its name from its shape. Only a small portion of this midden remains today as much of it was processed into chicken feed from 1886 to 1891 by the Massachusetts-based Damariscotta Shell and Fertilizer company, eroded by rising sea levels, or looted. Because of this, the Glidden midden, located across the river in Newcastle, is now the largest in Maine and the largest on the U.S. east coast north of Georgia.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate_and_culture">Climate and culture</h2></div>

<p>Early people in Maine were influenced by a changing climate largely shaped by <a href="Glaciation" class="mw-redirect" title="Glaciation">glacial processes</a>. The Late Wisconsinan Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) covered Maine's landscape 35,000 years ago, extending far into the ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the climate warmed and the ice sheet retreated, Maine's landscape underwent <a href="Deglaciation" title="Deglaciation">deglaciation</a> from 14,500 to 11,000 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to <a href="Post-glacial_rebound" title="Post-glacial rebound">isostatic rebound</a>, a geological process in which the earth “rebounds” from the depression of a glacier, sea levels fluctuated immensely. At the start of the deglaciation, sea level was much higher inland;<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the landscape at the time would have resembled modern-day <a href="Northern_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Alaska">northern Alaska</a>. This promoted <a href="Hunter-gatherer" title="Hunter-gatherer">hunter-gatherer</a> practices that could respond more quickly to changing climates.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the glacier retreated, sea levels dropped, as low as 180 feet below what we now recognize as the coast of Maine.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the last few thousands of years, the sea level has slowly risen,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> creating Maine’s large <a href="Littoral_zone" title="Littoral zone">littoral zones</a> recognizable to humans today.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The <a href="Archaic_period_(North_America)" title="Archaic period (North America)">Archaic Period</a> of human culture was taking place from about 3,500 to 9,000 years ago, characterized by cultures who started to exploit marine resources.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is much speculation about the <a href="Transhumance" title="Transhumance">transhumance</a> of these early peoples – some hypotheses posit that settlement occupation would cause populations of people to live inland during the summer and by the coast during the winter.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there is not much archaeological evidence to suggest this, and it’s more likely that there were ethnic boundaries between groups of people and that transhumance was not occurring, meaning that populations were staying coastal or inland year-round.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The Damariscotta River had been used by humans as early as 5,000 years ago based on archaeological evidence of midden sites along the banks.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the Whaleback shell midden was most heavily populated, it could have been sustaining year-round populations of people. This leads into the question of why the site was occupied so much later than other portions of the river, a question which can be answered by looking at the regional-level geology and sea-level rise.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology_of_Damariscotta">Geology of Damariscotta</h2></div>

<p>The Damariscotta middens are notable for their size and their many oysters by a stream that has few today. The large presence is connected to coastal change, sea-level rise, and the geology of the region.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The midden is located between two <a href="Sill_(geology)" title="Sill (geology)">sills</a>, Johnny Orr and Indraft. These sills, volcanic in origin and most likely millions of years old, have influenced the <a href="Salinity" title="Salinity">salinity</a> and temperature of the river. In fact, on the oceanside of the Johnny Orr sill, the level of the water at high tide is higher than the level on the riverside.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The <a href="Eastern_oyster" title="Eastern oyster">Eastern oyster</a> (<i>Crassostrea virginica</i>) makes up a large portion of the shells located in the middens.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, oysters are not present in significant populations in the river today.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has led geologists to the understanding that at some point in time, there was a great deal of change occurring on the banks of the Damariscotta River that influenced the creation of such substantial middens. Oysters tend to like warmer, <a href="Brackish_water" title="Brackish water">brackish</a> waters<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – at some point in time, salty, cold oceanic water breached the Johnny Orr sill, mixed with warmer, less salty riverine water and created an environment that could sustain oyster populations about 2400 B.P.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The water may have overtaken the sill as sea levels were slowly rising. The reason for the water coming over the sill still remains a gap in the story of the Damariscotta River.

</p><p>Though oysters do still exist buried underneath <a href="Silt" title="Silt">silt</a> near the middens,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> significant oyster populations no longer exist within the river due to four possible reasons: 1) predator introduction,<sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2) suffocation from the dust of the sawmill upshore,<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 3) increasingly <a href="Saline_water" title="Saline water">saline</a> environments,<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 4) lower water temperatures.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In all likelihood, it was probably a combination of all of these factors.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damariscotta is just another example of how changes in the climate have influenced human realities.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Threats_to_middens">Threats to middens</h2></div>

<p>Over 2,000 other middens exist along the Maine coast but many of their locations are undisclosed due to fear of <a href="Looting" title="Looting">looting</a>. Unfortunately, looting is not the only threat they face. As <a href="Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea levels rise</a> due to <a href="Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">climate change</a>, middens like Whaleback have been swept away to the ocean. The thousands of other middens can offer equally compelling evidence of early-Maine habitation, geology, biology, and many more important disciplines. For example, one midden site has helped scientists piece together that at one point, there was a great deal of <a href="Swordfish" title="Swordfish">swordfish</a> being caught within the Gulf of Maine despite being a deep-sea fish that could prove difficult to catch with <a href="Dugout_canoe" title="Dugout canoe">dugouts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This challenges our understanding of early <a href="Maritime_history" title="Maritime history">maritime</a> technology. Though the need to conduct studies on these studies should be done, it is important to note that they should be carried out with the approval of the landowner on whose property the middens are located, as well as with the associated tribes. To start the process of either studying a shell midden or formally recognizing a midden, interested parties can become involved in the University of Maine ‘Midden Minders’ project<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which seeks to catalog the various sites along the coast and document the impact of shoreline change.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_historic_site">State historic site</h2></div>

<p>The area around the remains of the Whaleback is a <a href="List_of_Maine_state_parks" title="List of Maine state parks">Maine state historic site</a>, first opened for a full season in 2005, with some historical displays and a hiking trail.<sup id="cite_ref-dacf_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dacf-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mainetoday_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mainetoday-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oyster_culturing">Oyster culturing</h2></div>

<p>By 1875 oysters that were once abundant were no longer native to <a href="New_England" title="New England">New England</a> waters.<sup id="cite_ref-drake_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drake-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wild populations have been established in recent years by the spawn of <a href="Aquaculture" title="Aquaculture">aquaculture</a> oysters.<sup id="cite_ref-farm_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farm-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div>

<div class="gallerytext">A <a href="Gully" title="Gully">gully</a> running through the midden to the <a href="Damariscotta_River" title="Damariscotta River">Damariscotta River</a>.</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">Closeup of one of the thousand year old <a href="Oyster" title="Oyster">oyster</a> shells.</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">The Glidden Shell Midden is located immediately across the Damariscotta River.</div>

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<ul><li><a href="Damariscotta_Shell_Midden_Historic_District" title="Damariscotta Shell Midden Historic District">Damariscotta Shell Midden Historic District</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lincoln_County%2C_Maine" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine">National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Carlton_Pond_Waterfowl_Production_Area" title="Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area">Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area</a></li>

<li><a href="Cross_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge">Cross Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Franklin_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge">Franklin Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Maine_Coastal_Islands_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge">Maine Coastal Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="Moosehorn_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge">Moosehorn</a></li>

<li><a href="Petit_Manan_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge">Petit Manan</a></li>

<li><a href="Pond_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge">Pond Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Rachel_Carson_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge">Rachel Carson</a></li>

<li><a href="Seal_Island_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge">Seal Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Sunkhaze_Meadows_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge">Sunkhaze Meadows</a></li>

<li><a href="Umbagog_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge">Umbagog</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Maine" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Maine">National Historic Landmarks</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_National_Natural_Landmarks_in_Maine" title="List of National Natural Landmarks in Maine">National Natural Landmarks</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Maine" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Maine">National Register of Historic Places</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_wilderness_areas_of_the_United_States" title="List of wilderness areas of the United States">Wilderness Areas</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%"><a href="Government_of_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Maine">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="List_of_Maine_state_parks" title="List of Maine state parks">State Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Allagash_Wilderness_Waterway" title="Allagash Wilderness Waterway">Allagash Wilderness Waterway</a></li>

<li>Androscoggin Riverlands</li>

<li><a href="Aroostook_State_Park" title="Aroostook State Park">Aroostook</a></li>

<li><a href="Baxter_State_Park" title="Baxter State Park">Baxter</a></li>

<li><a href="Birch_Point_State_Park" title="Birch Point State Park">Birch Point</a></li>

<li><a href="Bradbury_Mountain_State_Park" title="Bradbury Mountain State Park">Bradbury Mountain</a></li>

<li><a href="Camden_Hills_State_Park" title="Camden Hills State Park">Camden Hills</a></li>

<li><a href="Cobscook_Bay_State_Park" title="Cobscook Bay State Park">Cobscook Bay</a></li>

<li><a href="Crescent_Beach_State_Park" title="Crescent Beach State Park">Crescent Beach</a></li>

<li><a href="Damariscotta_Lake_State_Park" title="Damariscotta Lake State Park">Damariscotta Lake</a></li>

<li><a href="Ferry_Beach_State_Park" title="Ferry Beach State Park">Ferry Beach</a></li>

<li><a href="Fort_Point_State_Park" title="Fort Point State Park">Fort Point</a></li>

<li><a href="Grafton_Notch_State_Park" title="Grafton Notch State Park">Grafton Notch</a></li>

<li><a href="Holbrook_Island_Sanctuary_State_Park" title="Holbrook Island Sanctuary State Park">Holbrook Island Sanctuary</a></li>

<li><a href="Lake_St._George_State_Park" title="Lake St. George State Park">Lake St. George</a></li>

<li><a href="Lamoine_State_Park" title="Lamoine State Park">Lamoine</a></li>

<li><a href="Mackworth_Island" title="Mackworth Island">Mackworth Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Moose_Point_State_Park" title="Moose Point State Park">Moose Point</a></li>

<li><a href="Mount_Blue_State_Park" title="Mount Blue State Park">Mount Blue</a></li>

<li><a href="Mount_Kineo" title="Mount Kineo">Mount Kineo State Park</a></li>

<li><a href="Owls_Head_Light" title="Owls Head Light">Owls Head Light State Park</a></li>

<li><a href="Peacock_Beach_State_Park" title="Peacock Beach State Park">Peacock Beach</a></li>

<li><a href="Peaks-Kenny_State_Park" title="Peaks-Kenny State Park">Peaks-Kenny</a></li>

<li>Penobscot River Corridor</li>

<li><a href="Popham_Beach_State_Park" title="Popham Beach State Park">Popham Beach</a></li>

<li><a href="Quoddy_Head_State_Park" title="Quoddy Head State Park">Quoddy Head</a></li>

<li><a href="Range_Ponds_State_Park" title="Range Ponds State Park">Range Ponds</a></li>

<li><a href="Rangeley_Lake_State_Park" title="Rangeley Lake State Park">Rangeley Lake</a></li>

<li><a href="Roque_Bluffs_State_Park" title="Roque Bluffs State Park">Roque Bluffs</a></li>

<li><a href="Shackford_Head_State_Park" title="Shackford Head State Park">Shackford Head</a></li>

<li><a href="Sebago_Lake_State_Park" title="Sebago Lake State Park">Sebago Lake</a></li>

<li>Swans Falls Campground</li>

<li><a href="Two_Lights_State_Park" title="Two Lights State Park">Two Lights</a></li>

<li><a href="Vaughan_Woods_State_Park" title="Vaughan Woods State Park">Vaughan Woods</a></li>

<li><a href="Warren_Island_State_Park" title="Warren Island State Park">Warren Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Wolfe's_Neck_Woods_State_Park" title="Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park">Wolfe's Neck Woods</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="List_of_Maine_state_parks" title="List of Maine state parks">State Historic Sites</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Bible Point</li>

<li><a href="Major_Reuben_Colburn_House" title="Major Reuben Colburn House">Colburn House</a></li>

<li><a href="Colonial_Pemaquid_State_Historic_Site" title="Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site">Colonial Pemaquid</a></li>

<li><a href="Eagle_Island_(Casco_Bay%2C_Maine)" title="Eagle Island (Casco Bay, Maine)">Eagle Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Fort_Baldwin" title="Fort Baldwin">Fort Baldwin</a></li>

<li><a href="Fort_Edgecomb" title="Fort Edgecomb">Fort Edgecomb</a></li>

<li><a href="Fort_Halifax_(Maine)" title="Fort Halifax (Maine)">Fort Halifax</a></li>

<li><a href="Fort_Knox_(Maine)" title="Fort Knox (Maine)">Fort Knox</a> (<a href="Penobscot_Narrows_Bridge_and_Observatory" title="Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory">Penobscot Narrows Observatory</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Fort_McClary" title="Fort McClary">Fort McClary</a></li>

<li><a href="Fort_O'Brien" title="Fort O'Brien">Fort O'Brien</a></li>

<li>John Paul Jones</li>

<li><a href="Katahdin_Iron_Works" title="Katahdin Iron Works">Katahdin Iron Works</a></li>

<li>Mayall Mills</li>

</ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#bbeb85;"><a href="List_of_Maine_state_forests" title="List of Maine state forests">State Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Durham</li></ul>

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<ul><li><i>Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry</i></li></ul>

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<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Maine" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Maine">Maine</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Maryland" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Maryland">Maryland</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Massachusetts" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Michigan" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Michigan">Michigan</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Mississippi" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li>

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<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Montana" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Montana">Montana</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Nebraska" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Nevada" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada">Nevada</a></li>

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<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Jersey" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_New_Mexico" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_North_Carolina" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_North_Dakota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Oklahoma" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Oregon" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon">Oregon</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pennsylvania" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Rhode_Island" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li>

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<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Tennessee" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Texas" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas">Texas</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Vermont" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Vermont">Vermont</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Virginia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia">Virginia</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Washington_state" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington state">Washington</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_West_Virginia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Wisconsin" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_American_Samoa" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_the_United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in the United States Minor Outlying Islands">Minor Outlying Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Puerto_Rico" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in the United States Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in the Federated States of Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_the_Marshall_Islands" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Palau" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Palau">Palau</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Washington%2C_D.C." title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.">District of Columbia</a></li>

<li><a href="American_Legation%2C_Tangier" title="American Legation, Tangier">American Legation, Morocco</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="University_and_college_buildings_listed_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places">University and college buildings</a></li></ul>

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