Table of Contents Maine Facts Location of Maine Inside Front Cover Landsat Images and Aerial Photographs Counties of Maine Landform Regions Annual Average Precipitation Major Rivers, Lakes and Watersheds Native American Tribes and Bands First Settlements Early Industries Railroads Major Highways and Ferries Agriculture Fisheries Landings Tourism Regions Parks and Historic Sites Population 1790 Population 1820 and 1860 Population 1900 and 1940 Population 1980 and 2010 Diversity 2010 Diversity of Other New England States Counties: Population Counties: Areas 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Inside Back Cover Tourist Boats, Portland Paper Mill, East Millinocket Grouse
Average Annual Precipitation, 1971-2000 7 Fort Kent, Elevation: 610 Average Precipitation: 36.79 Average Temperature: 37.6 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 4 3 2 1 0 Fahrenheit Inches 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D Inches < 38 38.1-44 44.1-48 48.1-52 Grand Lake Stream, Elevation: 290 Average Precipitation: 44.78 Average Temperature: 42.3 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 5 4 3 2 Fahrenheit Inches > 52 1 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D East Hiram, Elevation: 528 Average Precipitation: 48.36 Average Temperature: 42.6 KJB 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 Fahrenheit Inches J F M A M J J A S O N D Sources: NOAA, PRISM Group and Oregon Climate Service, Oregon State University Augusta State Capital Acadia National Park Elevation: 470 Average Precipitation: 57.3 Average Temperature: 45.3 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Fahrenheit Inches J F M A M J J A S O N D Bangor, Elevation: 148 Average Precipitation: 39.57 Average Temperature: 44.7 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Fahrenheit Inches J F M A M J J A S O N D
9 Native American Tribes and Bands St. John River R. Allagash Eagle Lake Fish R. Long Lake St. John River Square Lake Micmac Aroostook Riv. Squapan Lake Eagle Lake Chamberlain Lake Mattawamkeag R. Micmac woman Maliseet Passamaquoddy Picture Arosaguntacook Cowasuck Richardson Lakes Wood Pond Flagstaff Lake Androscoggin Riv. Seboomook Lake Brassua Lake Attean Pond Kennebec River Great Pond Chesuncook Lake Moosehead Lake Schoodic Lake Sebec Lake Pis Abenaki Kennebec cataquis River Wawenocks Pemadumcook Lake Seboeis Lake Penobscot R. Penobscot Nicatous Lake Graham Lake Chiputneticook Lakes West Grand Lake Passamaquoddy Gardner Lake KJB Pigwacket Long Lake Anasagunticooks Canibas Sebago Lake Penebscot Basket Sokokis Saco Riv. Mi kmaq Script C C Heaven Father Tribes and Bands of 1675 Other Tribes and Bands Present Day Tribes Sources: http://www.native-languages.org/maine.htm Abbott, John: History of Maine, Russell, Portland, 1875
10 First Settlements Emerson Wilcox House, York, 1742 Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, 1785 Neutral Island (St. Croix Island), 1604 Machias, 1633 Canon at Rockland New Plymouth (Augusta), 1628 St. Sauveur (Desert Island), 1613 Fort Popham Bagduce (Castine), Fort Penagoet, 1629 St. George Isl., 1605, Monhegan, 1618 Sagadahoc, 1608 Agamenticus, Georgeana (York), 1629 Mason and Gorges Patent (Kittery), 1623 Sources: McManis, D. R. 1975. Colonial New England, A Historical Geography, New York. Rich, L. D. 1970. The Coast of Maine, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. Varney, G.J. 1886. A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, Boston. Old Fort Western, Augusta, 1754
21 Population Piscataquis Aroostook Houlton 1980 People per County 0-25,999 26,000-35,999 36,000-50,999 51,000-100,000 > 100,000 Somerset Dover- Foxcroft Penobscot Franklin Farmington Skowhegan Bangor Hancock Washington Machias KJB Aroostook Oxford Kennebec Waldo Belfast Ellsworth Houlton Paris An- Augusta Knox dros- coggin coln Rockland Lin- Auburn Bath Wiscasset Cumberland Portland Piscataquis York Alfred Sagadahoc Somerset Dover- Foxcroft Penobscot People per County 2010 0-25,999 26,000-35,999 36,000-50,999 51,000-100,000 Franklin Skowhegan Farmington Oxford Kennebec Waldo Belfast Paris An- Augusta Knox dros- coggin coln Rockland Lin- Auburn Bath Wiscasset Cumberland Portland Bangor Hancock Ellsworth KJB Washington Machias KJB > 100,000 York Alfred Sagadahoc Source: U.S.Census Fogler Library, University of Maine
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