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More Maine State Trivia
- Geological
- Maine was once completely covered by glaciers. This is why the state is covered with stones, boulders, and clay.
- The state is narrower in the interior, expanding as the land reaches the sea.
- Maine is one of the New England states.
- It borders New Hampshire, the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, and the Atlantic Ocean.
- Size
- 33,741 square miles of total area.
- 30,865 square miles of total land area.
- 202 miles from east to west.
- 311 miles fron north to south.
- Elevation
- Highest point - Mount Katahdin at 5,267 feet.
- Lowest point - Sea level along Atlantic coast.
- Natural Resources
- 17 million acres of forested land, with more than 80% of the state covered with trees.
- Minerals and rocks
- Quartz
- Feldspar
- Mica
- Graphite
- Asbestos
- Gemstones
- Granite
- Limestone
- Sand
- Gravel
- Clay
- Peat
- Perlite
- Lead
- Zinc
- Copper
- Stone
- Weather
- Highest = 105 degrees F at North Bridgeton on July 10, 1911
- Lowest = -48 degrees F at Van Buren on January 19, 1925
- Topography
- Mountains
- Mount Katahdin
- Sugerloaf Mountain
- Old Speck Mountain
- Crocker Mountain
- Saddleback Mountain
- Bigelow Mountain
- Ranges
- White Mountains
- Longfellow Mountains
- Rivers
- Kennebec River
- Penobscot River
- Androscoggin River
- Saco River
- St. Croix River
- St. John River
- Lakes
- Moosehead Lake
- Pemaduncook Lake
- West Grand Lake
- Flagstaff Lake
- Sebago Lake
- Pushaw Lake
- Richardson Lake
- Transportation
- Interstate Highways
- Railroads
- Bangor and Aroostook
- Maine Central
- Canadian Pacific
- Rail Canada
- International Airports
- Seaports
- Portland
- Kittery Islands
- Bath
- Belfast
- Searsport
- Yarmouth
- Disasters
- 1911 - Most of Bangor is destroyed by fire.
- 1921 - Ice storm does millions of dollars of damage to trees and power lines.
- 1929 - Great Depression.
- 1936 - Snow storm does $10 million damage.
- 1947 - 10,000 acres of Acadia National Park is destroyed by fire.
- 1984 - Blizzard causes 11 deaths throughout New England.
- Wars
- French and Indian Wars
- Revolutionary War
- War of 1812
- Aroostook War
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- Persian Gulf War
- Ghosts and Legends
- Brewer
- The ghost of Father Thomas H. Moriarty is said to inhabit Saint Joseph’s Parish, where he served for forty years.
- Cape Elizabeth
- Blaidsell House has rocks that levitate, turning into a ball of fire, and eventually into the shape of a woman.
- Isles of Shoals
- After the murder of a woman by a seaman on the crew of a Guinea boat in the early 1900s, the crews of Guinea boats were attacked for twenty years in the middle of stormy or foggy nights.
- The ghost of Philip Babb, an early settler and constable, is said to haunt the cove bearing his name.
- Jewell Island
- There are numerous accounts of hauntings on Jewell Island, in Casco Bay, associated with pirates who once inhabited the area.
- During World War II, the island was one of many spots in Casco Bay fortified and garrisoned by the army, and there is a legend that the ghosts of soldiers continue to inhabit the island.
- Northport
- Cosgrove House was the scene of a fire in 1954 that killed all of its residents. The legend is that if you take a picture of the now empty lot, the house will appear in the photograph.
- Portland
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Clapp House: In 1820, when Charles Clapp’s wife was dying, she said that she wanted their home torn down so that she wouldn’t be able to come back as a ghost to haunt it. The legend is that her husband’s ghost comes back to look over what was left after he died.
- Saco River
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In 1675, English settlers were responsible for the drowning of a Sokoki Indian child. The river was cursed by the grieving father, a chief, who declared that three white men would drown in the Saco River each year until they were driven from the area.
- Westbrook
- The James Forder House is said to be haunted by the ghost of Mary Lobdell, who lived there in the early 1800s.
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