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Presque Isle (/ p r ɛ s k / PRESK) is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.The population was 8,797 at the 2020 Census. [2] The city is home to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College, Northern Maine Fairgrounds, the Aroostook Centre Mall, and the Presque Isle International Airport.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMaine Presque Isle or UMPI) is a public college in Presque Isle, Maine. It is part of the University of Maine System and one of two University of Maine System schools in Aroostook County (the other being the University of Maine at Fort Kent).
The Northern Maine Museum of Science is a natural history museum in Presque Isle, Maine. Located on the campus of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, it was founded in the early 1970s when Leroy Norton, an Aroostook County naturalist donated a significant number of pieces, including sea shells and local forestry examples.
Presque Isle International Airport (IATA: PQI, ICAO: KPQI, FAA LID: PQI), formally Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle, [ 4 ] is a mile northwest of Presque Isle, in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. [ 2 ] It serves the residents of Presque Isle and a vast area of northern Maine and northwestern New Brunswick.
Aroostook State Park is public recreation area within the southern municipal boundary of the city of Presque Isle in Aroostook County, Maine. The state park's 898 acres (363 ha) encompass Quaggy Jo Mountain and sit adjacent to Echo Lake. "Quaggy Jo" is an altered version of the mountain's Native American name, "Qua Qua Jo", which means "twin ...
Presque Isle Air Force Base. Presque Isle Air Force Base was a military installation of the United States Air Force located near Presque Isle, Maine. In the late 1950s and early 1960s it became a base for Strategic Air Command. North Atlantic Transport Route 1945. The original airport was constructed in 1930 by the Civilian Conservation Corps ...
Until 1945. Length. 29.2 miles (47.0 km) The Aroostook Valley Railroad ( reporting mark AVR) [ 2] was a railroad that operated between Presque Isle and Caribou, Maine from the early 1900s to 1996. The railroad operated maroon interurban cars with grey roofs on 1200 volt DC power until 1945. [ 3]
Campus. 87 acres (350,000 m 2), Rural [3] Mascot. Falcons. Website. www.nmcc.edu. Northern Maine Community College is a public community college in Presque Isle, Maine. It is part of the Maine Community College System. The 87-acre (350,000 m 2) campus was founded in 1961 on the grounds of the former Presque Isle Air Force Base.