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Damariscotta is home of the Skidompha Public Library, whose name is an acronym formed from the first letter of several founders' surnames. The terminus of the Damariscotta River is the Great Salt Bay, a mating area for horseshoe crabs in North America, and the state's first marine protected area. The river is home to 80% of the farmed oysters ...
The Damariscotta River is a 19.0-mile-long (30.6 km) [1] tidal river in Lincoln County, Maine, that empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Damariscotta is an old Abenaki word for "river of many fishes". There are 2,500-year-old oyster shell middens (heaps) along the banks of the Damariscotta River, which occupies a drowned river valley leading to the ...
The Damariscotta River is a tidal river that runs south through central Lincoln County, Maine. Its upper reaches (below Damariscotta Falls) are flanked by the towns of Newcastle on the west and Nobleboro and Damariscotta on the east. The river banks in this area remained largely undeveloped by European settlers (who first arrived in 1640) until ...
Whaleback Shell Midden is a shell midden, or dump, consisting primarily of oyster shells located on the east side of the Damariscotta River in Maine, United States.It is preserved as a Maine state historic site and was included as part of the Damariscotta Oyster Shell Heaps listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
East and west banks of the Damariscotta River 44°02′31″N 69°30′47″W / 44.042°N 69.513°W / 44.042; -69.513 ( Damariscotta Oyster Shell Damariscotta
Newcastle is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,848 at the 2020 census. [2] The village of Newcastle is located in the eastern part of the town, [3] on the Damariscotta River. Together with the village of Damariscotta linked by the Main Street bridge, they form the Twin Villages (see Damariscotta-Newcastle CDP).
Damariscotta Lake is a lake in Lincoln County, Maine. Damariscota Lake, which covers 4,300 acres (1,700 ha), encompasses part of the towns of Jefferson , Nobleboro , and Newcastle . [ 2 ] Damariscotta Lake State Park in Jefferson occupies 19 acres at the far northern end of the lake. [ 5 ]
Damariscotta's downtown is located on a neck of land that projects into the broad Damariscotta River, where Main Street (United States Route 1, the area's main thoroughfare has bypassed the downtown, and Main Street now is designated as United States Route 1B) crosses to the downtown area of Newcastle on the west side. Commercial buildings line ...