Kenduskeag Stream
{{Short description|River in Maine, United States}}
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Kenduskeag Stream is a {{convert|36.2|mi|km|adj=on}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed June 22, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of Maine. It is a tributary of the Penobscot River. The stream rises at the outlet of Garland Pond in the town of Garland, and flows southeast through Corinth, Kenduskeag, and Glenburn, before it reaches the city of Bangor. Passing through downtown Bangor, the stream drops {{convert|100|ft|-1}} in {{convert|2|mi|0}}, flowing into the Penobscot between the two downtown bridges across the larger river.U.S. Geological Survey, 1:100,000-scale topographic maps: Dover-Foxcroft, Skowhegan, Bangor. Kenduskeag means "eel weir place" in Penobscot.John C. Huden, Indian Place Names of New England (New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1962), 78.
Notable
Kenduskeag Stream plays an important role in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, in the works of Stephen King.
In 1984, Charlie Howard, victim of a hate-crime, was harassed and assaulted by homophobic teenagers who then threw him over the State Bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, and Howard died by drowning.
In 2018, Peter Manuel of Bangor also died by drowning in the stream.{{cite web |title=Body found in Penobscot River last month ID’d as man who fell through ice in March |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2018/07/17/news/bangor/body-found-in-penobscot-river-last-month-idd-as-man-who-fell-through-ice-in-march/ |website=Bangor Daily News |access-date=12 December 2021}}
External links
- [http://www.kenduskeagstreamcanoerace.com/ Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race]
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{{Penobscot River}}
{{Rivers of Maine}}
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