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Description
The complex geographic features of Merrymeeting Bay lend to the beauty of this aerial photograph. Not technically a bay by definition (more like an inland delta or estuary), the origin of the name Merrymeeting is also quite complicated. During the 18th Century, a series of names for the bay appear in English records, including Nassouac and Chisapek. The more prevalent Wabanaki name for the body of water appeared in Perepole’s 1793 deposition, where he referred to the bay as Quabacook.
About This Item
- Title: Merrymeeting Bay, ca. 1930
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
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Locations:
- Sagadahoc County, ME
- Lincoln County, ME
- Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.647
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Pere Pole deposition, Hallowell, 1793
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