Maine

Maine State Information

List of Maine counties:

Maine Parks

• US National Parks

  Acadia National Park

  Roosevelt Campobello International Park

  Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

• State Parks

  Allagash Wilderness Waterway Aroostook State Park Baxter State Park Bible Point State Historic Site Birch Point State Park Bradbury Mountain State Park Camden Hills State Park Cobscook Bay State Park Colburn House State Historic Site Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site Crescent Beach State Park Damariscotta Lake State Park Eagle Island State Historic Site Ferry Beach State Park Fort Baldwin State Historic Site Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site Fort Halifax State Historic Site

  Fort Kent State Historic Site Fort Knox State Historic Site Fort McClary State Historic Site Fort O'Brien State Historic Site Fort Point State Park Fort Popham State Historic Site Grafton Notch State Park Holbrook Island Sanctuary John Paul Jones State Historic Site Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site Lake Saint George State Park Lamoine State Park Lily Bay State Park Moose Point State Park Mount Blue State Park Peacock Beach State Park Peaks-Kenny State Park

  Penobscot River Corridor Popham Beach State Park Quoddy Head State Park Range Ponds State Park Rangeley Lake State Park Reid State Park Roque Bluffs State Park Sebago Lake State Park Shackford Head State Park Swan Lake State Park Two Lights State Park Vaughan Woods State Park Warren Island State Park Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park

• Parks and Conservation-Related Organizations - US

  Association of State Wetland Managers

• National Wildlife Refuges

  Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge

  Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge

  Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

• National Scenic Byways

  Acadia Byway Old Canada Road Scenic Byway

  Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway Schoodic Scenic Byway

Twenty-third state; admitted on March 15, 1820

State capital: Augusta Nicknames: The Pine Tree State; The Lumber State; The

Border State; The Old Dirigo State
State motto: Dirigo (Latin “I lead”)
State animal: Moose (Alces alces)
State berry: Wild blueberry
State bird: Chickadee (Parus atricapillus)
State cat: Maine coon cat

State fish: Landlocked salmon (Salmo sala Sebago)
State flower: White pine cone and tassel (Pinus strobes, Linnaeus) State fossil: Pertica quadrifaria State gemstone: Tourmaline State herb: Wintergreen (Gaulthoria procumbens) State insect: Honeybee (Apis mellifera) State soil: Chesuncook Soil Series State soft drink: Moxie State song: “State of Maine Song” State tree: Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) State vessel: Schooner Bowdoin

More about state symbols at:

www.state.me.us/sos/kids/allabout/symbols/symbols.htm
www.maine.gov/legis/senate/statehouse/symbols/Emblems.htm

SOURCES:

AmerBkDays-2000, p. 204 AnnivHol-2000, p. 44

STATE OFFICES:

State web site: www.maine.gov

Office of the Governor 1 State House Stn Augusta, ME 04333 207-287-3531 fax: 207-287-1034 www.maine.gov/governor

Secretary of State 148 State House Stn Augusta, ME 04333 207-626-8400 fax: 207-287-8598 www.maine.gov/sos/

Maine State Library 64 State House Stn Augusta, ME 04333 207-287-5600 fax: 207-287-5615 www.state.me.us/msl

a historical region in central France; its principal city was Le Mans. Maine is part of the present-day departments of Sarthe and Mayenne.

a river in France; a right-bank tributary of the Loire. It is formed by the confluence of the Sarthe and the Mayenne rivers. It measures 295 km in length (from its source at the Sarthe River) and drains an area of about 26,000 sq km. The average flow rate of the water at the mouth is 142 cu m per sec. The river floods in winter. The Maine is navigable. The city of Angers lies on the Maine River.

a state on the north Atlantic coast of the USA, located in New England and bordering on Canada. Area, 86, 000 sq km. Population, 992, 000; urban population, 50.8 percent of the total (1970). The capital is Augusta, and the largest city and port is Portland.

Most of Maine is occupied by spurs of the Appalachians (maximum elevation, 1, 291 m). The climate is temperate and humid. The average January temperature is approximately 5°C, and the average July temperature, 15°-18°C. The annual precipitation is about 1, 000 mm. More than half of the state is covered by forests, most of which are secondary. There are many lakes, as well as rivers with rapids, and there is abundant waterpower. In 1973 the capacity of the state’s electric power plants was more than 1.5 gigawatts.

Agriculture is an important branch of the state’s economy. Farms, primarily small ones, occupy 18 percent of Maine’s territory. As of 1971, animal husbandry accounted for 65 percent of commercial agricultural production. There were 142, 000 head of cattle in 1972, including 66, 000 dairy cows. Maine ranks first in the USA in the production of potatoes, which are grown chiefly in the Aroostook Valley. Of great economic importance are lumbering, the wood products industry, and especially the pulp and paper industry. Also well developed are the footwear, textile, and garment industries, as well as the production of machines for the textile and footwear industries. Shipbuilding is of some importance. On the coast, fishing and the fish-canning industry are well developed. As of 1971, the state’s manufacturing industries had 103, 000 employees.

a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean off the eastern shore of North America (the USA and Canada). The Gulf of Maine is bounded by the peninsula of Nova Scotia on the northeast and by Cape Cod on the southwest. Its shores are deeply indented. The maximum depth is 329 m. The northeastern part of the gulf, the Bay of Fundy, has the highest tides in the world (18 m). Located on the Gulf of Maine are a number of ports: Boston, Portsmouth, and Portland in the USA and St. John, Canada.