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Historic presence of alewives in China Lake’s Outlet Stream reconfirmed

Submitted by Landis Hudson, executive director Maine Rivers. ocuments recently found in Massachusetts Archives have shed light on the early history of China Lake’s Outlet Stream, reconfirming the historic presence of native alewives. Petitions and letters, signed and dated from 1798 and 1799, state that alewives were known to make their way up the stream […]

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Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Windsor brooks named for early settlers

by Mary Grow Last week’s article was about ponds in Windsor that were named after people who settled or lived near them. According to Henry Kingsbury’s 1892 Kennebec County history and Linwood Lowden’s 1993 Windsor history, several streams or brooks were also named in recognition of early residents. Dearborn Brook is the newer name of […]