The North Branch Penobscot River is a river in Somerset County,

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. From its source at the outlet of Little Bog () about east of the

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in Maine

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6, Range 17, WELS, the river runs U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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accessed June 22, 2011 southwest and southeast to its drowned

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with the South Branch of the

Penobscot River The Penobscot River (Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewtəkʷ'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's We ...

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in Pittston Academy Grant (T.2 R.4 NBKP). In 1939, the

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impounded Fifth St. John Pond in T.6 R.17 and dug a canal from the pond allowing the diversion of water from the Saint John River's Baker Branch into the Penobscot's North Branch, to sluice wood to the company mill at

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also used the canal to spread into the upper Penobscot River drainage.

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Maine Streamflow Data from the USGSMaine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency
Tributaries of the Penobscot River Rivers of Somerset County, Maine Rivers of Maine {{Maine-river-stub

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