The Old Course Saco River is a
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accessed June 30, 2011 river in the towns of
Fryeburg and
Lovell in western
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
in the
United States
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. It was the route of the
Saco River
The Saco River (Abenaki language, Abenaki: ''Sαkóhki'') is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, Maine, Portland ...
until the early 1800s, when the river's current course (called at first the "Canal River") was dug to shorten its length considerably.
See also
*
List of rivers of Maine
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References
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Maine Streamflow Data from the USGSMaine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency
Rivers of Maine
Saco River
Rivers of Oxford County, Maine
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