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The Passagassawakeag River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed June 22, 2011
The National Map
accessed June 22, 2011
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in Waldo County
Waldo County is a county in the state of Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,607. Its county seat is Belfast. The county was founded on 7 February 1827 from a portion of Hancock County and named after ...
, Maine
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in the United States
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. From the outlet of Lake Passagassawakeag
Lake Passagassawakeag (also known as Randall Pond) is a lake in Waldo County, Maine and is drained by the Passagassawakeag River
The Passagassawakeag River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline da ...
() in Brooks
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, it runs south and east to its estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environment ...
in Belfast, Maine
Belfast is a city in Waldo County, Maine, Waldo County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city population was 6,938. Located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River estuary on Belfast Bay (Main ...
. The river empties into Belfast Bay, an inlet of Penobscot Bay
Penobscot Bay (french: Baie de Penobscot) is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean in south central Maine. The bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River, downriver from Belfast, Maine, Belfast. Penobscot Bay has many ...
, where it passes under US Route 1
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The waterway's name is of local Native American origin and is believed to mean "a sturgeon's place" or "a place for spearing sturgeon by torchlight."Fannie Hardy Eckstrom, ''Indian Place-Names of the Penobscot Valley and the Maine Coast''; Univ of Maine Press; Orono, Maine 1974 (original 1941)
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* Penobscot Bay Rivers of Waldo County, Maine Rivers of Maine {{Maine-river-stub