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The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a 170-mile-long (270 km) river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward. Harris Station Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in the state, was constructed near … See more
The name "Kennebec" comes from the Eastern Abenaki /kínipekʷ/, meaning "large body of still water, large bay". See more
Discovery by Europeans
In 1605, French explorer Samuel de Champlain navigated the coast of what is now See moreThe Kennebec River before the construction of Edwards Dam was extremely important as a spawning ground for Atlantic fish. In 1837, the Edwards Dam was built across the … See more
Prior to the industrial era, the river contained many anadromous fish, in particular the Atlantic salmon. The exploiting of hydroelectric power in the region reduced the … See more
The river drains 5,869 square miles (15,200 km ), and on average discharges 5.893 billion US gallons (22,310,000 m ) per day into See more
• MaineRivers.org Archived 2008-06-23 at the Wayback Machine Kennebec River profile
• Real-time flow or stage data for The Forks, Bingham, North Sidney, Augusta, and See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license WebKennebec River, river in west-central Maine, U.S. The Kennebec rises from Moosehead Lake and flows south for about 150 miles (240 km) to …