Penobscot River

Penobscot River
река Пенобскот
Протекает по центральной части штата Мэн. Самая длинная река штата - 563 км. Начинается у границы с Канадой, течет в южном направлении и впадает в залив Пенобскот [Penobscot Bay] Атлантического океана у г. Брикс-Порт [Bricks Port]. Судоходна до г. Бангора [Bangor] (самый крупный город на ее берегу), на ней построено несколько электростанций. Исследована около 1603. Долина реки - родина племени пенобскот [Penobscot], место многочисленных сражений между англичанами и французами в 1673-1759 и между англичанами и американцами во время Войны за независимость [Revolutionary War] и англо-американской войны 1812-14 [War of 1812]

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