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Letter B

Entries across Maine

This index page brings together subjects beginning with B. Follow an entry for its full account and related category links.

Rural riverside landscape framed by forest

Bowdoinham

Cities & Towns

A community on the western shore of Merrymeeting Bay, crossed by the Cathance River and characterized by rural open spaces.

Historic New England house with white trim

Bath Historic Register

Society

An introduction to National Register listings and historic districts that document Bath’s architecture and development.

Broad river passing a northern city beneath blue sky

Brewer

Cities & Towns

A Penobscot County city on the Penobscot River, presented through its geography, community context, and historical development.

Barnard Township

Townships

A small, irregular township north of Sebec in Piscataquis County, with Barnard Corner located in its southeast.

Forested shoreline beside a quiet northern lake

Brassua Township

Townships

West of Moosehead Lake, this township includes several miles along Brassua Lake and a network of roads associated with forestry.

Aircraft on an airport runway beneath open sky

Brunswick Landing

Community development

A multi-purpose site developed on the former naval air station in Brunswick, including aviation and commercial facilities.

Dense green leaves in a northern woodland

Insects, Browntail Moth

Insects

Background on the introduced browntail moth, its spread through New England, and its changing presence in Maine.

Bass, George H.

People

A biographical entry placed within the commercial and civic setting of early twentieth-century Wilton.

Rocky island shore surrounded by blue coastal water

Bangs Island

EcologyIslands

A narrow Casco Bay island associated with the community of Chebeague Island and Maine’s coastal ecology.

Dramatic coastal landscape reminiscent of a marine painting

Brown, Harrison Bird

People

A widely recognized nineteenth-century marine and landscape painter whose detailed work developed in Portland.

Open rural landscape under a colorful northern sky

Brookton Township

Townships

An unorganized township south of Danforth along U.S. Route 1, with Brook Lake near its southeastern corner.

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