Maine ~ly facts

[moedead]

State animal: Moose
State Berry: Wild Blueberry
State Cat: Maine Coon Cat
State Fish: Landlocked Salmon
State Flower: White Pine Cone
State Nickname: The Pine Tree State
State Tree: White Pine
State Fossil: Pertica Quadrifaria
State Gemstone: Tourmaline
State Herb: Wintergreen
State Insect: Honeybee
State Vessel: The Arctic exploration schooner "Bowdoin"
State Motto: Dirigo (I Lead)
Approximate 2006 population of Maine: 1.3 million
Counties: 16

Land Area: 33,215 square miles
Length of Coastline: 3,500 miles
Lakes and Ponds: 6,000
Forest: 17 million acres
Persons per Square Mile: 41.3
Largest City: Portland
State Capital: Augusta
Statehood: Became the 23rd State on March 15, 1820
Average Summer Temperature: 70F
Average Winter Temperature: 20F

[digforfire]

State Music Festival: Nateva Music and Arts Festival.

[grateful2bedead]

Limestone- Phish played there in 1997 (The Great Went) Over 70K people were there. Thats all i hear about in northern Maine.

Mount Katahdin- Largest mountain in Maine standing tall at 5,267 Ft. in the sky
Moosehead Lake- Largest lake in Maine
Moxie- State Soda
Sugarloaf- Home of Reggae Fest!

Maine is the most beautiful place on the East Coast... just my opinion, lived here all my life :-)

[moondancer]

Jun 23, 2010 11:43:25 GMT -5 grateful2bedead said:

Limestone- Phish played there in 1997 (The Great Went) Over 70K people were there. Thats all i hear about in northern Maine.

Don't forget Lemonwheel in 1998, and IT in 2003 were both at Limestone too.

Cadillac Mountain in Acadia national Park is the highest point on the Northatlantic Seaboard and the first place to see the sunrise from October 7th through March 6th. (1532ft)

Lubec - Eastern most point in the contiguous US

[Dexxy]

State Bird : Mosquito

[moondancer]

Jun 25, 2010 19:24:32 GMT -5 Dexxy said:

State Bird : Mosquito

YES! As well as the State Insect! LOL

[shirehobbits]

I never understood the Pine Cone is our state flower... It should be the awe-inspiring fields of Lupins...

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[lockstar]

90% of the country's toothpick supply is produced in Maine.

Portland is the birthplace of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood up in the senate and gave the famous Declaration of Conscious speech, speaking out against the McCarthy era. Senator Smith was the first female presidential candidate.

Author Steven King is a resident of Bangor.

Former President George Bush has a summer home in Kennebunkport.

Freeport is the home to the L.L. Bean Company.

The skating scene in the movie "The Preacher's Wife" was filmed in Deering Oaks Park in Portland.

The chickadee is the official state bird ! ....mosquito....that's just silly.