Penobscot River

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geographical feature river

The Penobscot River is a major river in Maine that flows through central and eastern parts of the state to Penobscot Bay, historically important for transportation, logging, and fisheries.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Penobscot River canonical	53
West Branch Penobscot River	4
Penobscot River watershed	3
East Branch Penobscot River	2
East Branch of the Penobscot River	1
Penobscot River (vicinity)	1
Penobscot River valley	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emptiesInto	Penobscot Bay ⓘ
flowsNear	Bangor, Maine ⓘ Howland, Maine ⓘ Lincoln, Maine ⓘ Millinocket, Maine ⓘ Old Town, Maine ⓘ
flowsThrough	central Maine ⓘ eastern Maine ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Penobscot people ⓘ surface form: Penobscot Nation
hasEconomicImportance	commercial fishing ⓘ hydropower ⓘ recreation ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	estuarine system at its mouth ⓘ
hasWildlife	American shad ⓘ Atlantic salmon ⓘ alewife ⓘ bald eagle ⓘ striped bass ⓘ
historicalUse	fisheries ⓘ logging ⓘ transportation ⓘ
locatedIn	Maine ⓘ
locatedInCounty	Hancock County ⓘ Penobscot County, Maine ⓘ surface form: Penobscot County Piscataquis County, Maine ⓘ surface form: Piscataquis County Waldo County, Maine ⓘ surface form: Waldo County
locatedInRegion	New England ⓘ
mouthLocation	Gulf of Maine ⓘ Penobscot Bay ⓘ
namedAfter	Penobscot people ⓘ
partOf	Penobscot River watershed ⓘ
region	Downeast Maine ⓘ surface form: Downeast Maine vicinity central Maine forest region ⓘ
tributary	Penobscot River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: East Branch Penobscot River Kenduskeag Stream ⓘ Mattawamkeag River ⓘ Piscataquis River ⓘ Souadabscook Stream ⓘ Penobscot River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: West Branch Penobscot River
usedFor	boating ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ timber transport (historically) ⓘ
wasSiteOf	Penobscot River Restoration Project ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bangor metropolitan area → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

The Maine Woods → mainSubject → Penobscot River ⓘ

Penobscot County, Maine → namedAfter → Penobscot River ⓘ

Penobscot County, Maine → hasRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Bangor, Maine → locatedOn → Penobscot River ⓘ

Bangor, Maine → river → Penobscot River ⓘ

Gulf of Maine → inflow → Penobscot River ⓘ

U.S. Route 202 in Bangor, Maine → passesNear → Penobscot River ⓘ

Brewer, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

eastern Maine → majorRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Maine

Hampden, Maine → locatedOn → Penobscot River ⓘ

Penobscot people → traditionalHomeland → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Penobscot River valley

Penobscot people → notableRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine, United States → locatedOnWaterbody → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Penobscot River (vicinity)

Lincoln, Maine → locatedOn → Penobscot River ⓘ

Orono, Maine → locatedOn → Penobscot River ⓘ

Old Town, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Old Town, Maine → locatedInWatershed → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Penobscot River watershed

Old Town, Maine → primaryRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Milford, Maine → locatedOn → Penobscot River ⓘ

Milford, Maine → hasRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

The Allegash and East Branch → mainSubject → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Branch of the Penobscot River

Medway, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Medway, Maine → hasRiverConfluence → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Branch Penobscot River

Medway, Maine → hasRiverConfluence → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Branch Penobscot River

Medway, Maine → isPartOf → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Penobscot River watershed

Howland, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Howland, Maine → hasFeature → Penobscot River ⓘ

Chesuncook → locatedNear → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Branch Penobscot River

Millinocket, Maine → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Penobscot River watershed

East Millinocket, Maine → locatedNear → Penobscot River ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Branch Penobscot River

Veazie, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Penobscot River → tributary → Penobscot River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Branch Penobscot River

Penobscot River → tributary → Penobscot River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Branch Penobscot River

Bradley, Maine → adjacentToRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Bradley, Maine → hasWaterBodyNearby → Penobscot River ⓘ

Bangor Waterfront → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Bangor Waterfront → adjacentTo → Penobscot River ⓘ

Greenbush, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Greenbush, Maine → borderedBy → Penobscot River ⓘ

Greenbush, Maine → hasNaturalFeature → Penobscot River ⓘ

Passadumkeag, Maine → locatedOnRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Passadumkeag, Maine → hasWaterBody → Penobscot River ⓘ

Orrington, Maine → locatedOn → Penobscot River ⓘ

Orrington, Maine → bordersWaterBody → Penobscot River ⓘ

Mattawamkeag, Maine → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Penobscot River ⓘ

Mattawamkeag, Maine → hasRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

Mattawamkeag, Maine → locatedOnWaterway → Penobscot River ⓘ

Maine State Route 2 → crossesRiver → Penobscot River ⓘ

the Brewer family → associatedWithPlace → Penobscot River ⓘ

subject surface form: Brewer family