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The Pine Tree State |
Maine is recognized as one of the most
healthful states in the nation with summer temperatures
averaging 70F and winter temperatures averaging 20 F. Maine
has 3,500 miles of coastline, about 320 miles long and 210
miles wide, with a total area of 33,215 square miles or
about as big as all of the other five New England States
combined.
Maine is made up of 16 counties with 22 cities, 424 towns,
51 plantations, and 416 unorganized townships.
Maine abounds in natural assets - 542,629 acres of state and
national parks, including the 92-mile Allagash Wilderness
Waterway, Acadia National Park (second most visited national
park in the United States), and Baxter State Park (location
of Mt. Katahdin and the northern end of the Appalachian
Trail). It has one county (Aroostook) so big (6,453 square
miles) that it actually covers an area greater than the
combined size of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Maine has one
mountain which is approximately one mile high - Mt. Katahdin
(5,268 ft. above sea level) and also claims America's first
chartered city: York, 1641.
Maine's blueberry crop is the largest in the nation, raising
98% of the low bush blueberries in the United States.
Potatoes rank 3rd in acreage and 3rd in production
nationally. Maine is nationally famed for its shellfish;
over 23.4 million pounds of lobster were harvested in 1989.
The total of all shellfish and fin fish harvested was
approximately 1.5 billion pounds with a total value of $127
million in 1989.
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State Facts |
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Capital: Augusta
Population: Approximately 1.2 million
Gemstone: Tourmaline
Fossil: Pertica quadrifaria
Cat: Maine Coon Cat
Insect: Honeybee
Animal: Moose
Flag: The coat of arms of the State of Maine is
placed on a blue
field of the same shade of blue in the flag of the United
States.
Adopted by the Legislature of 1909.
Motto: Dirigo (I lead)
Tree: White Pine, adopted by the Legislature of 1945.
Floral Emblem: White pine cone and tassel (Pinus
strobus,
linnaeus). Adopted by the Legislature of 1895.
Bird: Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) Adopted by the
Legislature
of 1927.
Fish: Landlocked Salmon
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