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| In Kenduskeag Village it's fairly calm, but fast |
Kenduskeag Stream flows leisurely along out in the country, but between the Village/Town of Kenduskeag and Bangor the landscape drops maybe 40 or 50 feet. The Stream was ideal, years ago for making power for four mills and sawmills. It was dammed to hold back water for ice making and it was used as a sewer along it's length.
When the City of Bangor was first founded the Stream was of such importance in this place where the Kenduskeag Stream entered the Penobscot River, that the settlement was called Canduskeag (notice the spelling change).
Every year for 53 years on a Saturday in early May people with canoes and kayaks invade the Village of Kenduskeag for the race to Bangor, nearly 1000 watercraft per race. Some years the Stream is rapid and white, some years it snows. This year the race was in a "dry period" and many people or teams had to portage a couple of parts of the course.
It has rained a lot lately, making up for a long dry spell, and the Stream is running quickly. My lovely wife, Linda, and I have been riding around the last couple of days, she contributes the photos for todays blog.
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| Water is fast at one former dam site. |
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| Remnants of the dam still here |
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| A penstock(?) or overflow outlet, this dam held water for ice harvesting. |
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