Kenduskeag Stream is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed June 22, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of Maine. It is a tributary of the Penobscot River. The stream rises at the outlet of Garland Pond in the town of Garland, and flows southeast through Corinth, Kenduskeag, and Glenburn, before it reaches the city of Bangor. Passing through downtown Bangor, the stream drops in , flowing into the Penobscot between the two downtown bridges across the larger river.U.S. Geological Survey, 1:100,000-scale topographic maps: Dover-Foxcroft, Skowhegan, Bangor. Kenduskeag means "eel weir place" in Penobscot.John C. Huden, Indian Place Names of New England (New York: Museum of the American Indian, 1962), 78.
Kenduskeag Stream plays an important role in the fictional town of Derry, Maine, in the works of Stephen King.
In 1984, Charlie Howard was harassed and assaulted by homophobic teenagers who threw him off the State Bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream. Howard died by drowning.
External links Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
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