History of Portland, Maine

Portland City Hall, in present day Monunment Square, circa 1830.
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The History of Portland, Maine, begins when Native Americans originally called the Portland peninsula Məkíhkanək meaning "At the fish hook" in Penobscot[1][2] and Machigonne (meaning "Great Neck")[3] in Algonquian. The peninsula and surrounding areas was home to members of the Algonquian-speaking Aucocisco branch of the Eastern Abenaki tribe who were forcibly relocated to current day Canada during European settlement.[4]

  1. ^ "Penobscot Dictionary entry". Penobscot Dictionary. the Penobscot Indian Nation, the University of Maine, and the American Philosophical Society. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Penobscot Dictionary Project". University Of Maine Library System. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ History of Portland, Maine, Maine Resource Guide, archived from the original on January 31, 2013
  4. ^ "The Almouchiquois". Falmouth Historical Society. Retrieved 29 November 2023.