Harraseeket River

Harraseeket River
The Harraseeket River in South Freeport, Maine
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The Harraseeket River is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km)[1] tidal river in the town of Freeport within the U.S. state of Maine. It forms a northern arm of Casco Bay.

Several smaller streams flow into the Harraseeket that have their headwaters in Freeport and Brunswick, to include Frost Gully Brook and Kelsey Brook.[2] The Harraseeket embayment[3] joins Casco Bay between Moore Point on its eastern shore, and Stockbridge Point on its western shore, with a small island called Pound of Tea dividing the channel.[4]

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife includes the Harraseeket in the designated Maquoit and Middle Bay Focus Area of Statewide Ecological Significance that extends from Harpswell Neck to the Royal River in Yarmouth, recognizing a diverse habitat for fish and wildlife including tidal marshes, eelgrass beds and mudflats.[5]

Protected lands open to the public along the Harraseeket include Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park,[6] the Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary[7] and Winslow Memorial Park.[8]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 30, 2011
  2. ^ "Inner Bay". Casco Bay Estuary Partnership. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ Grady, Meryl (2019). "WJ Growing Area" (PDF). WJ Sanitary Survey 2019: 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ^ "NOAA Chart - 13290" (PDF). NOAA Chart - 13290_Public. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Maquoit and Middle Bay" (PDF). Focus Areas of Statewide Ecological Significance. Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park". Parks & Natural Attractions. Maine Office of Tourism. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary". Mast Landing Audubon Sanctuary. Maine Audubon. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Winslow Park". Winslow Park. Freeport Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 August 2024.