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Whaleback Shell Midden

Business Route 1
Damariscotta, ME  04543
207-563-1393
www.maine.gov/...


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A state historic site; A midden is a heaping pile of oyster shells. These heaps were created by Native Americans a thousand years ago. Most of the original Whaleback Midden on the bank of the Damariscotta River was removed and processed into chicken feed in the 1880s. Open year-round; Free admission
Last updated 2014-09-06

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