Place details
Place nameMaine
Other namesME
CountryUnited States
Latitude45
Longitude-69
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Red Paint people settled here as early as 9th mill. BC; later Algonquians arrived; Norsemen possibly visited in 11th cen.; colonies established by French in 1604 & English in 1607; fought in Revolution & with Union; Canadian border disputed in 19th cen.