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− | '''Maine''' is a state of the northeast United States. It was admitted as the 23rd state in [[Year Admitted:=1820|1820]]. First explored by Europeans in 1602, the region was annexed by [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] in 1652. Maine's northern boundary with New Brunswick was settled by a treaty with Great Britain in 1842. Augusta is the capital and Portland the largest city. Population: [[Population:=1,320,000|1,320,000]]. | + | [[Category:Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas]]'''Maine''' is a state of the northeast [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 23rd state in [[Year Admitted:=1820|1820]]. First explored by Europeans in 1602, the region was annexed by [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] in 1652. Maine's northern boundary with New Brunswick was settled by a treaty with Great Britain in 1842. Augusta is the capital and Portland the largest city. Population: [[Population:=1,320,000|1,320,000]]. |
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| == History == | | == History == |
| + | [[Image:Maine-fishing.JPG|thumb|right|190px|Maine lobster boats]] |
| Maine is a product of the Ice Age. The last glacier was responsible for cutting what had been a relatively straight coastline into the hundreds of bays, inlets and picturesque harbors we know today. The receding ice sheet formed the 2,000 or so islands found off the Maine coast. | | Maine is a product of the Ice Age. The last glacier was responsible for cutting what had been a relatively straight coastline into the hundreds of bays, inlets and picturesque harbors we know today. The receding ice sheet formed the 2,000 or so islands found off the Maine coast. |
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