Penob'scot, a river of Maine. The West Branch rises near the Canadian frontier, and flows east and south-east to where it meets the East Branch or Seboois River. Afterwards its course is south-south-west to Penob'scot Bay, a broad and sheltered inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 35 miles long and 20 wide, with numerous islands. It is tidal and navigable for large vessels to Bangor, 60 miles from its mouth. The chief trade is in lumber.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 32
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