Whaleback Shell Midden
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Whaleback Shell Midden is a shell midden consisting primarily of oyster shells located on the east side of the Damariscotta River in Maine, United States. It is preserved as a Maine state historic sit
Entrance to state historic site
A gully running through the midden to the Damariscotta River.
Closeup of one of the thousand year old oyster shells.
The Glidden Shell Midden is located immediately across the Damariscotta River.
Damariscotta, Maine
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Damariscotta is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,297 at the 2020 census. A popular tourist destination known for its oysters, the towns of Damariscotta and Newcastl
Whaleback Shell Midden
…the Damariscotta Oyster Shell Heaps listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Other shell middens are located on the estuary in both Damariscotta and Newcastle. The middens in this area were formed over about 1,000 years between 200 BC to AD 1000. Maine's indigenous people consider shell middens…
Downtown, 2026
Steamboat fleet in 1906
Main Street in 1910
Main Street, 2013