The Marsh on Hobart Stream, Edmunds, Maine

Photograph

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Dennys River Historical Society

The Marsh on Hobart Stream in Edmunds, Maine: View of the tidal marsh on Hobart Stream, sometimes called "the Mash", where salt hay was harvested from the earliest settlement of the area. The remains of dykes along the western side of the stream, on the right side of the picture, are still visible at low tide.
The Marsh on Hobart Stream in Edmunds, Maine

View of the tidal marsh on Hobart Stream, sometimes called "the Mash", where salt hay was harvested from the earliest settlement of the area. The remains of dykes along the western side of the stream, on the right side of the picture, are still visible at low tide.

Name/Title

The Marsh on Hobart Stream, Edmunds, Maine

Description

Several views of the tidal marsh in on Hobart Stream in Edmunds, Maine. Considered valuable property, the marsh was carefully marked on the map of Edmunds drawn around 1820, along with the 17 acre marsh at Little Falls. The tidal marsh and adjacent hay fields are now part of the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge.

Collection

Contemporary Photographs of the Dennys River Area, Photos for Map