Rocky Gorge on the Dennys River

Photograph

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Dennys River Historical Society

Rocky Gorge on the Dennys River, from the Route 86 Bridge: View of a notorious rocky gorge below the site of the lumberman's dam described by John James Audubon on his visit to Dennysville in 1832, in his essay "The Force of the Waters."
Rocky Gorge on the Dennys River, from the Route 86 Bridge

View of a notorious rocky gorge below the site of the lumberman's dam described by John James Audubon on his visit to Dennysville in 1832, in his essay "The Force of the Waters."

Name/Title

Rocky Gorge on the Dennys River

Description

View of the notoriously rocky gorge on the Dennys River just below the site of the lumberman's dam described by John James Audubon on his visit to Dennysville in 1832, in his essay "The Force of the Waters."

Context

This narrow, rocky gorge was the scene of the breaking up of the log drive described by John James Audubon during his visit to Dennysville in the late Summer of 1832, and described in his essay entitled "The Force of the Waters". Salmon fishermen dubbed this section of the Dennys River "Hell's Vestibule".

Collection

Contemporary Photographs of the Dennys River Area, Photos for Map