Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District


Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Nearest city	Millinocket Lake, Maine
Coordinates	46°24′11″N 69°1′29″W / 46.40306°N 69.02472°W / 46.40306; -69.02472Coordinates: 46°24′11″N 69°1′29″W / 46.40306°N 69.02472°W / 46.40306; -69.02472
Area	45 acres (18 ha)
NRHP Reference #	79000163^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 6, 1979

The Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District encompasses a series of important archaeological sites in a remote area of northern Maine, United States. These sites offer evidence of human habitation dating to not long after the retreat of the glaciers following the Wisconsin glaciation, with extensive stone tool workshops working with red chert found in abundance in the area. Stone tools made from sources in this region have been found at archaeological sites across New England. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

Description

Munsungan (or Munsungun) Lake and Chase Lake are located in far northern Piscataquis County, Maine, draining via Munsungan Stream and the Aroostook River into the Saint John River. The two lakes are connected to each other by a relatively short waterway called The Thoroughfare. In the area on either side of the lakes there are a series of rock outcrops containing a variety of chert that early human occupants found useful for the manufacture of stone tools. Although the lakes probably had a higher level then than they do now, a series of well-drained terraces on either side of The Thoroughfare were apparently favorable for the habitation.^[2]

Archaeological investigation of the larger region have identified more than 100 sites of interest. The Thoroughfare region includes seven areas where evidence habitation dating from the Ceramic period to the Paleoindian have been identified. One of the major sites in the district, the Fluted Point Site (survey number 154.14) covers more than 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft), representing a large habitation and workshop area, while another, the Windy Point Site (survey number 154.16) is a much smaller workshop site. Both of these were excavated in the early 1980s.^[2]

Munsungan Lake

Munsungan Lake
Location	Piscataquis County, Maine
Coordinates	46°22′N 68°59′W / 46.367°N 68.983°W / 46.367; -68.983^[3]
Primary inflows	Chase Lake
Primary outflows	Munsungan Stream
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	5 mi (8.0 km)^[4]
Max. width	1 mi (1.6 km)^[4]
Surface area	1,600 acres (650 ha)^[5]
Max. depth	123 feet (37 m)^[6]
Water volume	69,087 acre·ft (85,218,000 m³)^[5]
Surface elevation	810 ft (250 m)^[3]

Native populations of togue and land-locked Atlantic salmon use the cold-water habitat of this deep lake. These large fish prey on rainbow smelt and squaretail spawning in tributaries Atkins Brook, Bluffer Brook, Cedar Brook, Chase Brook, Currier Brook, Munsungan Brook, Norway Brook, and Reed Brook.^[6]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Bonnichsen, Robson (1984). "Palaeoindian Sites in the Munsungun Lake Region, Northern Maine" (PDF). Current Research (Vol 1). Retrieved 2015-02-25.
1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Munsungan Lake
1 2 The Maine Atlas and Gazeteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 56&57. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
1 2 Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04). "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
1 2 "Munsungan Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

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Tributaries	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Becaguimec Stream Big Black River Birch River Blackwater River Campbell Branch Little Black River River De Chute Daaquam River Fish River Hammond River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Musquacook Stream Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Oromocto River Red River Saint Croix Stream Saint Francis River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River Tobique River West Branch Little Black River

Lakes	Baker Lake Beau Lake Chemquasabamticook Lake Churchill Lake Clear Lake Cross Lake Eagle Lake (Allagash R.) Eagle Lake (Fish R.) Fish River Lake Glazier Lake Grand Lake Long Lake Mactaquac Lake Millinocket Lake Mud Lake Munsungan Lake Musquacook Lakes Lake Pohenegamook Portage Lake Saint Froid Lake Saint John Ponds Scopan Lake Square Lake Umsaskis Lake

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Munsungan-Chase Lake Thoroughfare Archeological District

Description

Munsungan Lake

See also

References