The dam at Coliiinbia Falls on the Pleasant River is only a few feet 

 from salt water. The Harrington River is small and has a steep gradiente 

 Neither river appears to offer any possibility of development as a shad river, 



Chandler itiver 



Atkins (1889, p. 702) states th^t the Chandler River once yielded 

 salmon, shadj and alewives. A dam at Big FallSj four miles from Jonesboro, 

 obstructs the river. At one time a dam existed at Jonesboro which prevented 

 the passage of fish into the fresh water portion of the rivero This dam has 

 almost entirely disappeared and no longer obstructs the channel, 



Mac hi as River 



The gorge at Machias apparently prevented this river from becoming 



an important shad stream. The i^orge has been improved recently to facilitate 



the passage of salmon but a dam just above the gorge would prevent shad from 

 reaching suitable spawning grounds. 



East Machias River 



The East Machias River is one of the principal alewife-producing 

 streams of the state, A dam in the village of East Machias is provided with 

 a fishway. According to Atkins^ the East Machias River never produced more 

 than "scattering specimens of shad", 



Dennys River 



Atkins (1868, po 68) states t 



"In its primitive state this river abounded in salmon, 

 shad and alewives. The shad disappeared early but the sal- 

 mon and alewives continued to ascend the river until I8U6, 

 Since the first settlement of the country there has been a 

 dam at Dennysville, near the mouth of the river, but a 

 broad wasteway through a natural channel at one end of it 

 allowed the passage of fish. But in l8h6 a dam was erected 

 one mile above, which was quite impassable. The alewives 

 were so nearly extinguished that it was the general impres- 

 sion that not one was leftj a few were, however, occasion- 

 ally seen by persons above the falls. The salmon could 

 still breed in limited numbers below the dam, and were never 

 entirely destroyed. In 1858, these upper mills were burned 

 and the dam destroyed. This allowed the fish again to as- 

 cend the river, but the alewives were still shut out from 

 Meddybemps their natural breeding ground, by a dam at the 

 outlet. 



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