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    The Marsh on Hobart Stream, Edmunds, Maine

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    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.

    Contemporary Photographs of the Dennys River AreaPhotos for Map

    The Marsh on Hobart Stream in Edmunds, Maine; View of the tidal marsh on Hobart Stream, sometimes called
    The Marsh on Hobart Stream, in Edmunds, Maine; The tidal marsh is visible beyond the edge of the field on Hobart Stream. It was an important source of salt hay in the early days of settlement in the area. Map of the Marsh on Hobart Stream, Edmunds, Maine, c 1820; Snare Meadow Marsh on Hobart Stream is visible at the top of this hand-drawn plan of Edmunds from around 1820. A seventeen acre marsh is located below the site of the tide mill located at Little Falls, visible on the lower left of the image. Haying the Marsh on Hobart Stream; Hay is still being harvested on the fields beside the marsh on Hobart Stream, which appears in the background in this photograph taken in 2023.