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    Reversing Falls, Leighton's Point, Pembroke, Maine

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    Two aerial view of the Reversing Falls between Leighton's Neck and Falls Island, at the mouth of Dennys Bay, with Long Cove, Schooner Cove and Mahar's and Leighton's Points, and Cobscook Bay beyond.

    Stone Chisel found on Falls Island

    Photos by Chris Scott, courtesy of Cobscook Shores.

    Reversing Falls, between Leighton's Neck (left), and Falls Island (right); Aerial view of the Reversing Falls looking east towards Cobscook Bay. Photo by Chris Scott, courtesy of Cobscook Shores. Long cove, where lumber rafts were stored for market, appears as a long dark inlet on the left side of the tidal flow.
    The Reversing Falls and Dennys Bay; Aerial view of the reversing looking west into Dennys Bay, with Falls Island on the left, and Mahar's Point on the end of Leighton's Neck on the right. Photo by Chris Scott, courtesy of Cobscook Shores. The Dennys Bay and Reversing Falls, 1945; USGS topographical map from 1945 depicts the Dennys River as it flows towards the Reversing Falls at the end of Leighton's Neck and into Cobscook Bay. Reversing Falls Conserved Land; Map of the Reversing Falls Park and Preserve prepared by Cobscook Shores in 2022. The Reversing Falls, Cobscook Bay, Maine; Photograph by Chris Shane for Cobscook Shores.