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    Rock Peter, Dennys River, Maine

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    Rock Peter stands sentinel-like on the Edmund side of the Dennys River in eastern Maine, with the remains of T.W. Allan's wharf visible nearby. The Lincoln House is visible across the river in Dennysville. As part of the bedrock, Rock Peter served as the origin or starting point for all of the early surveys of the local area.

    Rock Peter was the reference point for all of the original survey boundaries drawn in the area.

    Rock Peter stands sentinel-like on the Edmund side of the Dennys River in eastern Maine, with the remains of T.W. Allan's wharf visible to the left, and the Lincoln House in the distance. As part of the bedrock, Rock Peter served as the origin or starting point for all of the early surveys of the local area.
    Rock Peter in the Dennys River, across from Dock Brook.; Dock Brook now flows through a culvert where Dock Bridge once stood in Dennysville, as viewed at low tide from Rock Peter on the Edmunds side of the Dennys River. Rock Peter in the Dennys River; Rock Peter stands sentinel-like on the Edmund side of the Dennys River in eastern Maine, with the remains of T.W. Allan's wharf visible on the right. As part of the bedrock, Rock Peter served as the origan or starting point for all of the early surveys of the local area. Ice over Rock Peter; Ice caps Rock Peter as the tide falls in the Dennys River estuary, in this photograph by John P. Sheahan of Edmunds, c. 1885.