Eastern River
river in the United States of America
The Eastern River is a 14.0-mile-long (22.5 km) tributary of the Kennebec River in Pittston and Dresden, Maine. The river rises in Eastern Pittston at the confluence of its east and west branches and flows southwest to its mouth at the Kennebec in Southern Dresden.
“Eastern River” enters the record as river in the United States of America. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Eastern, River and river can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Eastern River” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Eastern, River and river provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5330425. Authority coordinates are 44.050, -69.778. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
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This entry incorporates text from “Eastern River” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.