Old Course Saco River
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The Old Course Saco River is a 21.9 miles (35.2 km) river in the town of Fryeburg in western Maine
in the United States
. It was the route of the Saco River
until the early 1800s, when the river's current course (called at first the "Canal River") was dug to shorten its length considerably.
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was the route of the Saco River
Saco River
The Saco River is a river in northeastern New Hampshire and southwestern Maine in the United States. It drains a rural area of of forests and farmlands west and southwest of Portland, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Saco Bay, from its source. It supplies drinking water to roughly 250,000...
until the early 1800s, when the river's current course (called at first the "Canal River") was dug to shorten its length considerably.