View from atop the en:Whaleback Shell Midden looking down a en:gully toward the en:Damariscotta River in Maineen.
View from atop the en:Whaleback Shell Midden looking down a en:gully toward the en:Damariscotta River in Maineen. Photo by and ©2007 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5

Whaleback Shell Midden

State Historic Site · Maine · Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

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Sources: Wikimedia Commons / editorial, State agency, USGS PAD-US · updated 2026-09-12