The river forms at the north end of Graham Lake at the confluence of the river's East and West branches (44°43′48″N68°23′04″W / 44.7300°N 68.3844°W / 44.7300; -68.3844 (Union River source)), on the border of the towns of Mariaville and Waltham. It runs south 13 miles (21 km) through Graham Lake to the dam at the lake's outlet, then continues south through Ellsworth, flowing through Leonard Lake and passing over its outlet dam just above the downtown. The Leonard Lake dam, also known as The Ellsworth Dam, built in 1907, spans the Union River and forms Lake Leonard. It houses a powerhouse with four generating units that combined produce 29,907 megawatt hours per year, enough to power about 3,000 households. At downtown Ellsworth, the river reaches tidewater, and flows south as an estuary for 5 miles (8 km) to its mouth at Union River Bay, on the border of Surry and Ellsworth, and thence into Blue Hill Bay.
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^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 22, 2011
^Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970). Doris A. Isaacson (ed.). Maine: A Guide 'Down East'. Rockland, Me: Courier-Gazette, Inc. p. 344.
union, river, maine, other, rivers, same, name, union, river, disambiguation, union, river, mile, long, river, that, runs, through, ellsworth, county, seat, hancock, county, eastern, maine, colonial, known, mount, desert, river, union, riverthe, union, river, . For other rivers of the same name see Union River disambiguation The Union River is a 21 9 mile long 35 2 km 1 river that runs through Ellsworth the county seat of Hancock County in eastern Maine In the colonial era it was known as the Mount Desert River 2 Union RiverThe Union River in Ellsworth MaineLocationCountryUnited StatesPhysical characteristicsSource locationMaineMouth locationUnion River Bay coordinates44 28 48 N 68 25 55 W 44 480 N 68 432 W 44 480 68 432 elevationsea levelLength22 miles 35 km Basin featuresTributaries leftEast Branch Union River Webb Brook rightWest Branch Union RiverThe river forms at the north end of Graham Lake at the confluence of the river s East and West branches 44 43 48 N 68 23 04 W 44 7300 N 68 3844 W 44 7300 68 3844 Union River source on the border of the towns of Mariaville and Waltham It runs south 13 miles 21 km through Graham Lake to the dam at the lake s outlet then continues south through Ellsworth flowing through Leonard Lake and passing over its outlet dam just above the downtown The Leonard Lake dam also known as The Ellsworth Dam built in 1907 spans the Union River and forms Lake Leonard It houses a powerhouse with four generating units that combined produce 29 907 megawatt hours per year enough to power about 3 000 households At downtown Ellsworth the river reaches tidewater and flows south as an estuary for 5 miles 8 km to its mouth at Union River Bay on the border of Surry and Ellsworth and thence into Blue Hill Bay References edit U S Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data The National Map Archived 2012 03 29 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 22 2011 Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums 1970 Doris A Isaacson ed Maine A Guide Down East Rockland Me Courier Gazette Inc p 344 Union River Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior 30 September 1980 Retrieved 2010 03 24 This article related to a river in Maine is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Union River Maine amp oldid 1093289133, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
