Mill Creek (formerly known as Felt's Brook) is a watercourse in Falmouth Foreside, Maine, United States.[1] It is crossed, near its mouth at inner Casco Bay, by State Route 88 — known as Foreside Road (formerly Atlantic Highway) in that section. A plaster mill formerly stood directly south of this crossing, at the end of today's Old Mill Road, for 140 years.[2][3]
| Mill Creek Felt's Brook | |
|---|---|
 Looking east toward the mouth of the creek from beside Route 88 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maine |
| Town | Falmouth Foreside |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Casco Bay |
• location | Falmouth Foreside, Maine, U.S. |
• coordinates | 43°43′29″N 70°13′21″W / 43.7248221°N 70.2224324°W |
The brook was originally named for English immigrant George Felt, who was a large landowner in the area in the 17th century.[4][5]
Mill Creek Preserve is nearby.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Mill Creek Preserve". Falmouth Land Trust. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ "The old plaster mill at Felt's Brook". Cumberland Historical Society. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Varney, George Jones (1881). A Gazetteer of the State of Maine. B. B. Russell. pp. 227–228.
- ^ Captain Walter Gendall, of North Yarmouth, Maine: A Biographical Sketch, Doctor Charles E. Banks (1880) - HathiTrust
- ^ "Saints, Witches, and Murderers" - johnsonfamilystories.blogspot.com
- ^ "Mill Creek Preserve". Falmouth Land Trust. Retrieved May 27, 2023.