The Kennebec River (Abenaki: Kinəpékʷihtəkʷ) is a 170-mile-long (270 km) natural river within the U.S. state of Maine. It rises in Moosehead Lake in west-central Maine. The East and West Outlets join at Indian Pond and the river flows southward. Harris Station Dam, the largest hydroelectric dam in the state, was constructed near that confluence. The river is joined at The Forks by its tributary, the Dead River, also called the West Branch.
It continues south past the towns of Madison, Skowhegan, the city of Waterville, and the state capital Augusta. At Richmond, it flows into Merrymeeting B...
Click any point for details. Sections without stored geometry are drawn as straight put-in → take-out lines — actual courses follow the river.