The last time alewives made the 70-mile journey from the ocean to China Lake in central Maine, the American Revolution had just come to an end in 1783. But this week, something remarkable happened: The fish were able to return. (mainepublic)
At the Box Mill Dam on Outlet Stream in Vassalboro, a Denil fishway has been constructed on one side of the stream.
The dam is the final barrier before China Lake. And the fishway serves as a sort of ladder for migratory fish, a structure with water on the side of the dam that helps them do what their driving instincts tell them: navigate around the obstruction and get to the lake to spawn. Just down the road, Landis Hudson of Maine Rivers holds up photos of the Masse sawmill and dam, which once stood at this site on Outlet Stream.
"When I started public outreach in 2000 or 2001 with the China Lake Association, told them alewives are good, river herring are good," he says,"they told me to take a hike."The fishway can be seen in the foreground of this shot. In the background is the Olde Mill, a woolen mill built in approximately 1850. At one point, it was the largest mill in New England, employing over 500 people.
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