The Union River is a 21.9-mile-long (35.2 km) 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 .
4-616: The Union River is the name of multiple rivers. In the United States Union River (Maine) Union River (Michigan) Union River (Washington) Other Union River (St. Vincent) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-480: 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
12-498: 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
16-478: The title Union River . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Union_River&oldid=351876534 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Union River (Maine) The river forms at
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