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• My name is Zulema, I hope you enjoy your tour of
  Maine or The Pine Tree State.

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• Land
• Land area 33,215.
• Rank in size among states 39.
• Higheest point is Mount. Katahdin it is 5,267.
• Lowest point is sea level at the Atlantic ocean.
• State that border is New Hampshire.
• Three main land regions are Coastal lowlands the
  New England uplands, and The White/longfellow
  mtns.

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• THE PEOPLE
• The census of 2005 Maine has a population of
  1,321,505.
• The rank of maine among the states is 39.
• The most populated city is Portland. Another
  large city is Lewiston.

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• The economy and natural resources
• Maine's largest crop is potatoes.
• Other crops grown are oats, and blueberries.
• Animals raised in this state are beef cattle,
  dairy cows, and poultry.
• The most abundant natural resource found in
  maine is fishing.
• Some natural resources from mining are
  granite,limestone,and slate.
• Other natural resources are forestry

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• Visitor's guide
• Baxter State park Is the largest wilderness
  preserve in the state
• Burnham tonvern was the site where towns- people
  planned the first naval battle of the revolution
• First parish church was location of maine's only
  constutional convention
• The wedding cake house at Kennebunk looks like a
  huge wedding cake.

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• Interesting facts
• Maine's colonists were one of the first to arrive
  in America in 1607.
• Maine is the most northeasternly as well as the
  largest of the new england states.
• More than two-thousand lakes are scattered
  throughout maine , more than five-thousand rivers
  and steams flow through maine to the atlantic
  ocean.

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• State symbols
• Maine's state animal is a moose
• Maine's state bird is a Chickadee
• Maine's state flower is the white pine cone
• Maine's state tree is the white pine

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• Flag
• Maine's state seal shows a farmer and a
  seaman,depicting occupations of many state
  residents. A pine tree represents forests, and a
  moose repersents wildlife. One lone star
  represents northern location. The word dirigo (i
  direct or i lead) appears above the drawing.
  Maine's flag, adopted in 1909, is a
  representation of the seal on the blue
  background.

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• Bibliography
• www.Google.com
• www.50state.com
• America the beautiful by ty harrington childens
  press chicago 1987
• From sea to shining sea by dennis brindell frading