Gut Island Site

Address Restricted, Old Town, Maine. County/parish: Penobscot.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 17, 1994. NRIS 94000182.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 74.91

From Wikipedia:

Gut Island

Gut Island is a small 2-acre (0.81 ha) island in the Penobscot River, near Old Town and Milford in central Maine. The island, owned by the Penobscot Indian Nation, is archaeologically important, and has been designated Site 74.91 by the Maine Archaeological Survey. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for its archaeological significance, which includes well-stratified evidence of human habitation dating back thousands of years.

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