The State of Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is the northernmost portion of New England. The state is known for its scenery - its jagged, mostly rocky coastline, its low, rolling mountains, and its heavily forested interior - as well as for its seafood cuisine, especially lobsters and clams.
Colleges and Universities:
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bates College
Beal College
Bowdoin College
Colby College
College of the Atlantic
Husson College
Maine College of Art
Maine Community College System
Central Maine Community College
Kennebec Valley Community College
Eastern Maine Community College
Northern Maine Community College
Southern Maine Community College
Boat School at Eastport (a branch of Husson College)
Washington County Community College
York County Community College
Maine Maritime Academy
St. Joseph's College
Thomas College
Unity College
University of Maine System
University of Maine at Augusta
University of Maine at Farmington
University of Maine at Fort Kent
University of Maine at Machias
University of Maine
University of Maine at Presque Isle
University of Maine School of Law
University of Southern Maine
University of New England
Professional sports teams:
Portland Sea Dogs, minor league baseball, Eastern League (U.S. baseball)
Portland Pirates, minor league hockey, American Hockey League
Lewiston MAINEiacs, junior hockey, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Tourism and outdoor recreation play a major and increasingly important role in Maine's economy. The state is a popular destination for sport hunting (particularly deer, moose and bear), sport fishing, snowmobiling, skiing, boating, camping and hiking, among other activities.
Maine ports play a key role in national transportation. Beginning around 1880, Portland's rail link and ice-free port made it Canada's principal winter port, until the aggressive development of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the mid-1900s. In 2001, Maine's largest city of Portland surpassed Boston as New England's busiest port (by tonnage), due to its ability to handle large tankers. Maine's Portland International Jetport was recently expanded, providing the state with increased air traffic from carriers such as JetBlue.
Maine has very few large companies that maintain headquarters in the state, and fewer than before due to consolidations and mergers, particularly in the pulp and paper industry. Some of the larger companies that do maintain headquarters in Maine include Fairchild Semiconductor in South Portland; IDEXX Laboratories, in Westbrook; Unum, in Portland; L.L. Bean in Freeport; and Delorme, in Yarmouth. Maine is also the home of The Jackson Laboratory, a non-profit institution and the world's largest mammalian genetic research facility.
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