Sunset On The Piscataqua is a photograph by Marcia Lee Jones which was uploaded on June 25th, 2014.
Sunset On The Piscataqua
Portsmouth, NH historian Ralph May spend five years searching for the best definition of the place name Piscataqua. But to understand the meaning of... more
Title
Sunset On The Piscataqua
Artist
Marcia Lee Jones
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Photograph - Photography Sold 2
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Portsmouth, NH historian Ralph May spend five years searching for the best definition of the place name Piscataqua. But to understand the meaning of the name, you really need a canoe, not a dictionary. Heres the story of his journey, and ours, to a place where many rivers and lives have parted.
Every now and then someone asks me point blank? What does Piscataqua mean? We say it all the time. I used to hem and haw and regurgitate the old explanation that Piscataqua is a Native American word meaning swift river, or rivers parting, but I never did the research.
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June 25th, 2014