Jordan Stream Explained

Jordan Stream
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Length:1.4miles
Source1:Jordan Pond
Source1 Location:Mount Desert, Maine
Source1 Coordinates:44.3221°N -68.2548°W
Source1 Elevation:271feet
Mouth:Little Long Pond
Mouth Location:Seal Harbor, Maine
Mouth Coordinates:44.3029°N -68.256°W

Jordan Stream is a watercourse, about long, in the American village of Seal Harbor, Maine.[1] [2] It originates at the southern end of Jordan Pond, in the nearby town of Mount Desert, and flows directly south to its mouth at the northern end of Little Long Pond.[3]

The Jordan Stream valley is pre-glacial. It originally drained southeasterly to Seal Harbor but now drains, initially through a bedrock gorge, southwesterly.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/me/me0200/me0266/data/me0266data.pdf West Branch Jordan Stream Bridge
  2. https://www.loc.gov/item/me0257/ Jordan Pond Dam Bridge, Spanning Jordan Stream on Jordan Pond Carriage Road, Seal Harbor, Hancock County, ME
  3. Web site: Jordan Pond. 2008-07-30. 1999. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609020248/http://www.state.me.us/ifw/fishing/lakesurvey_maps/hancock/images/jordan_pond.pdf. 2011-06-09. dead.
  4. Guide to the Geology of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park, Duane Braun, Ruth Braun (2016), p.107