Maine - The US Explained

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[guisarme]

As a history nerd from Bangor I've gotta shout out the greatest Mainer ever, Joshua Chamberlain. Born in Brewer, became a professor at Bowdoin college before enlisting for the union. Rose through the ranks to Brigadier general with a MoH awarded for Gettysburg. Served as Governor and President of Bowdoin before dying of his war wounds in his 80s. The GOAT

[mdquaglia]

This amount of work should be rewarded.

[matthewmartin]

as a mainer from the french speaking parts with a dad who’s acadian french i’m so happy you touched on a part that’s usually overlooked when talking about maine

[JonathanCLacy]

Out of all the videos in this series, I'd say this is the Maine one

[blaineburgess]

As a native Maine lobsterman, I can say that every other fisherman I've worked with or met, refers to the contiguous part of the state as the main land, and the old timers still occasionally say "I've gotta' get back to Maine" before they go back inland. That said, id consider that to be the most realistic/plausible origin.

[ThatIsInterestingTII]

MISSOURI is up next in The US Explained and I'm excited! I've never been there, so Missourians, time to shine! Please reply to fill me in on what I need to know about your home state, such as unique food, traditions, places, some fun facts and local dialects and pronunciations! I can't promise everything will make it into the video, but I will try my best, and I'm looking forward to getting started!

[jmacx]

I wanna tell you thanks for no background music and such great focused content. I love putting a soft track of my choice on in the background while watching these videos. Love and respect.

[mattinthehub]

Saint John is not the capital of New Brunswick @16:53. It's Fredericton.

[JesseSaintJesse]

I live in New Brunswick, close to the Maine/NB border - you did an amazing job of covering the state! And I learned a lot about our neighbour!

[stabbrzmcgee]

thank you for making me homesick. Born and raised there but moved away like so many.

[An-kwec]

I find really mind blowing how maine only reaches northern spain or southern france in latitude but climates are completely different, but i understand several factors help both places to be like that, europe has way too many climate moderating effects by warm sea and air streams being in the west coast of Eurasia while maine has the total opposite, many mountains ranges from coastal BC, shallow lakes and Hudson bay that bring very heavy snowfalls, all helping to enhamce continentality, so maine is more like hokkaido in japan, and shares latitude too.

[yotagerlie]

I live about 30 mins from Mars hill give or take and we are so blessed here to see northern lights often and incredible sunsets and rises. scenery and land unmatched I think you did incredible explaining this beautiful state which I have lived all over

[eliplayz]

I've been waiting for this episode for a long time, as I'm a Mainer. You did a good job. About the origin of the states name, I believe the theory that it was named after the old French province, as it just makes the most sense. Again, you've done a good job, and I've always been under the impression that not a lot of people really know of Maine, so I welcome the internet exposure

[jeffreystanley]

Native Maine resident who has family connections to the state going back before the American Revolution. With connections to relatively famous ancestors here I have read in journals comments that lead me to believe Maine received its name from be the "Maineland" when referred to by fishermen and explorers from other countries and areas as Maine has thousands of islands.

[snikies]

Great video Carter. Native Mainer here. I grew up in Presque Isle in the Aroostook county and in Bangor. Wonderful job on the pronunciations! Not many people from away pronounce Bangor and Presque Isle correctly. The only thing I noticed is that its not "The Downeast" just "Downeast".

[franktadley]

As I understand it, the first group to land in Maine from Europe was the Popham Colony in 1607. It was the site of the first ship built in the New World that year/next. The colony did not sustain and was abandoned the next year. The group was part of the Plymouth Company

[chasrpper]

the other not technically tourism but actually tourism is summer camps. we have well over a hundred summer camps that have students and camp councilors fly in from all over the world to enjoy during the summer

[sonofabear]

It is interesting how populated the quebec is and how few people live on the northwestern border of maine.

[nothingtoseaheardammit]

When I moved from the deep south to Maine in 2015, I had a very hard time understanding the thicker Mainer accents. Now - I've started picking up a lot of the local dialect. Jeezum.

[Legonatic]

Born and raised Mainer checking in. No longer live in Maine, but it will always be my home. I enjoy your videos and was looking forward to the one on my home state. I quite enjoyed the historical and cultural points you touch on which are often overlooked and usually unknown to people who don't grow up there.