Bradley

🏆🏆🏆 Penobscot River Lot — Public lot on the Penobscot River near Old Town — traditional Penobscot Nation territory

Bradley is a public reserved lot on the Penobscot River near the town of Bradley, adjacent to Indian Island — home of the Penobscot Nation. The Penobscot people have lived along this river for at least 11,000 years, and the river itself is named from their word “Panawahpskek” meaning “the place of the descending ledge” (describing the falls at Old Town). The lot provides river access for fishing and boating.

Visitor Information

About Bradley

Bradley is a public reserved land unit along the Penobscot River in the town of Bradley, just north of Bangor. The site provides river access and preserved forest along Maine’s largest river. The Penobscot was the ancestral homeland of the Penobscot Nation, whose island reservation at Indian Island is nearby.

Things to Do

Fishing for Atlantic salmon and smallmouth bass in the Penobscot River, canoeing, hiking, birdwatching along the river corridor, and learning about Penobscot Nation history and culture at nearby sites.

About Bradley

Bradley in Penobscot County provides a public access site on the Penobscot River — the longest river in Maine at 350 miles and historically the most important Atlantic salmon river in the United States. The Penobscot River Restoration Project (2004-2016) — the largest dam removal and fish passage project in U.S. history — has returned river herring, Atlantic salmon, and American shad to the upper river for the first time in two centuries.

Things to Do

Fishing the restored Penobscot River, kayaking and canoeing, birdwatching for bald eagles, and witnessing the results of America’s largest river restoration project.