Caribou, Maine Caribou, Maine Official seal of Caribou, Maine Nickname(s): The Most Northeastern City In The United States Caribou, Maine is positioned in Maine Caribou, Maine - Caribou, Maine Location in the state of Maine State Maine Caribou is the second biggest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
The first pioneer came to what is now Caribou in the 1820s.
Between 1838 and 1840, the undeclared Aroostook War flared between the United States and Canada, and the Battle of Caribou occurred in December 1838.
From Eaton Plantation and part of half-township H, Caribou was incorporated in 1859 as the town of Lyndon on April 5.
On February 26 of that year its name was changed to Caribou, only to revert to Lyndon on March 9.
On February 8, 1877, Caribou was finally confirmed as the town's permanent name.
Two enduring mysteries are the reason for the initial name of Lyndon, and the reasons for the town's name being later changed back and forth between Lyndon and Caribou.
Caribou was the "jumping off" point for a large influx of pioneer who immigrated directly from Sweden in 1870-1871, and settled the close-by "Swedish colony." Caribou became the biggest potato shipping core in the world, and had many related industries.
Caribou was incorporated as a town/city in 1967 on February 23, but the area's boom reconstructionleveled off in the 1970s as a result of problem in its traditional potato industry.
In September 1984, Caribou was the lift-off locale of the first prosperous solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by Colonel Joseph Kittinger.
This flight is memorialized at the Rosie O'Grady Balloon of Peace Park one mile (1.6 km) south of the town/city on Main Street.
The Caribou Public Library is a Carnegie library.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 80.10 square miles (207.5 km2), of which 79.26 square miles (205.3 km2) is territory and 0.84 square miles (2.2 km2) is water. Caribou is positioned on the northern bend of the Aroostook River before it heads southeast to join the Saint John River just east of Fort Fairfield, Maine.
Caribou is positioned in the geographical center of Aroostook County, at an altitude of 449 feet (137 m) above sea level.
In sparsely populated Aroostook County, Caribou is at the core of spokes serving the region via U.S.
1 and Maine State routes 89, 161, 164, 205 and 228.
Caribou has a municipal airport, with full east-west and north-south runways.
Northern Maine Regional Airport in Presque Isle serves as the major hub for air service.
The closest deep-water port is Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, 120 miles (190 km) north of Caribou, on the St.
The Eastern Maine Railroad serves Caribou and Aroostook County, also connecting Maine, Vermont and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick and providing a direct rail link between northern Maine; Saint John, New Brunswick; and Montreal, Quebec.
Caribou has a humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb), with cold, snowy winters, and warm summers, and is positioned in USDA hardiness zone 4b/4a. The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 10.2 F ( 12.1 C) in January to 65.6 F (18.7 C) in July. On average, there are 41 evenings annually that drop to 0 F ( 18 C) or below, and 92 days where the temperature stays below freezing, including 70 days from December through February. Although 1981 2010 averaged 1.9 days annually with highs at or above 90 F (32 C), more than 35 percent of all years on record have not seen such temperatures. Extreme temperatures range from 41 F ( 41 C) on February 1, 1955 up to 96 F (36 C) on May 22, 1977 and June 29, 1944. at least 0.1 in (0.25 cm), are October 23 and April 25. The average cyclic snow flurry for Caribou is approximately 109 inches (2.8 m), while snow flurry has ranged from 68.5 inches (1.74 m) in 1961 62 to 196.5 inches (4.99 m) in 2007 08; the record snowiest month was December 1972 with 59.9 inches (1.52 m), while the most snow in one calendar day was 28.6 inches (73 cm) on March 14, 1984. Measurable snowfalls typically occur from late October to early April.
Climate data for Caribou Municipal Airport, Maine (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1939 present) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 14.2 10.8 9.7 4.9 0.4 0 0 0 0.1 1.2 7.4 12.4 61.1 In Caribou and throughout Aroostook County, the two primary agricultural crops are potato and broccoli.
Other meaningful agricultural crops grown in Caribou include blueberries, hay, oats, and alternative crops on a lesser scale.
The Loring Commerce Center is positioned four miles from Caribou and has a several major employers, including the Maine Military Authority (200 employees) which restores military and municipal heavy equipment, the Defense Finance Accounting Service (600 employees) which handles accounting and payroll for the armed services, and Job Corps (300 employees).
Caribou is also the service core for central Aroostook County.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Caribou Middle School, serving the fifth through eighth grades.
Caribou High School Loring Job Corps, a federal vocational and technical school positioned four miles northeast of Caribou at the Loring Commerce Center.
Caribou has over a dozen cross-country ski trails with varied scenery and terrain inside a one-hour drive of the city.
The Maine Winter Sports Center is headquartered in Caribou.
MWSC is active in Caribou's recreational life amid all four seasons and sponsors various affairs, including a Ski Dash, Youth Ski Festival, and the Caribou Mile road race.
Aroostook County is widely known by sports enthusiasts for its well-groomed extensive snowmobile trail system; Caribou maintains 170 miles (270 km) of Aroostook County's 1,600-mile (2,600 km) snowmobile trail system.
Running through the heart of Aroostook County is the Northeast Snowmobile Trail (NEST), and International Snowmobile Trail System linking Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the Province of Quebec.
Other recreational options include an excellent 9-hole golf course, multi-use hiking/biking/ATV trails, a four screen movie theater, a frisbee golf course, a roller skating rink, Spud Speedway (the area's only race track), a bowling alley, The Maine Dance Academy, and a several excellent parks.
Caribou's Public Safety is served 24/7/365 by the professionals of the Caribou Fire and Ambulance Dept.
And the Caribou Police Dept.
Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department is a combination full-time, paid call and volunteer fire dept.
Caribou Fire and Ambulance Dept.
Apparatuses include First Out Engine 1, 2 Pumper Tankers (Tanker 2 and Tanker 4), Ladder 3, Rescue 6, Utility Pickup 7, Incident Command 5, 1 Snowmobile, 1 ATV, (used by both police and fire), 5 Ambulances, 2 Fixed Wing Aircraft (courtesy Fresh - Air, Inc).
Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department is staffed by 15 Full-Time Firefighter/Paramedics, one Full-Time Chief and approx.
Caribou is served by WAGM-TV, a CBS partner positioned in Presque Isle, which is the only full-power commercial tv station north of Bangor.
Residents of Caribou receive the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, a PBS affiliate, over WMEM-TV, as well as the CBC from Canada.
They include CJEM 92.7 FM, CIKX 93.5 FM, CBAL-FM-5 94.3 FM, WQHR 96.1 FM, WBPW 96.9 FM, CBAM 99.5 FM, CBAF 100.3 FM, CFAI-1 101.1 FM, WOZI 101.9 FM, CBZC 103.3 FM, CFAI-1 105.1 FM, WMEM 106.1 FM, CIBM 107.1 FM and WEGP 1390 AM.
A weekly newspaper, the Aroostook Republican, is presented in Caribou.
The Caribou Performing Arts Center draws acts and shows from all over the United States and Canada.
Caribou also has a grow music program centered around the Caribou Music Department.
Music education has been a vital part of the education fitness in Caribou for years.
Caribou is also home to Echoes magazine, a quarterly printed announcement about non-urban culture and tradition focused primarily on northern Maine.
In addition, the Caribou Choral Society has performed concerts in Aroostook County for the last 35 years, and consists of performers from throughout the northern Maine/western New Brunswick region.
Caribou Historical Society & Museum Caribou Performing Arts Center Caribou Ambulance and Fire Department Collins, two-term mayor of Caribou and civic prestige a b "Station Name: ME CARIBOU MUNI AP".
"Gazetteer of the state of Maine.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Caribou.
City of Caribou, Maine Caribou 2009 Sesquicentennial Celebration Caribou Children's Discovery Museum Caribou Public Library Caribou Public Library -- a Carnegie Library Caribou Chamber of Commerce & Industry Map of Caribou, Maine, ca.
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Municipalities and communities of Aroostook County, Maine, United States State of Maine
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