Three Sisters Harvest Dinner & Annual Celebration 2022

89 Conant Street,Westbrook ME 04092

17 September, 2022

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Join Friends of the Presumpscot River for a special evening to honor our river’s natural heritage, commemorate historic & current efforts to protect it and support its ongoing restoration. 5:00 PM - Gather at The Farm at Conant Homestead, on a section of Portland Trails looking east toward the Presumpscot River, where the Friends will lead a walk past the memorial to Chief Poulin, of the Penobscot Nation, who led the first documented dam protest in New England during the mid-1700s, advocating for fish passage to protect a vital food source for his people of the “dawn-land”) and down to the beloved Presumpscot River. Here we will talk about the current dam removal and fish passage construction. Check-in and raffle tickets sales 5:00 - 5:30 6:30 PM – Three Sisters Harvest buffet dinner & Friends of the Presumpscot River's annual celebration. Gather together to enjoy live music, good food, drink and conversation! Suggested donation of $60.00 per person to help support Friends of the Presumpscot River’s continued efforts to restore fish passage, improve water quality and bring back the natural character of our river.   Raffle winners will be announced after dinner- past raffle prizes have included kayaks, fly-fishing rods, and fly-fishing lessons with a Registered Maine Guide.  Tickets for the raffle sold separately on Eventbrite or during the dinner. Thank your for being part of this annual celebration honoring the river and the Penobscot tribal members forever tied to it's existence. Cordially, FOPR