BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 7, 2023
Two nameless brooks have quietly rippled through the small Aroostook County town of Orient, separated by only a quarter of a mile as they make their way toward the Atlantic Ocean. A geographic anomaly known as a water divide, causes each brook to travel in a different direction, one toward Bangor, the other toward Calais. If the U.S. Board on Geographic Names approves their application, the brooks will be nationally recognized as Bangor Bound Brook and Calais Bound Brook.