Piscataqua – The name of a river which runs through both New Hampshire and Maine. The sight of rich marine resources in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a booming fishing industry, oysters, clams and lobsters in abundance, and lumber was the reason that saw mills and ship building were set up at the river. “A merchant in 1750 noted that salmon weren’t returning to the Piscataqua as much as in the past because of sawdust from the saw mills choking the water ways.” In addition, Piscataqua, according to the Ne-Do-Ba is also the modern day Portsmouth New Hampshire region. for more click on the introduction
