Editing Carmel, Maine (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|36.90|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|36.53|sqmi|sqkm|2}}  is land and {{convert|0.37|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer2010.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 16, 2012}}</ref> The center of town is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 2 in Maine|U.S. Route 2]] and [[Maine State Route 100]] with [[Maine State Route 69]]. [[Interstate 95 in Maine|Interstate 95]] passes east–west through the southern portion of town, with access via exits 167 and 174, both outside the town boundary.

Souadabscook Stream is the main waterway through the town, flowing east to the [[Penobscot River]] in [[Hampden, Maine|Hampden]]. This waterway was used by the indigenous people of Maine for thousands of years to traverse between the [[Penobscot River|Penobscot]] and [[Kennebec River]] systems on [[canoe]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cook |first=David S. |title=Above the Gravel Bar: The Native Canoe Routes of Maine |publisher=Polar Bear & Company |year=1985 |isbn=978-1-882190-69-0 |edition=3rd}}</ref>