Located as the city is, on the west bank of the imperial Penobscot, at its junction with the less pretentious Kenduskeag, the business is largely in the valley, while the surrounding heights afford picturesque sites for residences. The diversified aspect is heightened by the wealth of trees along the residential streets, and few localities are to be found with greater scenic attractions. From the highlands over looking the city the view is particularly fine, the mountains which fill the eastern horizon making a fitting bacicground to the picture. The Kenduskeag has, through much of its course, very precipitous banks, a notable illustration being the historic Lover's Leap, a mile above the city; and along this picturesque stream are innumerable gems of scenic beauty.
Bangor enjoys the unique distinction of being the only place of its size on the globe where salmon fly-fishing can be successfully practised within the city's limits, and in one season a Bangor lumber manufacturer brought to the gaff and successfully landed 27 salmon, aggregating 500 pounds in weight. The Bangor
salmon pool, whence are taken all the salmon caught with a fly on the Penobscot, is situated about a mile above the city and just below the falls that span the river at the Bangor water works dam.
Bangor is the home of many sportsmen and is the headquarters in this section for sports men's supplies of all descriptions. Nearly all the parties of sportsmen who in the season visit the great wilderness of northern and eastern Maine make this their rendezvous and procure their outfits here. Moose and deer are multi plying rapidly as the result of vrise game laws, and Maine is truly the sportsmen's paradise.
In the year 1800 the popula tion of Bangor was 277. From 1830 to 1834 Bangor expanded rapidly and when in the latter year a city charter was adopted the popu lation was about 8,000. The census for 1900 gave Bangor a population of 21,850; the popu lation in 1910 was 24,803, and vrith the towns immediately environing, mcluding the city of Brewer across the river, about 50,000.