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Bangor, Maine: 31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan

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Bass Park

Address:
519 Main St., Bangor, ME
Directions:
Bass Park. I-395 exit 3 and drive north a block or two. On the west side of Main St., opposite the Hollywood Slots Hotel.
Phone:
207-947-0307
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Paul Bunyan statue.

31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan

The mighty woodsman from... Bangor, Maine? Bangor's Bunyan statue stands head and shoulders above most others.

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Paul Bunyan, 2016.

Paul Bunyan

This Paul Bunyan was guarding hotel guests and welcoming Jimmy Buffet fans to his funky concerts in 2016!

[Kristina Hodgdon, 09/06/2023]

Bubba is no longer with us, but Bunyan lives on.

Paul Bunyan.

31-Foot-Tall Paul Bunyan

Paul now stands in front of the Cross Insurance Center and across the street from the new Hollywood Casino. He is in same location as he has always been but the neighborhood has changed drastically. The city tore down the old civic center and built the Cross Center next to Paul who now looks out onto the casino and its parking garage, not the river. Now with a more urban feel, it is still a magnificent statue in a great easy to find location.

[Casaflamingo, 10/26/2019]
Paul Bunyan Statue and Birthplace

You'll have to view this from afar right now. The area is under construction and there's no access directly to the statue. Part of Paul is visible above the construction fence though.

[Bird Nerd, 06/09/2012]
Paul Bunyan statue

The statement that the statue in Bangor Maine is a converted muffler man is false. Bangor is the home of Paul Bunyon -- there is a birth certificate to prove it, the statue was made from scratch and refurbished a few years ago,and when the city wanted to dismantle him it raised quite an uproar. He does not even come close to the pose struck by your muffler men. In his left hand is a peavey (also invented by a Maine native), and in his right is a double-bitted axe which is over his shoulder in a typical lumberman's fashion.

[Roger Simmons; a Maine native, 07/15/1998]

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In the region:
Penobscot Narrows Bridge Observatory, Fort Knox Tunnels, Prospect, ME - 16 mi.

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