Bangor is the county seat of Penobscot County. Upstream, the Penobscot River drainage basin occupies in northeastern Maine. Aroostook County was formed in 1839 from parts of Penobscot and Washington counties. It includes western Aroostook and northern Somerset, Penobscot, and Piscataquis counties. The Penobscot lived along the Penobscot River in Maine. The Penobscots were settled along the Penobscot River in Maine. Gordon's body was eventually recovered and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Penobscot County, Maine. Situated on Belfast Bay and Penobscot Bay, Belfast is drained by the Passagassawakeag River. Located at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River estuary on Belfast Bay and Penobscot Bay. The colony traded throughout the region, establishing trading posts as far away as Penobscot, Maine. Anglo-American settlers continued to encroach on Penobscot lands. Prominent tribes included the Abenakis, Mi'kmaq, Penobscot, Pequots, Mohegans, Narragansetts, Pocumtucks, and Wampanoag. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Penobscot Bay. The town is divided by the Stillwater River, a branch of the Penobscot River. There were also birch bark wigwams of the Penobscot tribe.