Pemaquid

Pemaquid is an area near the coast of Maine in and surrounding the town of Bristol in Lincoln County. Pemaquid Point Light , a lighthouse commissioned in 1827 by John Quincy Adams, stands at the Pemaquid Neck and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 
In 1689, the Abenaki Indians laid siege to the English Fort Charles at Pemaquid. The Abenaki defeated the weakened English, killing settlers from the surrounding countryside and burning nearby Jamestown. 
=="Variations on a Summer Day" ==
Pemaquid appears in Stevens' poem "Variations on a Summer Day:" 
 Now, the timothy at Pemaquid 
 
 That rolled in heat is silver-tipped 
 
 And cold. The moon follows the sun like a French 
 
 Translation of a Russion poet. (XI) [1]
Timothy likely refers to timothy grass.
==References ==
1. Wallace Stevens, Collected Poetry and Prose, Library of America, 1997. Page 214.