title: Atwell's Creek
text: # Atwell's Creek
  
  Atwell's Creek is a former watercourse in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. It is named for John Atwell, who married Elizabeth Felt, daughter of Joshua.
  
  Flowing into the southern edge of Yarmouth harbor, it was used from the early 18th century to power various mills, the first being Massachusetts native Gilbert Winslow's sawmill in 1720. The creek received its nickname of Folly's Creek at this time, because Winslow's venture was expected by many people to fail, but it proved to be "a profitable concern." The creek was "a considerable watercourse then"; now, though, it is nothing more than a tidal inlet.
  
  