Keywords: Back River
Item 99407
Ferry on the Back River, Westport Island, 1941
Contributed by: Maine Department of Transportation Date: 1941 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print
Item 30974
Annual River Drive, Guilford, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River
I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.
Exhibit
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Narrative
"The confluence of the Kenduskeag River with that of the Penobscot River beckoned development. Yet, it would be more than a hundred and fifty years…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976
"Along with ice, logs flowed down the river and created a dam, causing the water to back up. When the water overflowed onto the banks, the Great…"
Story
My Peace on Earth
by Dana Eidsness
She left Maine for school and vowed she'd never move back.
Story
Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler
How hunting has impacted my life
