Keywords: Big Lake
Item 13621
Weeks Mill on Big Smith Brook, 1891
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1891-05-24 Media: Photographic print
Item 80122
Dixie School, Big Lake Twp, 1974
Contributed by: Joyce Carle through Princeton Public Library Date: 1974 Location: Big Lake Township Media: Slide
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891
"Participants went to St. Croix Lake then down the St. Croix Stream and the Aroostook River to Presque Isle, May 24-31, 1891."
Site Page
"… its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore. The artists were the forerunners of this group and several landscape…"
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman
Story
Dan Gagne: The story behind Biddeford’s legendary speed skater
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Stories from a competitive athlete with countless awards and contributions to his community
