Maine Memory Network
Maine's Online Museum

Title: Littleton Fish Hatchery, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1920

Location: Littleton

Media: Photograph

Title: Lawrence Plante with a fish he caught, c. 1920

Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

Date: circa 1920

Location: Van Buren

Media: monochrome photograph

Title: State Fish Hatchery, Caribou, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library

Date: circa 1910

Location: Caribou

Media: postcard

Address: 257 Capisic Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Albert S. Dresser

Style: Utilitarian

Use: Fish House

Address: 923 Congress Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Ida Haggett

Use: Store - Fish

Address: 677-687 Forest Avenue, Portland

Owner in 1924: Hamilton Brothers

Use: Apartment & Fish Market

Early Europeans and Fishing

The abundant resource of fish off the coast of Northern New England drew Europeans to the region, as did timber, furs, and other natural resources.

Raising Fish

Mainers began propagating fish to stock ponds and lakes in the mid 19th century. The state got into the business in the latter part of the century, first concentrating on Atlantic salmon, then moving into raising other species for stocking rivers, lakes, and ponds.

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

Lubec, Maine

A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary

A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay

A history of one of Maine’s many populated islands. The site was created by a team consisting of representatives from Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro Central School, and the Alice L. Pendleton Library. Early settlements, businesses and cottage industries, schools, water transportation, and summer resorts are the topics covered.