Keywords: Hockey
Item 67542
Hockey game, Hill Mill, Lewiston, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1940 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 79535
Twin City Cyclones, Lewiston, 1929
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1929 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Exhibit
In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"Later on they did not just have ski teams but hockey, boys and girls basketball, gymnastic and track teams."
Site Page
Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis
"… theaters, armories, basketball courts and hockey arenas. Potential audiences of that size put southern Maine on the rock and roll map for concert…"
Story
From Pee Wee to Pro The Maine Way
by Danny Bolduc
I am the very first person from Maine to have played hockey in the Olympics and in the NHL.
Story
Come back to Maine, I did!
by Dan Bolduc
Reflections and the value of Maine from a former pro hockey player from Waterville
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.
