Maine Memory Network
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Title: Camp Winnebago banner, 1931

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago

Date: 1931

Location: Fayette

Media: silk

Title: Kennebasis Lodge & Camps, Indian Township, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Princeton Public Library

Date: circa 1945

Location: Indian Township

Media: photograph

Title: Campers at Camp Winnebago, 1921, left side

Contributed by: Camp Winnebago

Date: 1921

Location: Fayette

Media: Photograph

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

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.