Keywords: fishing camps
Item 5569
Oak Point Camps, Portage Lake, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portage Media: Photographic print
Item 16583
Spencer Lake Camps booklet, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Hobbstown Twp. Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends
Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.
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
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"Huge shell middens have been found along the shores where natives camped for hundreds of years. After their initial scare by Captain Church's men…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"Nets supported the fishing industry, as they were needed for crab and lobster pots and other fishing endeavors."
Story
Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall
Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.
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
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.
