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Historical Items

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Item 33300

Le Boucanier Snowshoe Club, Biddeford, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-03-05 Location: Biddeford; Brunswick Media: Glass Negative

Item 25287

Snowshoe club presidents, Quebec

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1940 Media: Photographic print

Item 25290

Jacques Cartier snowshoe club, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1925 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Les Raquetteurs

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.

Exhibit

Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

Exhibit

The Arrival of Winter

The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"The club wanted to be known as a regular club but it soon became known as the New Sweden Athletic Club or NSAC."

Site Page

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… and service organizations, including the Gift Club, Senior Citizens Club, Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Monday Club, The Evergreen Club, The Art Study Group, The Lunkhead Club, The Literary Society of West Farmington and The West Farmington Village…"

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Bicentennial Lesson Plan

Sporting Maine

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.