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Item 27100
Title: Sieur de Monts Steamboat, Islesboro, ca. 1901
Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society
Date: circa 1901
Location: Islesboro
Media: Postcard
Item 79502
Title: Steamboats, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society
Date: circa 1910
Location: Greenville
Media: Photograph
Item 79446
Title: Steamboats on Moosehead Lake, 1901
Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society
Date: 1901
Media: photograph
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Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
Exhibit
A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915
After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.
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Site
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature
Highlights from the history of what is perhaps the most popular tourist destination in Maine. The site was created by a partnership between MDI High School, Mount Desert Elementary School, and a number of supporting organizations: Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Historical Society, the Jesup Memorial Library, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, and the Maine Granite Industry Historical Society. Exhibits cover Northeast Harbor, the Granite industry, Bar Harbor’s Building of Arts, the Green Mountain Railway, the Bryants and the Rockefellers, and steamboats.