Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… trinkets, skins of seal and deer, baskets of birch-bark, moccasins, bead-work, snow-shows, gulls’ breasts, stuffed birds, clubs, carved sticks…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… and Steamboat Wharf, Bar Harbor, a number of Birch-bark canoes, in which he will take parties to several Islands in the bay and around Mount Desert…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"For a time birch pulp wood was shipped from Maine to him in Boston, but he soon realized that he needed to relocate his operations to a site where…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… from the Natives for amounts of rum, and birch bark deeds were given the buyers. Mt. Desert Island was a wilderness when these early settlers…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"The woods consist of pines, firs, and birches only. I named it Isle des Monts Déserts. The latitude is 44° 30'.” (This quote came from MEMOIR OF…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… of rum, and documented the deal on a piece of birch bark—which he somehow lost. A “fishy” story, now legendary. In 1761, Somes built his Mt."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"Birch bark box by Mali Agat, ca. 1770Maine Historical Society Whatever the name, these people lived along the Saco River for thousands of years -…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… of the raw materials required, primarily white birch trees, and in 1956, purchased the Draper Mill, a modern sawmill designed to manufacture…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Byron

"… years Byron was known for its forests of maple, birch, spruce, and pine, and logging was a major industry."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"It went from Bangor to Birch Stream Settlement (Argyle), Kelmarnock (Medford), Maxfield, Lincoln, Sebois (Seboeis), Piscataquis (Howland-Enfield)…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"They used a lot of white birch wood from the local area and they used different machines that upgraded and changed over time."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… record for hauling the largest load (11 tons) of birch logs six miles to the mill with one pair of horses."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… in order to be nearer a large source of white birch when their only supplier in Michigan discontinued operations."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"They sawed 4 foot bolt wood, mostly white birch and some maple. They used different types of wood for custom orders."

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… Chief Francis Joseph Neptune shared with Pagan on birch bark as well as Pagan’s letter to Ward Chipman about his meetings with First Nation people…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They were able to go night fishing with birch bark torches. The children would hunt sea birds and spear crabs and lobsters."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"The ferule and birch were often made use of, and at times with great severity, whenever the teacher thought necessary, and were remembered by the…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… employment for many and gave a ready market for birch timber. Osie's Texaco Service Station calendar for North New Portland, 1948New Portland…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… elevations provided a variety of wood, “…maple, birch, beach, (sic) ash, elm, basswood, pine, hemlock, fir, spruce, cedar with some oak on the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… found mostly spruce and a scattering of beech, birch and maple trees. Fish and clams were plentiful, as well as wild duck."