Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Stairway Up the Tower X In the old days of the Lighthouse Service, and even during Coast Guard aegis from 1939, keepers hosted the occasional…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"During the 1960s and 1970s, Ellsworth's commercial development provided employment opportunities for many of its Surry neighbors."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"Now known as the Carter Nature Preserve, this panoramic vista includes tidal pools, cobble beach and ledges shadowed by fields and a mixed wood…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"This same ship, donated to the U.S.Navy, was converted to a warship and was the first vessel sunk in the war by German submarines in 1917."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Town of Islesboro authorized bonds to pay for a publicly owned and run ferry system. The Governor Brann was launched at I.L."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"Blue Hill – named by early explorers – has served as a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Clough’s 1952 Blue Hill history, Head of the Bay, listed 135 summer residents’ houses, most of them on the shore between the Neck in South Blue…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"And Calvin London, a good man giving his time to the kids as in preceding years, with his dinghy and its outboard motor."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Now he is dead at aged seventeen The finest bay we have ever seen. We’ll miss this wonder of the track Would give our all to have him back."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… Earliest Roads: King's Highway and Tuttle Road Heading north and east from Boston along the coast of Maine, a shore road known as King's Highway…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"The righthand photograph shows initial trestlework extending from the Lubec shore at low tide, the water reflecting the calm before tide reversal."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"X Out of all of these historical objects, people, and buildings, only the church remains. It is now painted chocolate brown, and is used as a…"

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

"… presence to the west, from the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River, through the Great Lakes, and the eastern border’s terminus at Lake…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents alternately flooding and emptying the Salt Pond."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… of the blue hill which rested snugly at the head of the bay certainly influenced what the place was called and the town eventually arrived at the…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Roosevelt’s long time summer home, lies 10 miles across open ocean from mainland New Brunswick. But a mere 300 yards from the U.S."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… the weather would permit a sail boat to cross the bay Later they were carried daily The department established a mail route and paid the mail…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Heading up stream in the fall of the year had its difficulties. The weather was frigid by October and provisions were diminished by the time they…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… fisheries • New England Aquarium establishes Bay of Fundy Right Whale Research Field Station in Lubec Water Street, Lubec, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"When it became clear that the commission process would not produce a result in the early 1820s, both sides reluctantly prepared for arbitration by a…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… New York, arrived on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay in 1875 attracted by the abundance of small herring."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"The Bay of Fundy, the Maine coast, and even the Gulf of St. Lawrence were fishing grounds for the rest of the season."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Adams, who owned a store at the head of the ferry wharf; R.H. Bangs, a North Lubec merchant; W.B. Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M."