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Survey Chart, Islesboro, 1884

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… points on the island for the convenience of these steamers and the islanders. Summer resorts built wharves at Ryder's Cove, Hewes Point and Dark…"

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Steamship "Mount Desert," leaving Southwest Harbor, ca. 1900

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Desert Ferry, in Frenchman Bay, from which a steamer ran to Bar Harbor. The island had already been getting visitors before the steamship service…"

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Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"In 1832 a canal connecting Johnson Bay and South Bay was dug and plaster mills constructed where Jeremiah Fowler employed 125 men."

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Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello, Lubec, ca. 1962

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

"mainland at Lubec, Maine. Ferry steamers navigated this narrow but treacherous arm of the sea beginning in 1882, later supplemented by auto scows…"