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Person/Organization: Macmillan, Donald Baxter

Historical Items

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Item 12591

Capt. MacMillan departure, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 12592

Capt. MacMillan, Schooner Bowdoin, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Item 12593

Capt. MacMillan's departure, Wiscasset, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Exhibit

Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

Scientist, author and explorer Donald B. MacMillan established Wiscasset as his homeport for many of the voyages he made to the Arctic region starting in the early 1920s.