Keywords: Boat travel
Item 76497
Train Boat Landing, Hartland, 1870
Contributed by: Hartland Historical Society Date: 1870 Location: Hartland Media: Photographic print
Item 102359
R.M.S "Scythia" travel log card, September, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927-09-08 Location: Boston; La Havre Media: Print on paper
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
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.
Site Page
"Chebacco boats were larger, two-masted vessels. These boats were after cod and haddock, the only marketable fish at the time."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores
"… Society Stock for the stores would arrive by boat. In 1894 when the first steamboat began a daily trip between Swan’s Island and Rockland…"
Story
The Joys of Kayaking - Pam's Story
by Pam Ferris-Olson
Pam has kayaked in many special places but her fondest memories are being made on Casco Bay
Story
My Peace on Earth
by Dana Eidsness
She left Maine for school and vowed she'd never move back.
