Maine Memory Network

Lewis Hills campsite, Newfoundland, Canada, 2009

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2009 Media: Digital image

Waterfall on Devil’s Bite trail, Newfoundland, Canada, 2009

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2009 Location: Parson's Pond Media: Digital image

Hoffman residence, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada, 2001

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001 Location: Grand Manan Client: Hoffman Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

In Canada During the Civil War

One surviving letter from the family of Francis Pratt to the young man who was in Canada in 1865 suggests that going to Canada to escape military service during the Civil War was not unheard of. The letter also suggests money was removed to Canada to protect it.

Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Old Canada Road Historical Society

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The stories my parents told
by Henry Gartley

Stories from my immigrant parents, WWII, and my love of history.

Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-Americans in Maine

Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the history of the forced expulsion of thousands of people from Acadia, the Romantic look back at the tragedy in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous epic poem Evangeline and the heroine's adoption as an Acadian cultural figure, and Maine's Acadian community today, along with their relations with Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia residents and others in the Acadian Diaspora. Students will read and discuss primary documents, compare and contrast Le Grand Dérangement to other forced expulsions in Maine history and discuss the significance of cultural survival amidst hardships brought on by treaties, wars, and legislation.