Keywords: Fishermen
Item 64257
Fishermen, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 101368
Contributed by: Monhegan Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Monhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Camden has been home to generations of fishermen, shipbuilders, sailmakers, and others who make their living through the sea. The lives of two Camden sailmakers, who were born nearly a century apart, became entwined at a small house on Limerock Street.
Exhibit
Father Rasles, the Indians and the English
Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation
"Fishermen and women would use bamboo for the material to make fishing poles back then. The bamboo was really weak so it kept breaking, and people had…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4
"These historic community boundaries are still respected, and many young fishermen might fish where family before him fished, but today anyone goes…"
Story
Backup Captain
by Shannon & Asa Richards
Our family’s deep connections to the maritime and fishing communities
Story
Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick
A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman