Keywords: Mid Lake
Item 116552
Lake Kaseiganagh east to Lake Superior, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817–1827 Media: Ink on paper
Item 116554
Lake Kaseiganagh east to Lake Superior, duplicate, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Media: Ink on paper
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Mainers began propagating fish to stock ponds and lakes in the mid 19th century. The state got into the business in the latter part of the century, first concentrating on Atlantic salmon, then moving into raising other species for stocking rivers, lakes, and ponds.
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Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake
"The different fish in Porter Lake are the landlocked salmon and lake trout, brook trout, rainbow smelt, smallmouth bass, white perch, yellow perch…"
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Story
My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph
Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.
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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
