Keywords: hiking
Item 13247
Camp Wavus Girls Hiking, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1940 Location: Jefferson Media: Photographic print
Item 12873
Walking in to Daicy Pond, 1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Hiking, Art and Science: Portland's White Mountain Club
In 1873, a group of men, mostly from Portland, formed the second known hiking club in the U.S., the White Mountain Club of Portland, to carry out their scientific interests, their love of hiking and camaraderie, and their artistic interests in painting and drawing the features of several of the White Mountains.
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
Some popular places to hike were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls Bridge. On Parker Point, a tennis court was built in 1912 by George…
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise
… vistas, and the exhilaration of vigorous mountain hikes. Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor, 1907Item Contributed byJesup Memorial Library Yet…
Story
C19 on Pine Point Beach
by Beth, Scarborough
Cancer patient experience during pandemic
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.
