Keywords: ice skating
Item 54419
Ice skating, Fairfield, ca. 1955
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1955 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 63050
Skating on Mallye's Pond, Swan's Island, 1987
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1987 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape
The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum
"… the opening of the Forum Building in 1975, ice skating was moved to that facility. Sources: Haskell, William V."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry
"… pit and iced over in the winter to make a popular skating pond. When the pond was drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost…"
Story
Biddeford and Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame Award recipient
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
With options to be a college French professor, became a lawyer, mayor, DA & District Court Judge
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.
