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Historical Items

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Item 66613

Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 73424

Otter Pond Cottage, Swan's Island, 1949

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 66623

Viaduct over Otter Creek, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1939 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade

A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.

Exhibit

Raising Fish

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.

Exhibit

Hunting Season

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.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… of discrimination; they were often referred to as Otter's Tail Squatters living on No Man's Cape. They worked together as a tight-knit group."

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"X Eric Otter Bacon, Passamaquoddy, demonstrating basket making at the Abbe Museum, 2009. X"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… in what is now Bar Harbor as well as Somesville, Otter Creek, Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor and Tremont."