Maine Memory Network

Ferry, North Lubec, ca. 1895, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Ferry, Lubec, 1892

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1892-04-16 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"The ferry could rock you off of it, but the bridge stays still. With the ferry, it takes you across the river and you have to wait turns, but with…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… construction of an appropriate landing in Lubec passengers and freight were ferried across the bay to Eastport to board steamships bound for New…"