Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… on the midcoast of Maine dividing East and West Penobscot Bays. Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water)…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… by the First Parish, made the excursion down the Penobscot River on August 10, 1865. Martin wrote, "My family as a whole had never been down river…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… picking up lumber and other material along the Penobscot River, a clam voyage to Cape Jellerson, saving a man at the eddy at Carls Point, a failed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Bangor 's location on the Penobscot River made it well-positioned geographically and economically to take advantage of lumber shortages in much of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fish weir, Ball Hill Cove, Hampden, ca. 1832

"… the fish weir that residents constructed on the Penobscot River. The illustration appears on page 47 of the journal and Martin describes the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"“Aroostook" is a mangled version of Wolastuq, the original name for the St. John River. The families would disperse broadly through the late summer…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Otherwise they had to travel all the way to Bangor and down US Route 1A to Surry. When the Waldo-Hancock Bridge opened in 1931, this marvel of…"