Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Note that the water of Johnson Bay beyond the end of the street is not visible, probably a result of fog always common in Lubec even during midsummer."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Above the ground level, the smokehouse had a series of “windows.” (P. 455). Today, the unknowledgeable might call them “doors,” since there are no…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Clough, Annie. Head of the Bay, 1953 (reprinted 2006). .---(SORL); (SHIP) (JF) Clements, Robert. Parker Point Homes - A Parker Point Scrapbook, 1983."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… of barrels, and the sheltered harbor near the head of Somes Sound offered running water and plenty of hardwood. He pitched his camp there."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… children, about the points of interest in the bay. - Bar Harbor Record Centennial Souvenir Edition, July 1896."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The Rockaway Hotel, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Rusticators had started arriving soon after steamer service was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Like other schoolhouses, in the earlier years the school had had a wide age range of students, and not much of a "grading" system."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With quantities of gold in the salt water there is little need of a…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"The first known method for whaling is driving the whales into the shallow water by frightening them with loud noises."

Blue Hill Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.