Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… even docked at Steamboat Wharf on Contention Cove. Started in 1839, the village shipyard was located at the present day town landing."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… factory that baited trawlers coming into Mackerel Cove. Swan’s Island fishermen worked hard and were successful at their trade."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… were some near Scrag Island, some in Toothacher Cove and some at nearby Frenchboro. The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were brought…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… commercial quarries on the island; the Toothacher Cove Quarry being the other one. Within a few years, Baird’s quarry works were 500 by 250 ft."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Thomas The Washington B. Thomas was a five-masted schooner of a type called a fore-and-after. A fore-and-after schooner was extremely economical…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… mostly located around the inner harbor, at Conary Cove near the reversing falls, at the Salt Pond and in East Blue Hill."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… (1675-1702) Garrison Cove Marker on Black Point Road in ScarboroughScarborough Historical Society & Museum The first Indian attack occurred…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… on streams at the head of the harbor and Peters Cove. At the original settlement in Blue Hill Falls, mills were powered by the tidal currents…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Ryder’s Cove, or Sabbathday Harbor as it was known to early sailors as an ideal place to rest on Sundays, became Islesboro’s first summer community."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Carrying Place Cove, Life Saving Station, Lubec, ca. 1890Lubec Memorial Library Schooner Whitebelle Wreck, Lubec, 1931Lubec Memorial Library…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Lifesaving Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last sailing ship built in Lubec – Charles Sears 1879…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Indeed, the building of schooners carried Bath through the nationwide depression and into relative prosperity in the 1880s and 1890s."