Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… passed through the area, taking advantage of the forest and sea. Champlain voyaged along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… towns with roads and shops to a densely forested coastline with no roads and no people was perhaps the same spirit that infused the passengers on…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… Merrill Knight made the first clearing in the forest during the summer of 1794, cutting trees for burning and for building, while his family…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"To negotiate the heavily forested hills, roads were built to accommodate a stage line that connected East Dixfield with Dixfield Common, thence to…"

Acadia National Park

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

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 4 of 4

"Mead, a $5 billion forest products company based in Dayton, Ohio, produced coated papers for periodicals, catalogs, books, and commercial printing."

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

"Felled trees were pulled out of the forests with teams of horses or oxen. Water powered sawmills were built on streams at the head of the harbor and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"The area was heavily forested, much of it with tall pines ideally suited for masts and straight boards for the ships of the King’s Royal Navy."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… took through ancient North Yarmouth's dense forests. This exhibit is a brief history of how that wilderness was transformed by the creation of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… mountaintops, its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore. The artists were the forerunners of this group and several…"

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… facilitating the transportation of dairy and forest products to markets in Portland, Boston, New York and beyond."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The soil was rich and well drained; abundant forests spread over the landscape; smaller water sources provided sites for future mills."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Bay were quite primitive at that time with dense forest extending to the water’s edge, few houses, the only roads being foot and horse paths."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… when their sites were covered with the original forest growth, when the river was the only highway and the spotted line the only guide through the…"