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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… did brisk business, with Roberts building pinkey boats for local fishing and Clement making fish barrels, washtubs and pails."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Boat engines and fishing equipment also changed. Fishing for tuna with a harpoon, Swan's Island, ca."

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

"The island harbors were shaped by fishing, with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"Boats under sail (in the 1890s) or steam boats, soon thereafter, would come into Burnt Coat Harbor and collect brick sized cut stone."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"… enjoyed a picnic at the beach or a ride in a boat. Four friends at Fine Sand Beach, Swan's Island, ca."

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"“The current swept our boat close to the work trestle,” said Chandler. Cranes with pier construction on new bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical…"

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

"Initially these settlers came to cut timber for boat building and to cultivate the land for their family’s food. Early fishing schooner, ca."

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

"The shipyard and the seaport ceased to exist. Boat Building: Lobster Boats and Skiffs Dory with Twin Girls, Scarborough, ca."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… Desert and was brought to this island when a sail boat chanced to visit those places This was very inconvenient to the settlers and often the…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… Society Stock for the stores would arrive by boat. In 1894 when the first steamboat began a daily trip between Swan’s Island and Rockland…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Sheep would often be put on a boat and brought to one of the smaller outer islands for grazing. The independence of islanders to raise their own food…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"Using its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation in finding and supporting a nurse or physician” including…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Transportation was taken over by individual boat owners, who served as an on-demand ferry system. "Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"By 1890 prices grew higher and boats grew larger as the easy to reach lobsters closer inland grew scarce."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… of Bass Harbor for convenience, and the current boat, Captain Henry Lee, can carry up to seventeen vehicles and makes multiple daily trips year…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Travel of any distance was usually via boat or horseback. The arrival of the train, and later the trolley, allowed residents greater flexibility of…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Boats of all sizes and types, from rowboats and small sailboats, to fishing boats were used for this purpose."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and blacksmith shops were all present and island-based."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… more French and natives who also fled by boat. After confiscating a large quantity of beaver and moose pelts, Church and his men sailed away, and…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"In the late 1940's, the building was already in disrepair with a caving floor. There were still costumes in the back room."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"In 2007, the hall was cleared out and in May of 2009 the entire building was moved to its current location at 65 Atlantic Loop Rd."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"Check out the exhibits below to see ways the students got involved: Old Buildings Exhibit Baird's Quarry Exhibit"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… current Methodist Church, until the group had a building of its own. The three-story hall was built shortly after 1909, and still stands tall on…"