Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"But the mills that once run buzzing saws/Have now gone to decay/And the business men who built them/Have long since passed away."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"The boilers exploded, filling the ship with steam. Within 15 minutes the Larchmont sank taking most of her passengers to their deaths."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The summer tourists stayed in a boarding house/inn, named at various times Seaside House, Seaside Hotel, The Islesborough and Johnson-by-the-Sea."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… the timber, and to blacksmiths, carpenters, ship-chandlers and other suppliers of materials needed to construct the yards and vessels."