Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"1890 Islesboro Historical Society HEWES POINT Hewes Point, south of Ryder’s Cove, facing Bounty Cove and the present Northeast Point, welcomed its…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1900Islesboro Historical Society HEWES POINT Hewes Point was named for Paoli Hewes, who established a salt works on the point in 1792."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Later, wharves were constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Summer resorts built wharves at Ryder's Cove, Hewes Point and Dark Harbor to accommodate their guests."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… Nick Hanley & Grant Bowen Shipbuilding Hewing Axe, Shipyard. Hallowell, ca. 1850'sCourtesy of Sumner A."

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Dominic Hewes How did the Stanislaus family impact or relate to my life? One way this connects to my life is, I’m 1/8 Native American and so is my…"

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

"… which had actually begun in the Ryder's Cove and Hewes Point settlements some twenty years earlier. As the island filled with summer residents…"