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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"There are three good size ponds on the island. One is in Swan’s Island Village called Mallye’s Pond. It is next to today’s Post Office/Town Office…"

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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

"Cranberry Lodge (Formerly Harbor Cottage) Northeast Harbor Maine, Winter 2009Northeast Harbor Library The Old Ell is Born..."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"In 1718 the area of west Saco and Winter Harbor became a separate town with the name of Biddeford, after the town in Devon, England."

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

"In some of the coldest winters, the Sunbeam was the islander’s only option for reaching the mainland over icy waters."

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

"Running east along the northern edge of Blue Hill Harbor to Wood Point, then turning south along the length of Long Island glaciers left exposed a…"

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

"and other members of the town's Chamber of Commerce mounted a sustained effort to attract doctors, dentists, attorneys, and other professionals to…"

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."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"When the pond was drained in 2003, many treasures were found: old tools, items lost over the years by swimmers, even eels. Some of the old quarry…"

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

"… in fishing dory, Southwest Harbor, 1890Southwest Harbor Public Library Oddly, with the growth of fishing in the early 19th century, commercial…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"They would journey to Bar Harbor to see their town’s boys take on the Sea Siders. MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter. Minturn student Marion Stinson recalls: "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Other coastal communities like Bar Harbor and Camden show similar signs of great education systems. Blue Hill village was centered mostly around the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"The heart of the town was shifting from Winter Harbor up the river to Falls Village. Prior to the building of the first bridge in 1758, the only way…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always allowed to fill with rainwater."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"While occupying almost one-quarter of the island’s total acreage, there were only twenty-six houses shown on the 1884 map."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Town Hall was centrally located, and oftentimes, southern islanders would see their northern counterparts once a year at Town Meeting."

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

"Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Many other shops and businesses operated in Dark Harbor Village."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Dark Harbor Schoolchildren, Isleboro, ca. 1920Islesboro Historical Society There were many changes over the years."

Acadia National Park

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