Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… the local fishing industry devastated many small coastal communities. Shipbuilders, Kennebunkport, 1901Brick Store Museum The shipbuilding…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… of the Poor Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth Skyline Farm…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"1915McArthur Public Library Biddeford's coastal location and partially navigable river meant that it was noticed quite early by Europeans."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration. From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the…"

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"Surry middle level students and teachers, in partnership with the Surry Historical Society and other community members, have spent much of the…"

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… of a late nineteenth century tintype studio in a coastal resort. Curiously, the sitter holds two large dollar bills and has another pinned to his…"

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

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

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"Landscape design, parks, urban planning, and planned communities represent a smaller, but growing portion of the listed holdings."

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"They joined grant recipients from the coastal towns of Surry and Swan’s Island in July, 2011, and January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… to the commercial interests of the mercantile coastal communities. Additionally, many in York County opposed separation because the current capital…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… of property arrived in the Dawnland, forming coastal outposts devoted to fishing, logging, and fur trading."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"From 1730, the Church Under the Ledge in the coastal area, now Route 88 in Yarmouth, was the center of the community, providing both worship and town…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Coastal people discovered a taste for West Indies rum, trading lumber for it. By 1700 more Yankees drank rum than beer, with cheap "New England Rum"…"

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

"Like most coastal communities, Islesboro has been home to many resourceful and flourishing cottage industries."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"Their story illustrates how one family works to become embedded in its environment, creating a community and a sense of place that is uniquely its…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… an important role in the character of the small coastal community. Many locals can attest to the fact that the island would be a very different…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

".---(SORL) Duncan, R. Coastal Maine: A Maritime History, 1992. Fischer, D.A. Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America, 1989. Fisher, Jonathan."

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…"

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

"Joseph Wood was 42 when they came to this coastal land whose pristine forests and great pines called to them."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… away” were discovering the rustic delights of coastal Maine towns such as Surry. Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Batignani, Karen Wentworth, Maine’s Coastal Cemeteries, A Historic Tour, 2003, Down East Books, Camden, Maine."