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

"… long shipbuilding history of many other Maine coastal and river towns. There was a brief period of time, however, when Dunstan Landing was an…"

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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…"

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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Playhouse to the summer theater-going public of coastal Hancock County. Just months before the start of the Great Depression, a group of actors…"

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

"… 10 August 1897, despite near-zero visibility, the coastal schooner Howard H. Middleton was under full sail as it approached Portland."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… part of a plan to improve postal service, and the coastal King’s Highway was not used as often. In 1753, the British Government named Benjamin…"

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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."

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

"… they discovered was the relative backwater of coastal Maine. Seeing an opportunity, A.C. and Emily Savage, like other year-round settlers on Mount…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Scarborough men have engaged primarily in coastal fishing, particularly clams and lobsters. As a second job, some lobstermen operated fishing party…"

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

"… the robust import-export business that thrived in coastal waters off Mount Desert Island. Their story illustrates how one family works to become…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… often camped near a narrow stretch of shallow coastal water where they built a weir, or sihtomuhkakon."

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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…"