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Eglise de Notre Dame Mt. Carmel, Lille, ca. 1920

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Wood Island Lighthouse, ca. 1910

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Ancient volcanic basalt, black and craggy, defile the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous…"

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Pine Point Boatyard, Scarborough, 1928

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

"It is known that local mariners Abraham Perkins and Ira Milliken had two boats built at the landing, one of them a brig named Angelina."

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Class in front of Blue Hill Academy, Blue Hill, 1893

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"This prepared them for marine navigation and exploration, and taught them outdoor skills; things a person could learn in camp today."

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Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… birth of another industry – The Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, "Klondike” -- the gold from seawater hoax. Ferry Lubec at Dock, Lubec, ca."

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SEE NOTE Detail of USGS Topographical Map of Bath, 2000

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the passions of seven individuals who formed the Marine Research Society of Bath in 1962. In 1975, the name of the organization was officially…"