Keywords: Black Point Inn
Item 15586
Addie Elmira Kaler and Harry F. Kaler, ca. 1885
Contributed by: South Portland Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Item 31725
Harry Kaler, Scarborough, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Scarborough Media: Slide, transparency
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"… was built near the bottom of Oak Hill where 44-46 Black Point Road is today. During the Civil War, the Oak Hill station was a busy shipping point…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2
"… been at Dunstan Landing and other yards were at Black Point on the Nonesuch River and the Libby River.(1) By the 1840s, a railroad drawbridge…"
