Keywords: Boat landings
Item 12758
Canneries prior to Brooklin Boat Yard, Brooklin, 1959
Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency
Item 105897
Passenger boat landing, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Boothbay Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 86866
Assessor's Record, Shelter Shed, Boat Landing, Portland Pier, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Portland Pier Use: Shelter Shed, Boat Landing
Exhibit
Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship
Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.
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.
Site Page
"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 St."
Site Page
"Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Essay by Liam Riordan Riordan is American historian…"
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students a close-up look at historical operations behind Maine's famed shipbuilding and shipping industries. Students will examine primary sources including letters, bills of lading, images, and objects, and draw informed hypotheses about the evolution of the seafaring industry and its impact on Maine’s communities over time.
