Keywords: Boat rides
Item 98850
"Rex," Norcross wharf, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Norcross Heritage Trust Date: circa 1930 Location: Indian Purchase Township No. 3 Media: Photographic print
Item 63053
A summer boat ride, Swan's Island, ca. 1987
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1987 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 151349
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures
"… alike enjoyed a picnic at the beach or a ride in a boat. Four friends at Fine Sand Beach, Swan's Island, ca."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!
"… Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current home of between 300 and 350 year…"
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
