Keywords: Borders
Item 104218
200th anniversary of the capture of Moose Island, Eastport, 2014
Courtesy of Ruth McInnis, an individual partner Date: 1814 Location: Eastport Media: Ink on paper
Item 104219
Hardy's proclamation to the citizens of Moose Island, Eastport, 2014
Courtesy of Ruth McInnis, an individual partner Date: 1814 Location: Eastport Media: Ink on paper
Item 110442
Malone residence, borders planting plan for the "Yellow House," Northeast Harbor, 2013
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Mount Desert Client: Frederick R. Malone Architect: Patrick Chasse
Item 149186
Westward Way planting plan, Northeast Harbor, 1992
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992 Location: Mount Desert Client: Roger Milliken Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
Exhibit
The British capture and occupation of Eastport 1814-1818
The War of 1812 ended in December 1814, but Eastport continued to be under British control for another four years. Eastport was the last American territory occupied by the British from the War of 1812 to be returned to the United States. Except for the brief capture of two Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese in World War II, it was the last time since 2018 that United States soil was occupied by a foreign government.
Exhibit
Building the International Appalachian Trail
Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home
"… 1731Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary project, a two and half year initiative (2020-2022)…"
Site Page
"Beyond Borders: an historical overview Further to the east, new boundary issues erupted. At the end of the Revolutionary War, in the 1783 Treaty of…"
Story
Stories from Eastport
by Ruth McInnis
My memories of growing up in Eastport, WWII, camping, and history on the border
Story
Too Small to Have a Town Drunk
by Scott Maker
Vignettes from Downeast Maine
Lesson Plan
Wabanaki Studies: Stewarding Natural Resources
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce elementary-grade students to the concepts and importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), taught and understood through oral history to generations of Wabanaki people. Students will engage in discussions about how humans can be stewards of the local ecosystem, and how non-Native Maine citizens can listen to, learn from, and amplify the voices of Wabanaki neighbors to assist in the future of a sustainable environment. Students will learn about Wabanaki artists, teachers, and leaders from the past and present to help contextualize the concepts and ideas in this lesson, and learn about how Wabanaki youth are carrying tradition forward into the future.