Keywords: Canada
Item 148308
Waterfall on Devil’s Bite trail, Newfoundland, Canada, 2009
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2009 Location: Parson's Pond, NL, Canada Media: Digital image
Item 15787
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944 Location: Calais; St. Stephen, NB, Canada Media: Photographic print
Item 151374
Hoffman residence, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada, 2001
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001 Location: Grand Manan, NB, Canada Client: Hoffman Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect
Item 151350
Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection
John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Site Page
Kings Landing Historical Settlement
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays
"… northeast boundary between the United States in Canada, and the "borderland" region known between what is today the American state of Maine and the…"
Story
The Journey Home
by Gina Brooks
I am a Maliseet artist from the St. Mary’s First Nation, my work is about our connection to the land
Story
Jim Paquette - preserving his Franco-American and musical roots
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lead singer of the iconic Black Hart Band shares insights of his life journey.
Lesson Plan
Maine's Acadian Community: "Evangeline," Le Grand Dérangement, and Cultural Survival
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the history of the forced expulsion of thousands of people from Acadia, the Romantic look back at the tragedy in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous epic poem Evangeline and the heroine's adoption as an Acadian cultural figure, and Maine's Acadian community today, along with their relations with Acadian New Brunswick and Nova Scotia residents and others in the Acadian Diaspora. Students will read and discuss primary documents, compare and contrast Le Grand Dérangement to other forced expulsions in Maine history and discuss the significance of cultural survival amidst hardships brought on by treaties, wars, and legislation.
