Keywords: Canoe Club
Item 22655
Canoe Club float, Brunswick, 1889
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1889 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 6005
Brunswick Canoe Club, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
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
Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms
According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters
"… Canoeing at Bar Harbor, 1886Abbe Museum Canoe Club Boasting as many as 300 members, the Mount Desert Island Canoe Club encouraged “cooing…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad
"… and for visitors to enjoy hunting, fishing and canoeing. Railroad commissioners learned immediately that building a standard gauge railroad would…"
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.
