Keywords: Coastline
Item 148448
Shipwreck on rocky coastline, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: Lantern slide
Item 18974
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard
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The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.
Exhibit
Enemies at Sea, Companions in Death
Lt. William Burrows and Commander Samuel Blyth, commanders of the USS Enterprise and the HMS Boxer, led their ships and crews in Battle in Muscongus Bay on Sept. 5, 1813. The American ship was victorious, but both captains were killed. Portland staged a large and regal joint burial.
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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century
"… they enjoyed Maine's forests, mountains, and vast coastline. Many of these visitors headed “downeast” towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert…"
Story
Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER
A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I
Story
Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune
Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.
