Keywords: East Lake
Item 19745
Five Islands, East Grand Lake, ca. 1930
Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard
Item 116552
Lake Kaseiganagh east to Lake Superior, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1817–1827 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2
"… and the usually placid waters of Gardner’s Lake, east of Machias in far Washington County. They gathered from Ridge, Split Hill, McCurdy, and…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3
"Tourists on their way to or from the Rangeley Lakes often stopped at the hotel (which eventually fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1969)."
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
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
