Keywords: Fjord
Item 55122
Schooner 'Bowdoin,' Greenland, 1939, 1939
Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1939 Location: Kangerdluk Fjord Media: Photo negative
Item 24992
Somes Souns, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Somesville Media: Postcard
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…
"… homestead between the freshwater pond and the fjord which now carry his name. His family traded with Wabanakis who canoed to the area to fish…"
