Maine Memory Network

Logging operations at Lake Pennesseewassee, Norway, 1939

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1939 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Emerson Logging Company, Stacyville, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Stacyville Media: Photographic print

Great Northern Paper Company sleeping camp, 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913 Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Seboomook Farm, Seboomook, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Seboomook Client: Great Northern Paper Company Architect: Great Northern Paper Company

Student Exhibit: Logging on Kennebec River

I became interested in the Kennebec River log drive when my grandfather would tell me stories. He remembers watching the logs flow down the river from his home in Fairfield, a small town along the Kennebec River.

Moosehead Steamboats

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.

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Early Industry and Bombahook Industry develops quickest where raw materials meet easy transportation and ready energy, both human and otherwise."

My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese

I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.

It was like a family in the mill
by Arnold R. Couture

I saw a lot of changes at the International Paper Otis Mill during my 26 years as an electrician