Maine Memory Network

Moose swimming in Moosehead Lake, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Lantern slide

Moosehead II Steamboat, Moosehead Lake, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Moosehead Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Greenville Media: Photographic print

Guest cabin for Sandbar Island Camps on Moosehead Lake, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Sandbar Tract Township Client: Sandbar Island Camps Architect: Stevens and Saunders Architects

Mt. Kineo House, Kineo Township, 1917-1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1926 Location: Kineo Township Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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.

Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad

The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.

Moosehead Messenger

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Moosehead Historical Society

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My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph

Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.