Keywords: Norwegian
Item 76140
Ski racing legend, Sugarloaf world Cup, 1971
Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Sugarloaf Media: Photographic print
Item 148769
"Sunbeam II" passengers watching Norwegian vessel "Toronto" deliver sailboats, Bear Island, 1938
Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1938-05-06 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine
Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry
"It was purchased by a Norwegian company in 2000 and closed in 2003. Most of the pens have been dismantled and the parts have been recycled for other…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry
"It was purchased by a Norwegian company in 2000 and closed in 2003. Unloading the first ferry, Swan's Island, 1960Swan's Island Historical…"
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
