Maine Memory Network

West Branch ponds, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Shawtown Twp. Media: Lantern slide

Meadow Pond, Islesboro, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Islesboro Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Islesboro Media: Postcard

Downes property, East End Avenue Near Ice Pond, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Cynthia A. Downes Use: Summer Dwelling

Charleton property, Central Avenue, N. Side Pond Grove, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alice M. Charleton Use: Summer Dwelling

Mr. Walter U. Gutmann Grading, Drainage, and Construction Layout Plan, Auburn, 1929-1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1930 Location: Auburn; Auburn Client: Walter U. Gutmann Architect: Bremer W. Pond

Richard Rockefeller residence, Bartlett Island, 2004

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2004 Location: Mount Desert Client: Richard G. Rockefeller Architect: J. W.; Roc Caivano Architects

Ice: A Maine Commodity

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.

Raising Fish

Mainers began propagating fish to stock ponds and lakes in the mid 19th century. The state got into the business in the latter part of the century, first concentrating on Atlantic salmon, then moving into raising other species for stocking rivers, lakes, and ponds.

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… had to have at least four inches of ice on the pond before you could set up to start cutting.” The Moores cut ice on Cascade Pond, above the first…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Cascade Pond - Vaughan HomesteadHubbard Free Library Once there was enough ice for the horses then you would cut holes and set up the loading…"

Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman

A Loon's World
by Norma Salway

Loons on Songo Pond

The Fur Trade in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.