Keywords: Portage Lake
Item 26420
Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Portage; Chicago Media: Photographic print
Item 148625
View of Portage Lake, ca. 1911
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1911 Location: Portage Media: Postcard
Item 150794
School Building at Portage Lake, Portage Lake, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Portage Lake Client: unknown Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects
Exhibit
Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.
Exhibit
Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
Site Page
"Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W."
