Maine Memory Network

Old Dam, St. Croix Lake, 1891

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1891-05-31 Media: Photographic print

St. Croix Stream, 1891

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1891-05-24 Media: Photographic print

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Croix River, but documentation never made clear which river was the St. Croix. The U.S. preferred the easternmost river while the Britain preferred…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"Participants went to St. Croix Lake then down the St. Croix Stream and the Aroostook River to Presque Isle, May 24-31, 1891."