Keywords: Sugar Island
Item 116500
Sketch of Drummond Island and straight between Lake Huron and Superior, ca. 1820
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Sault St. Marie; Sault Ste. Marie Media: Ink on paper
Item 17349
Binoculars, Wood Island Lighthouse, ca. 1865
Contributed by: An individual through Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1865 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass, metal
Exhibit
The British capture and occupation of Eastport 1814-1818
The War of 1812 ended in December 1814, but Eastport continued to be under British control for another four years. Eastport was the last American territory occupied by the British from the War of 1812 to be returned to the United States. Except for the brief capture of two Aleutian Islands in Alaska by the Japanese in World War II, it was the last time since 2018 that United States soil was occupied by a foreign government.
Exhibit
Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"They eventually shipped fish to markets in Boston and New York and to Europe. So they built their own ships. There was plenty of timber on the island…"
Site Page
"… included coal and flour from Boston, as well as sugar, molasses, rum, guano, coffee, fruit and spices from the West Indies."
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
