Maine Memory Network

Map of "Islands by Treaty of 1783," ca. 1817

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1783 Media: Ink on paper
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A New Map of the Province of Lower Canada, 1838

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1838 Media: Ink on paper
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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.

State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… of 1763, the Quebec Act (1774), Treaties of Paris (1763 and 1783), the Jay Treaty (1794), the Treaty of Ghent (1814), and the Webster-Ashburton…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"It made multiple ambiguous geographic assertions, especially about the placement of the boundary separating the yet-to-be-created province of New…"