Maine Memory Network

Calais-Canada border, 1944

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1944 Location: Calais; St. Stephen Media: Photographic print

200th anniversary of the capture of Moose Island, Eastport, 2014

Courtesy of Ruth McInnis, an individual partner Date: 1814 Location: Eastport Media: Ink on paper

Westward Way, Northeast Harbor, 1992

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992 Location: Mount Desert Client: Roger Milliken Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Malone residence, Northeast Harbor, 2013

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Mount Desert Client: Frederick R. Malone Architect: Patrick Chasse

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.

Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… 1731Maine Historical Society The Beyond Borders: Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary project, a two and half year initiative (2020-2022)…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… the sharp differences of opinion about where the border should run as it shows proposed borders by the British, US, and a neutral arbiter in 1831…"

Stories from Eastport
by Ruth McInnis

My memories of growing up in Eastport, WWII, camping, and history on the border

Too Small to Have a Town Drunk
by Scott Maker

Vignettes from Downeast Maine

Wabanaki Studies: Stewarding Natural Resources

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce elementary-grade students to the concepts and importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), taught and understood through oral history to generations of Wabanaki people. Students will engage in discussions about how humans can be stewards of the local ecosystem, and how non-Native Maine citizens can listen to, learn from, and amplify the voices of Wabanaki neighbors to assist in the future of a sustainable environment. Students will learn about Wabanaki artists, teachers, and leaders from the past and present to help contextualize the concepts and ideas in this lesson, and learn about how Wabanaki youth are carrying tradition forward into the future.