Keywords: fishing boats
Item 68456
Early fishing schooner, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 31083
Fishing Net with attached cork floats, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Scarborough Media: Netting,cork
Item 86862
Fish House and Boat Shop, Portland Pier, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Portland Pier Use: Fish House and Boat Shop
Item 37310
158 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James H McDonald Use: Store & Storage
Exhibit
Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin
By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.
Exhibit
Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering
"Boat engines and fishing equipment also changed. Fishing for tuna with a harpoon, Swan's Island, ca."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
"Seine fishing (hand line fishing) was one form of fishing used by island fishermen. These fishermen were mostly fishing for herring."
Lesson Plan
Primary Sources: The Maine Shipyard
Grade Level: 9-12
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students a close-up look at historical operations behind Maine's famed shipbuilding and shipping industries. Students will examine primary sources including letters, bills of lading, images, and objects, and draw informed hypotheses about the evolution of the seafaring industry and its impact on Maine’s communities over time.
