Keywords: lakes
Item 30830
Mohican House, Lake George, Skowhegan, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1920 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 15373
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Lantern slide
Item 37310
158 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James H McDonald Use: Store & Storage
Item 150080
Eagle Lake Lumber Mills Wood Plant, Eagle Lake, 1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1950
Location: Eagle Lake
Client: Eagle Lake Lumber Mills Inc.
Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
This record contains 2 images.
Item 151010
Alterations to Congregational Church, Sebago, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936 Location: Sebago Client: Sebago Lake Congregational Church Architect: John P. Thomas
Exhibit
Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake
"The different fish in Porter Lake are the landlocked salmon and lake trout, brook trout, rainbow smelt, smallmouth bass, white perch, yellow perch…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2
"The Gardner Lake Tragedy The fifth graders observations “One day in 1936 school children went to spend the end of the year by going on a boat at…"
Story
Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.
Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.
Story
A Splash of Water
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
Reminisce of a lifetime on Little Sebago Lake
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.
