Keywords: snowshoe clubs
Item 33300
Le Boucanier Snowshoe Club, Biddeford, 1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1927-03-05 Location: Biddeford; Brunswick Media: Glass Negative
Item 25290
Jacques Cartier snowshoe club, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1925 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club
"The club wanted to be known as a regular club but it soon became known as the New Sweden Athletic Club or NSAC."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"… and service organizations, including the Gift Club, Senior Citizens Club, Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons…"
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Health Education & Physical Education, Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to myriad communities in Maine, past and present, through the universal lens of sports and group activities. Students will explore and understand the history of many of Maine’s recreational pastimes, what makes Maine the ideal location for some outdoor sports, and how communities have come together through team activities throughout Maine’s history.
