Keywords: water feature
Item 100883
Sebago Lake Reservoir, Standish, ca. 1912
Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: 1912 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print
Item 100882
Sebago Lake Station Grounds, Standish, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Portland Water District Date: circa 1935 Location: Standish Media: Photographic print
Item 111526
Bisharat residence elevations, Chebeague Island, 2001-2004
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2001–2004 Location: Chebeague Island Clients: Suhail Bisharat; Leila Bisharat Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect
Exhibit
Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.
Exhibit
Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion
During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.
Site Page
"The Maine Memory Network features a constantly growing online collection of more than 15,000 historical items contributed by over 200 historical…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2
"… issue was published on July 5th), ““One of the features of the day was a Living Flag with 225 children on a specially built stand on Monument Lot.”…"
Story
Water is Music
by P Leone
Throughout her life water has played an important part
Story
Hand carrying water in Marshfield
by Dorothy Gardner
Ways of getting water in rural Maine. From fetching water from a stream to having a well.
Lesson Plan
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.
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.
