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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Beginnings Harness racing at the Bass Park, Bangor, ca. 1915Bangor Public Library Bass Park is a historic park in Maine."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current home of between 300 and 350 year round residents."

Life on a Tidal River - Exhibits

"The eleventh exhibit, Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun, was created during the 2015-2016 school year."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… to Brooklin, then to Burnt Point, and lastly to Bass Harbor. A "cable call" was an expensive occurrence so it was used only for sharing significant…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

"… of the group are, from left, Rufus Wiggin, bass; Alonzo E. Raynes, treble; Rinaldo B. Wiggin, tenor; and Robert B. Cram, suprema."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… at nearby Frenchboro, then McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount Desert Island), and returned to Swan’s Island in the evening."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… trout, brook trout, rainbow smelt, smallmouth bass, white perch, yellow perch, chain pickerel, minnows, lake chub, golden shiner, common shiner…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… feed larger animals such as raccoons, striped bass and ospreys. Waste from animals living and dying enters the marsh to be recycled as fertilizer…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… two meeting houses, the Congregational on the Bass Harbor Road in Southwest Harbor, and the Baptist, on Meeting House Hill in The Center, between…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… at nearby Frenchboro and McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount Desert Island) and returned to Swan’s Island in the evening."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The ferry service operates out of Bass Harbor for convenience, and the current boat, Captain Henry Lee, can carry up to seventeen vehicles and makes…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… in the town’s music activities, playing the bass, violin, and horn. The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill in the North Village."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"CHORUS The trophy seen earlier was won at Bass Park in Bangor in a race against his arch rivals Jackson Grattan of Houlton and Roy Grattan of Caribou."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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