Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"Roosevelt's 'Fireside Chats.' The house was built around 1845 by Asa Joyce, and although the back section of the house is new the front retains the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Clevie Dunham's store, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society This home was probably built…"

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

"Boats under sail (in the 1890s) or steam boats, soon thereafter, would come into Burnt Coat Harbor and collect brick sized cut stone."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

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."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Chebacco boats were larger, two-masted vessels. These boats were after cod and haddock, the only marketable fish at the time."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"… enjoyed a picnic at the beach or a ride in a boat. Four friends at Fine Sand Beach, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Initially these settlers came to cut timber for boat building and to cultivate the land for their family’s food. Early fishing schooner, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"The shipyard and the seaport ceased to exist. Boat Building: Lobster Boats and Skiffs Dory with Twin Girls, Scarborough, ca."

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

"Transportation was taken over by individual boat owners, who served as an on-demand ferry system. "Sunbeam" as a car ferry, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"By 1890 prices grew higher and boats grew larger as the easy to reach lobsters closer inland grew scarce."

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

"… Desert and was brought to this island when a sail boat chanced to visit those places This was very inconvenient to the settlers and often the…"

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

"… Society Stock for the stores would arrive by boat. In 1894 when the first steamboat began a daily trip between Swan’s Island and Rockland…"

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

"Sheep would often be put on a boat and brought to one of the smaller outer islands for grazing. The independence of islanders to raise their own food…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"Using its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation in finding and supporting a nurse or physician” including…"

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

"… of Bass Harbor for convenience, and the current boat, Captain Henry Lee, can carry up to seventeen vehicles and makes multiple daily trips year…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… job, some lobstermen operated fishing party boats summer afternoons, taking groups to catch mackerel, pollack, flounder, cod and haddock along the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Eventually lobster boats of about 26 feet in length were designed with inboard engines. Use of gasoline or diesel engines enabled lobstermen to fish…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"Other interests are just as varied: conservation, boating and boating education, gardening, politics, and community service."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… the garrison, all but his own family had left in boats. Jocelyn surrendered the garrison and was briefly held captive."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Travel of any distance was usually via boat or horseback. The arrival of the train, and later the trolley, allowed residents greater flexibility of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The Coast Guard could not get lines on the boat the first day, but they were successful at high tide the next day."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… press has had stories related to a shooting and boats being sunk over territorial disputes! A reason for the local decline in observing…"