Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Lumberman, Patten, c.1900Patten Lumbermen's Museum Industries responsible for coastal settlement Lumbering, fisheries, agriculture, shipbuilding…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… of the Poor Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth Skyline Farm…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"It was built for the coastal trade, and the steamer’s cargo was mostly coal. She stranded on Ocracoke, North Carolina, in 1913, and was lost."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… the original 19th century flavor of a New England coastal village. A large majority of the homes were designed and built by captains and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration. From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"… Society & Museum Realizing that this significant coastal wildlife habitat was severely threatened, in 1957 the Maine Department of Inland…"

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"… Historical Society Welcome to the Hancock County coastal community of Surry. As the postcard says, you're in for a good time."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… of a late nineteenth century tintype studio in a coastal resort. Curiously, the sitter holds two large dollar bills and has another pinned to his…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"With the northern-most coastal territory in the Union, and a shared a border with British Canada, Mainers largely shifted their focus from separation…"

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

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

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… includes a wide selection of drawings for urban, coastal, and rural communities. Landscape design, parks, urban planning, and planned communities…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"… from settlers who wished to return to Wabanaki coastal territories. English guests all too often misinterpreted such hospitality, misunderstanding…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… settlement of northern New England, specifically coastal and interior Maine, land distribution, and conflicts before and during Maine’s transition…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… to the commercial interests of the mercantile coastal communities. Additionally, many in York County opposed separation because the current capital…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… on the seaside ledges? Investigate tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… Early in the century, boat builders built coastal schooners and barges in Warren, north of Thomaston, for transport and trade."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… The moniker is most fitting for this tranquil coastal village - a village that might never have been were it not for its connection to the sea."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"1915McArthur Public Library Biddeford's coastal location and partially navigable river meant that it was noticed quite early by Europeans."

Hudson Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"They joined grant recipients from the coastal towns of Surry and Swan’s Island in July, 2011, and January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in…"