Maine Memory Network

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

"It was difficult to navigate larger ships, especially those carrying long masts, through the “meanderings” of the waterway, so a straight ditch was…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous scarred precipice as they entered the tidal bore maelstrom of the Lubec Narrows."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… in ship traffic and the need for improved navigational aids. In 1806 Hopley Yeaton petitioned President Jefferson to establish West Quoddy Head…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… women regularly held positions as postmistresses, navigators, shopkeepers, and family business managers, while their husbands earned the wages that…"

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… with capable officers and crews, established a Navigation School at the Academy to teach advanced mathematics to boys who wished to pursue careers…"

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"mainland at Lubec, Maine. Ferry steamers navigated this narrow but treacherous arm of the sea beginning in 1882, later supplemented by auto scows…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Through some lucky connections, they were able to navigate the bureaucratic red tape of crossing the Iron Curtain and plan a tour in the Soviet Union…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the island by water was easier than trying to navigate trails prior to the establishment of roads."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… pilot, and Brice Goldsboro who was in charge of navigation. Grayson would do some of the flying as well."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… them is the city’s location on the west side of a navigable, straight, 5-mile stretch of the Kennebec River, a site that has proven to be ideal for…"