Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farewell appearance of Lillian Nordica, London, ca. 1913

"Later that year she was on a voyage when the steamer Tasman struck a reef of the coast of New Guinea."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"… -- and their cost -- that Alonzo took on the voyage. Martin described the business recovery in Bangor, known as the Queen City of the East, and his…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"There have been many people from Thomaston who have also joined me on this voyage. One of our main concerns is controlling trade to and form…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… of Mount Desert Island have been a landmark to voyagers for 10,000 years.Maine Historical Society Text by Gunnar Hansen, adapted by Tim Garrity…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"… at the age of eighteen and who had not been on a voyage to the East or West Indies, was looked upon as 'non compos', and every man over thirty who…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"Agry’s wife accompanied him on many of his voyages and experienced thrilling sites from other places on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… of them ever left a Maine port to go on a whaling voyage. In William A. Bakers book, “A Maritime History of Bath, Maine, and the Kennebec River…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… issue was that, in the years since Champlain’s voyage, the precise location of the river had been lost."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"On its way home from its maiden voyage it was lost off Bermuda, taking the lives of the entire crew, including William Drew, age 15, and Charles…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… other material along the Penobscot River, a clam voyage to Cape Jellerson, saving a man at the eddy at Carls Point, a failed romance, operating a…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Papers, 1627‐1866

"… “Pejepscot” is derived); material concerning the voyage of George Weymouth; documents about murdered French Jesuit missionary Father Rasle of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"… Historical Society The “Hoyt” in her 17 years of voyages had carried everything from fertilizer to molasses all over the world."

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"When Captain John Smith voyaged to Monhegan on fishing excursions some nine years later, he created a map indicating the area on the Georges River as…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… today for his trans-continental journeys and voyage down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1811, has correspondence and maps in the Barclay…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"On a voyage to the West Indies in 1643, Cammock died, leaving his estate to his wife for her lifetime and then to his friend Jocelyn."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Hinckley, clam voyage to Cape Jellerson, failed romance, move to Bangor   Part 4, pages 195-277 Millerites, 1846 freshet, business misfortunes…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Cumberland's first voyage from Boston to Lubec. It reflects the extent to which Lubec businesses benefitted from the new service."

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

"Champlain voyaged along this coast in 1604, naming islands as he traveled. Champlain’s early map gives this island the name “Brule-Cote,” meaning…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… markets 1893 • SS Cumberland made its first voyage from Boston to Lubec, inaugurating steam ship service to the town. Arrived to great fanfare."