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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"King's Highway MarkerCumberland Historical Society English Settlers Arrive In the mid-1630s William Royall moved to the Casco Bay region from Salem…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"One is in Massachusetts and one is in Penobscot Bay. He designed the one in Penobscot and it was very popular around here. He was quite a character."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… children, about the points of interest in the bay. - Bar Harbor Record Centennial Souvenir Edition, July 1896."

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

"… passengers and freight were ferried across the bay to Eastport to board steamships bound for New Brunswick or Portland and Boston."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Massachusetts Bay Charter of Scarborough and Falmouth becoming a town in 1658Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The question of title to the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… to the Kennebec River and down to Merrymeeting Bay to their homes. For the next five years the settlers continued to prepare their lots for their…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… and craggy, defile the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay. Early navigators petitioned for protection from the treacherous scarred precipice as they…"

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

"The Bay of Fundy, the Maine coast, and even the Gulf of St. Lawrence were fishing grounds for the rest of the season."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With quantities of gold in the salt water there is little need of a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Now he is dead at aged seventeen The finest bay we have ever seen. We’ll miss this wonder of the track Would give our all to have him back."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"After that she applied back to San Francisco Medical Society in 1875, but unfortunately was denied because of her gender."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… roamed the wilds of this region from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake in peace and security. Their cruel and tragic end was a bitter irony…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were not about to spend energy…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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