Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… from the Natives for amounts of rum, and birch bark deeds were given the buyers. Mt. Desert Island was a wilderness when these early settlers…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"They sawed 4 foot bolt wood, mostly white birch and some maple. They used different types of wood for custom orders."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… Chief Francis Joseph Neptune shared with Pagan on birch bark as well as Pagan’s letter to Ward Chipman about his meetings with First Nation people…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… found mostly spruce and a scattering of beech, birch and maple trees. Fish and clams were plentiful, as well as wild duck."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… elevations provided a variety of wood, “…maple, birch, beach, (sic) ash, elm, basswood, pine, hemlock, fir, spruce, cedar with some oak on the…"