Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… could also arrive, in more romantic fashion, by boat, canoe, or ferry. From the slip at river’s edge, it was a climb up a steep set of steps, a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… the fire, and they lost everything except a small boat in the river. They were planning to return to Falmouth to start over again, but on their way…"

Acadian Archives

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They caught cod from small boats and salted it. When they caught more than they could eat, they traded it for flour, sugar, soap, molasses, and oil."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… the Vaughan Stream, and where the Hallowell boat landing is today. They served as the holding place of the ice before they went to other states or…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… and sharp-roofed houses, its odd-looking boats and winding streets...The large engraving is accompanied by two smaller framed pictures, showing…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… the library got computers for public use, and a boat launch was installed on the Piscataquis River."

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

"… was preferably done by water in canoes and small boats, following the example of Native Americans. People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Travel was by boat. By 1790 North Lubec, with a population of 245, was far more developed than Flagg’s Point (Lubec)."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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