Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 2 of 4

"Sometimes, this took the form of traveling, making speeches, writing letters to state, national, and international authorities, and sometimes this…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Transportation

"John River in Durham boats. In the 1830's the Military Road was built from Bangor to Houlton and later to points north."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Travel was difficult at all times but especially in winter on roads built and maintained by each landowner who built permanent gates across their…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Occasionally a visit was made by some traveling preacher, who would be hired to teach the winter school."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"They traveled up river and spent time among the native villages, where they were treated with kindness and generosity."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"It was easier to travel by boat and it made sense to live near the water and so many of the early pioneers who needed to get supplies and get around…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"So many boats had to be built quickly, that the boat builders had to use fresh, or green, wood to build them."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"They traveled to Wolf Trap in February 1985 and were well received. The trip provided further momentum to pursue Nowick’s goal of performing the…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… some of them discovered Surry during their travels and several of them purchased summer cottages or retirement homes along the ponds and bay."

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"The back of the boat carries all of our luggage. It takes a long time to get to Lincoln because the steamboat goes really slow."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Investigate tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island tour in a buckboard…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and provisions from one shore to the other."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… this meant travelling to worship each week by boat! Understandably, they were the first town to secede from North Yarmouth."

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…"

Westport Island History Committee

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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."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… the logs were placed side by side like a flat boat. The ferries came to Lincoln in the mid 1800s."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Later when travel became easier, the towns remained insular. MDI had several principal high schools before they all consolidated into Mount Desert…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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

"People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were ordered only two weeks prior to the journey and the bateaux constructed from this wood were…"

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…"

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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