Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"… Bridge: The Bartlett Bridge is located on the Bog Road (Rte. 16) at the foot of the Mill Hill, or “down under the hill” as it used to be known as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… dry summer, a fire broke out in a cranberry bog outside Hulls Cove. Though the fire was slow moving at first, the winds whipped up and it exploded…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"Once cut, horses and oxen, shod in bog shoes, hauled the harvested hay to staddles. To increase acreage yields, large-scale diking was undertaken."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… building was near what is now the corner of the Bog Road and the Long Falls Dam Road. The next was directly across the street beside the Kimball…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… genius it might not have been possible for this bogged down project to have been completed in such a timely manner."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W."