Maine Memory Network

Franco-American Collection

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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… by disease, violence, and European (American and Canadian) encroachment. By the 1880s, native Maliseet and Mi’kmaq populations were near an…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… Biddeford during the 1860s, thousands of French Canadian, Irish, and some west European immigrants migrated to Biddeford and Saco to work in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"Due to the influx of French-Canadians and the animosity between the French and Irish Catholics, a separate church--St."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 1 of 17

"… financially advantageous factors, heavy Irish and Canadian immigration occurred. The 1830 and 1860 Biddeford census show a rise from 1,995…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford

"… from other cultures, such as the Irish and French-Canadians, plus the successful manufacturing at the many mills, combined to foster a lively…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… first textile mills and the first French-Canadian immigrant. In 1855 this growth manifested itself in Biddeford's transition from town to city…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… in no small part due to the many talented French-Canadians who had moved here. One of the most famous musicians of this time was Pierre Painchaud…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… an intense level of immigration, first of Irish and other west European workers; then later French-Canadian, east and southern Europeans."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"He was also employed by the Canadian government and several colleges and universities to do this same type of work or to act as a guide."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… people that came to Stockholm were mainly French-Canadian, Swedish, or from the southern parts of Maine."

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"In previous years, it had been a Native American settlement. Later that year, the park became formally known as Lakewood Theater."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… Society by Dana Bulba The Abenaki Native Americans lived peacefully in Norridgewock and the surrounding areas before the Europeans came and…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Skowhegan Island provided an important stopping place for the Native Americans. It was a place where they could fish, plant corn, and harvest corn on…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The Native Americans of this tribe had for generations past roamed the wilds of this region from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake in peace and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Borderland Essays

"… what is today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Map of Campobello Island, ca."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"1843.) Topics included Maine’s role in the American historic narrative, including exploration, colonization, and settlement; relations with…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842 provides the best top-down view of border-formation in the wake…"

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

"A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001) Demeritt, David."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… what is today the American state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick was, prior to about 1800, one largely of failure and confusion."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… a vacuum in the woods, which was filled by French Canadian and Scandinavian immigrants. Instead of pine, they turned to cutting spruce for lumber…"

Acadian Archives

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"Suspicion fell upon a Canadian hired-hand named Lawrence Doyle, who lived and worked on the Libby farm."