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

"… as well as the establishment of the American-Canadian border (ca. 1843.) Topics included Maine’s role in the American historic narrative, including…"

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 - Project Background

"… from British colonial rule, Massachusetts, the Canadian maritimes, and the United States federal government."

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."

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. Boundary between United States and New Brunswick…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… of the Skowhegan Area by Lee Granville Near the border of Skowhegan lies a fertile piece of land along the Kennebec and Sandy Rivers."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Historical Society Campobello, a 15 square mile Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy and site of Franklin D."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… to the sea and its close proximity to the Canadian Maritimes have shaped its destiny – from trade and fishing in the early years, through the…"

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… pounds of coal.” By the turn of the century, the Canadian-invented Diaphone sounded safety through the soup."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… capital to extend the line to Vanceboro, on the Canadian border, and connect with the New Brunswick European and North American Railroad."

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

"Hallowell was a trade center of long standing because it had a well-established road (Winthrop Street and beyond) that led to Canadian settlements…"