Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… Canoeing at Bar Harbor, 1886Abbe Museum Canoe Club Boasting as many as 300 members, the Mount Desert Island Canoe Club encouraged “cooing…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… and for visitors to enjoy hunting, fishing and canoeing. Railroad commissioners learned immediately that building a standard gauge railroad would…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"Richards, fascinated with these canoes, purchased this canoe before disembarking the steamer. Tudor and John Richards II, grandsons of Henry…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes. The biggest trout caught during this time period…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… roll them up; this made getting in and out of a canoe easier. One day, when she was getting off the train, she caught her skirt and was dragged…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"Visitors also stopped by the encampment to hire Indian guides for canoe outings or sport-hunting, to place special orders for items such as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… and an array of clubs which included swimming, canoe, and golf. And then there were the “cottages,” growing in number and opulence with each…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… for thousands of years - fishing its waters, canoeing to the headwaters each summer, and living in villages farther up river each winter."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… been caused by the intentional overturning of a canoe in the middle of the river by a pair of Europeans."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Monday Club, The Evergreen Club, The Art Study Group, The Lunkhead Club, The Literary Society of West Farmington and The West Farmington Village…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Some other events were oxen pulling, barbeque, canoe races, log chopping contest, magic show, chalk talk, and street dance."

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

"… Brook (today known as the Carrabassett River) by canoe late in the fall of 1783. He headed an adventurous family that for some reason chose not to…"