Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration. From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the…"

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

"1915McArthur Public Library Biddeford's coastal location and partially navigable river meant that it was noticed quite early by Europeans."

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

"From 1730, the Church Under the Ledge in the coastal area, now Route 88 in Yarmouth, was the center of the community, providing both worship and town…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… on the seaside ledges? Investigate tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Such was the case of Almond W. Hanscom, who signed himself as a "traveling artist" on a circa 1860 ambrotype of Adam Winslow and his grandson Adam."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"As a result, any coastal opposition to separation could no longer be based on the hindrance of the former Coasting Law, and many who had previously…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… part of a plan to improve postal service, and the coastal King’s Highway was not used as often. In 1753, the British Government named Benjamin…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Steamships traveled from Boston, Massachusetts to Bangor, Maine. Parker Point had its own wharf where a steamship transported people to and from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… they discovered was the relative backwater of coastal Maine. Seeing an opportunity, A.C. and Emily Savage, like other year-round settlers on Mount…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… away” were discovering the rustic delights of coastal Maine towns such as Surry. Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… has a long and rich history, as one of the last coastal areas to be settled, in the mid 1760s. Although it is understood the first settlers…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The town of Blue Hill was and is a bustling coastal community. Even in the 1700s, Blue Hill was an appealing place to settle."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… 10 August 1897, despite near-zero visibility, the coastal schooner Howard H. Middleton was under full sail as it approached Portland."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Coastal ships carried this cache to eastern coastal cities for distribution across America. Bangor's river location defined its character; the lumber…"

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

"… the small settlement of ancient North Yarmouth's coastal village of Yarmouth to the early inland settlement of Walnut Hill in present-day North…"