Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill Creek, where it passes under the County Road (now Route One.) A town landing was established on…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"… section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill Creek, where it passes under the County Road (now Route One.) A town landing was established on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… is now Bar Harbor as well as Somesville, Otter Creek, Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor and Tremont."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"The Fales families on High Street above the Mill Creek/River joined him soon after. Capes on Elliot Street, Thomaston, Maine 2008Thomaston…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… and March 21, 1844, held a camp meeting at Mill Creek in Orrington in 1844. John Martin (1823-1904) learned about the meeting and went to the…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1900Islesboro Historical Society MILL CREEK The small settlement of Mill Creek was located between Dark Harbor Village and Grindle Point where…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… Hiram Comstock's grist mill at the mouth of Mill Creek, later converting it to the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… been relocated to the George's River from Mill Creek/River. Knox’s Wharf (successively known as Vose’s, Knox’s, Boynton’s, Foster’s, Green’s…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… golden shiner, common shiner, redbelly dace, creek chub, white sucker, hornpout, pumpkinseed sunfish, and American eel."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… 1862Bangor Historical Society Camp near Potomac Creek Va. March 23 1863 Dear Mother Last nights Mail brought the ever welcome letter and the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"A ropewalk situated on the eastern bank of Mill Creek/River supplied rigging and sheets (ropes or lines used to secure a sail) to hoist sails."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… bought two mining companies along Poor Man’s Creek. He hoped to make enough money to buy a farm before he went home."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"After 1873 Burnham & Morrill moved to Jones Creek at Pine Point. Clams were shipped to the factory from all over the east coast."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Number Three was the Creek School located near Mill Creek. In District Number Four, a new school was built on the same location as an older school…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… north side of Blue Point near the mouth of Mill Creek. Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be seen for many years until it was…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"He followed a creek bed and went under a bridge because if he had been walking on the road, he would be asked why he was traveling on the Sabbath."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Lubec – shell middens found on South Bay and Mill Creek. Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… used to fashion dugout canoes) and Otter Creek style projectile points are present in the George Sawyer collection from Ashland."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… in shell middens along the shores of Mill Creek and South Bay. The very word “Passamaquoddy” means “pollock plenty place” in the tribal language…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… on Westbrook Street in South Portland in the Long Creek Youth Development Center, formerly known as the Maine Youth Center."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Joseph Dodge was wounded at Cedar Creek, Virginia, in October of 1864 and was mustered out on April 18, 1866. He married Olive True."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… consisting of Guinea, Hewes Point and Mill Creek; and Down Island, or Dark Harbor. The Town Hall was centrally located, and oftentimes, southern…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Nevertheless, the coves, creeks, and tidal flats that surrounded the Point created a problematic landscape where several bridges were needed to…"