Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Small, a Deer Isle man who served as a doctor on Swan’s Island between the years 1891 and 1903, points out in his island history that the name…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… who carried the tradition from the British Isles. The early Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia came from the Lodge of Edinburgh."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… was received stopped at the postoffice either at Deer Isle or Mount Desert and was brought to this island when a sail boat chanced to visit those…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… fifty years of sporadic mail brought from the Deer Isle or Mount Desert Island post offices whenever a sailboat happened to be heading through."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"For Western Maine, well-known Deering High of South Portland; for Eastern Maine, the Hampden Academy boys, a team that had yet to win a state…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Wildlife included fox and mink. Deer arrived in the 1930s and are now abundant. Moose occasionally swim from the mainland."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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