Maine Memory Network

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

"… of Winter Harbor, and settlers continued to farm, fish and trade. Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… Mount Desert’s families who farmed, fished, built boats, or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages constructed…"

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

"… as one local put it, “A birch canoe was a good boat if there was an Indian in it.” Passamaquoddy hunting guide Joe Mell, ca. 1895."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Berwick, Maine, and they scoped out the area on fishing and trading expeditions, as was true for Matthew Patten."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They caught cod from small boats and salted it. When they caught more than they could eat, they traded it for flour, sugar, soap, molasses, and oil."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… ship building to put in between the planks of the boats floor. When they shipped all of the items it would all come from Boston."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"… of monitoring and caring for David Rockefeller’s boats and waterfront property soon after this decision."

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated by Matt Cousins, 2010."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and provisions from one shore to the other."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… free of pollution and are suitable for swimming, boating, and fishing in the Rumford area as a result of the efforts of United States Senator…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"The casks that contained dried fish, peas and other staples were cracked open and the water caused much of the food to spoil."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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