Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… road running through its center featuring a town hall, grange hall, two stores, churches, a blacksmith's shop, a schoolhouse, a boarding house and…"

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…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"Surry's Old Town Hall, built around 1828, (and later moved to its present site on the Surry Road) houses its collections, including a detailed…"

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"… in turn, referred the matter to a Robert T. Hall, a former Navy officer, who checked with the Adjutant General of the State of Maine and he…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned at the site of the present Grange Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor fires in 1947…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… were some near Scrag Island, some in Toothacher Cove and some at nearby Frenchboro. The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were brought…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… of births, deaths and marriages held in the Town Hall vault. Phebe's Hymnal Zoom in on right page.Surry Historical Society Phebe’s second…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… commercial quarries on the island; the Toothacher Cove Quarry being the other one. Within a few years, Baird’s quarry works were 500 by 250 ft."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… factory that baited trawlers coming into Mackerel Cove. Swan’s Island fishermen worked hard and were successful at their trade."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Ryder’s Cove, or Sabbathday Harbor as it was known to early sailors as an ideal place to rest on Sundays, became Islesboro’s first summer community."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… many towns including: Guilford, Dover, Alton, Pea Cove, South Lagrange, Lagrange, Boyd Lake, Milo, Sebec, Abbot, and Blanchard."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… July 4 they established “Camp Pemetic” on Wasgatt Cove in Northeast Harbor, just south of where Hadlock Brook empties into Somes Sound."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… father’s fascinating old marine store, near the cove at the South of the present wharf, smelling of all tarry seafaring things…” Kimball’s story…"

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

"… industry, which had actually begun in the Ryder's Cove and Hewes Point settlements some twenty years earlier."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… acquainted with area waters and tides, isolated coves and islands; as well as the close proximity to Campobello and Deer Islands made the work of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… Dance Center and Summer Dance School in Hulls Cove. Some of the most influential dancers and choreographers of the century traveled to the island…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Lifesaving Station constructed at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last sailing ship built in Lubec – Charles Sears 1879…"