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Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"Old Buildings Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house Minturn Schoolhouse The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… on the southern part of the island, called Dark Harbor School. Number Three was the Creek School located near Mill Creek."

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

"Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Many other shops and businesses operated in Dark Harbor Village."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… then “Longue Island Plantation” and then “Long Island.” In 1789, this island and the adjacent islands including Seven Hundred Acre, Job’s and Lime…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"In 1891, the newly constructed Dark Harbor landing was host to regular steam boat trips from Rockland, and thus began the third summer community on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"History of the Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor, Maine 1896-1996, edited and compiled by M.A. Brickfield and Liberty Redmond, published by the Tarratine…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor. Steamboats, however, did not usually transport residents of Islesboro to or from nearby towns…"

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Jesup Memorial Library

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… any and all of the rivers, streams, and harbors flowing into Passamaquoddy Bay as, possibly, the Saint Croix."

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Mount Desert Island was a place of environmental diversity and dramatic landscape well before it became a favorite summering place of Indigenous…"

Abbe Museum

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Acadia National Park

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… Fruit Company steamer Admiral Farragut in Boston Harbor. As reported in The New York Times: “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… present Grange Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor fires in 1947 resulted in deep concern on the part of the Surry citizens whose community…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Wilson Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"And far cooler, for even the Rhode Island and Maine shores offered limited respite during August heat. The Roosevelt family felt no need for a bridge."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Running east along the northern edge of Blue Hill Harbor to Wood Point, then turning south along the length of Long Island glaciers left exposed a…"