Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head by Ronald Pesha, West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Assoc., Inc. Images from the organization's collection…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"1930Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1761, Abraham Somes moved his family to Mt. Desert Island and settled at the head of what is now Somes Sound…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Northeast Harbor Maine January 1928Northeast Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, a two-story New Englander styled house with an ell on the South side…"

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

"1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"purchased a 105 acre lot, #67, at the head of Northeast Harbor for the sum of $300 from the Estate of William Bingham and split the lot North/South…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"The Rockaway Hotel, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Rusticators had started arriving soon after steamer service was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"John Savage and his wife Sarah Doliver first arrived in 1798 from Massachusetts at nearby Harbor Brook where it flows into the ocean just north of…"

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

"Adams, who owned a store at the head of the ferry wharf; R.H. Bangs, a North Lubec merchant; W.B. Cottle, the proprietor of Merchants Hotel; M.M."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"John and Sarah Savage came to Asticou, at the head of Northeast Harbor, in 1798. He had left Scotland at 14 and had lost a thumb in the Battle of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"1935Northeast Harbor Library As Bar Harbor evolved into a premiere vacation and leisure destination, it was only a matter of time until the movies…"

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

"… history that the name Hocomock (current Hockamock Head) was used before Europeans arrived. This name has been translated in two ways: either as the…"

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

"… post offices whenever a sailboat happened to be heading through. As population grew, the volume of mail increased and more post offices were built."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… which included the outer islands, there were 132 heads of families for a total of approximately 648 individual persons which include Junior Neptune…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"… seasonally inhabited Mount Desert Island, headed by Chief Asticou at Manchester Point (Northeast Harbor) by the entrance to Somes Sound."

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

"… Desert (moving their camp near Asticou at the head of Northeast Harbor in 1882) every summer through 1889, although membership and the extent of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… crowds of Mount Desert Island, for he frequently headed out on his own or with fellow tribesmen to hunt seals or gulls from the shores of other…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… of barrels, and the sheltered harbor near the head of Somes Sound offered running water and plenty of hardwood. He pitched his camp there."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241 Harbor Road in Swan's Island village. What was left of it eventually became the summer home of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… wharf and watch a wreath being thrown into the harbor commemorating those whose lives were lost at sea. Potato races, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Donald LeMoine is heading down Steamboat Hill Road. It is one of the better sledding roads in Swan's Island Village except that it ends at the water."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… shortly after 1909, and still stands tall on Harbor Road. Odd Fellows Hall workers, Swan's Island, ca."

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

"… soon thereafter, would come into Burnt Coat Harbor and collect brick sized cut stone. Quarry rails, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… Brooklin, then to Burnt Point, and lastly to Bass Harbor. A "cable call" was an expensive occurrence so it was used only for sharing significant…"