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Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"So great was the demand for the large herring preferred by the smokehouses that Lubec began sending vessels to the Magdelen Islands in the quest for…"

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Early fishing schooner, ca. 1870

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

"… with flounder, cod, halibut, haddock, and herring. The work force of Swan’s Islanders from the early homesteading days until the present, was…"

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Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South Lubec, ca. 1880

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… payment of $5 1797 • Daniel Ramsdell cures first herring by smoke in Lubec, a process learned in Nova Scotia 1798 • Eastport (Moose Island)…"

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Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

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

"… of the nineteenth century the in-shore fisheries, herring and lobster, scallops and clams, remained strong."

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Blacksmith, Islesboro, ca. 1890

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

"… 1915 and continued to the late '40s, when the herring market faded and the cost of yearly rebuilding the weir made this historic venture obsolete."