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Milbridge Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island; some of them discovered Surry during their travels and several of them purchased summer…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

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

"Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello, Lubec, ca. 1962Lubec Historical Society Campobello, a 15 square mile Canadian island in the Bay of Fundy and site of…"

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"The first time it hit land was on Long Island, and New York. It hit Long Island directly as a category 2 hurricane."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The flood was caused by ice jams at Swan Island and Browns Island but with the warming temperatures in the late winter, early spring, the winter ice…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… center right in the distance just above the boom islands in the Kennebec. Fuller FoundryHubbard Free Library Each of the businesses that…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… Company and the Saco Iron Works opened on Cutts Island in Saco; the precursor to the industrialization which would be the making of the towns on…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… between villages.” (Ghere, 513) Wood Island and lighthouse, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1915McArthur Public Library Their doom was just over the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Bryant, 1907. Chase, Georgiana. Stratton's Islands of Saco Bay, An Interwoven History 1605-1993. Fort Bragg, CA: Mendocino Lithographers."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Seal Cove Auto Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Visiting the island in Porter Lake is also fun. There is rope swing there. Porter Lake is one of the most popular public places in Strong."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… from the coastal towns of Surry and Swan’s Island in July, 2011, and January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in Portland."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island. Surry Elementary School, which was designated a National Title 1 Distinguished School in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"… building constructed by Chisholm on the business island, was Chisholm’s answer to a YMCA for the Town of Rumford."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island opposite Richmond. These daguerreotypes of young Sarah were preserved in the Richards family…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Blue Hill and Penobscot Bays, 1982. —(LI) O’Leary, W.M. Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… mentioned: containing a Neck of Land, Water, and Islands; and your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.” The area described in the…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"They soon built a house on Mattanawcook Island, which is on the Penobscot River, near where the mill is today."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… whose community was as tinder dry as Mount Desert Island. Fortunately Surry had no major problems, but the citizens who had been so worried that…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Passengers then would ford the river to Peru. When the river was low, foot passengers could walk across from the island to Peru on a natural causeway."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Her flight plan was to fly from Long Island to Newfoundland and then eventually to London. Grayson and her crew took off at 5:07 P.M."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… the Sisters, Minton recalled trips to Diamond Island, where “We did silly things like sneak down to the beach to watch the Sisters swimming then…"