Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"… There Before cars were allowed on Mount Desert Island, steamboats were the primary mode of transportation to Mount Desert."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Island high schools competed vigorously in intra-Island competition and in games and tournaments throughout the state."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… canoes, in which he will take parties to several Islands in the bay and around Mount Desert Island. Carrying sporting parties to places where…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… 2013 Images from the collections of Mount Desert Island Historical Society & Northeast Harbor Library Members of the Savage family have lived in…"

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

"… the preeminent venue for arts and culture on the island for the next 30 years. Many important artists performed on the stage of the Building of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Of particular note is…"

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

"… families 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 Division of MDI Begins

"Each of the four towns on MDI has numerous small villages within the town boundaries. Wartime on Mt. Desert Island"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… View across Frenchman’s Bay from Mount Desert Island after a Squall, 1845. Oil on canvas. (Cincinnati Art Museum) X The 1844 visit of New York…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… draped the long strands over lines to dry in the island breeze, creating colorful curtains of blue, red, and green."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… fire that swept the eastern side of Mount Desert Island. The decision was made not to rebuild, a sad ending for a building that had started with…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Savage & Sons, Northeast Harbor, 1898Mount Desert Island Historical Society A.C. Savage and family, Northeast Harbor, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"This meeting of the minds and tastes of island summer residents with Charles's dedication to detail have stood the test of time and left an enduring…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"1960Mount Desert Island Historical Society Thuya Garden Entry Gate, ca 2012 The hand carved wood entry gates to Thuya Garden were designed by…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… As many year-round families on Mount Desert Island still do to this day, members of the Phillips and Savage families would often rent out their…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… and taught in schools away from Mount Desert Island in Maine and California between the years 1943 and 1953."

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

"… who recorded the visual beauty of Mount Desert Island in their artwork, the tourist industry on Mount Desert Island was born. As a result, the A.C."

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

"… fall? Will Northeast Harbor go the way of other island villages, like Somesville, with only an art gallery and a convenience store? Or will it…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Once the state cleared the island of inhabitants, they moved the Malaga school to another island. Then state-funded workers dug up the graves and…"

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

"1910Swan's Island Historical Society By the 1800s fishing became more profitable than either timbering or farming."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Clyde Torrey, Swan's Island, ca. 1970Swan's Island Historical Society Music Music was and is part of the island fabric."

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

"Like the other villages on Mount Desert Island, Northeast Harbor once had a thriving, if small, business center."

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

"Small. POSTOFFICES First Island PostmistressSwan's Island Historical Society For some fifty years after the settlement of this town there was…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Malaga Island in 2012 Malaga Island By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X The community on Malaga remained relatively unchanged for many, many years from…"