Maine Memory Network

Caribou Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Though steamboats now and then were both used to carry goods and people across rivers and lakes they are not used as widely as they once were due to…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Click here. Ice Cutting, Lake Hebron, Monson, ca. 1900 A similar view to the procedure used on the Kennebec when gathering ice."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… New Sweden, Stockholm, Westmanland, and Madawaska Lake. As part of the New Sweden School's Maine History, Local History unit, seventh and eighth…"

Baldwin Historical Society

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Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Norway Memorial Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Mexico, and Rumford, and then on up into the lakes is worthy of mention. Many a pioneer used the Indian route to travel from the coast, moving…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River, and enters at its confluence with the Androscoggin River in Dixfield."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… ME, helping to open up the famed Rangeley Lakes to tourists. The narrow gauge system expanded throughout Franklin County, bringing goods and people…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… "displaced six businesses," and destroyed the "Lake Mall and an adjacent building." The details also noted that the "huge piles of charred rubble…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… Alton, Pea Cove, South Lagrange, Lagrange, Boyd Lake, Milo, Sebec, Abbot, and Blanchard. It was made out of steel tracks, timber ties, railroad…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… in the rivers since it was moving water and the lakes provided fresh water. Another reason Aaron might have moved here was there was no one here…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Locklin Dry Goods & Groceries S. Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder &…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… end of Main Street where the new building called “Lake View Senior Housing” is now being built. Later, they moved the store to their new location…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… to the region’s many rivers, streams, and lakes. The Androscoggin, Nezinscot, Ellis, Swift, Webb, and Twenty Mile Rivers all provided water power…"

Acadian Archives

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… distance and provides a direct Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection. At Farmington Falls, the Indian Village of Amascontee…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"This store was located on the end of Lake Street and about in the middle of Main Street. Now, the store has been donated to the town and is currently…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… of this region from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake in peace and security. Their cruel and tragic end was a bitter irony considering the moral…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"People traveled by streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and long tidal estuaries and bays. This was a ready-made transportation system for settlers who were…"