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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… where he drew inspiration for his famous marine paintings. Lewis L. Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"It is known that local mariners Abraham Perkins and Ira Milliken had two boats built at the landing, one of them a brig named Angelina."

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… age, beaconing safety to generations of anxious mariners. Ancient volcanic basalt, black and craggy, defile the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"There were sea captains (Master Mariners) in the Coggins (four generations), Treworgy, Clark, Haskell and Torrey families."

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… by Portland YMCA • “Klondike” – Electrolytic Marine Salts Co. established in Lubec • First Lubec High School class graduates (1897) 1900s 1900 •…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… birth of another industry – The Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, "Klondike” -- the gold from seawater hoax. Ferry Lubec at Dock, Lubec, ca."

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Portland’s East Deering, across the cove from the Marine Hospital (now Martin's Point). Although the men were eager for action, they were at first…"

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"This prepared them for marine navigation and exploration, and taught them outdoor skills; things a person could learn in camp today."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… the passions of seven individuals who formed the Marine Research Society of Bath in 1962. In 1975, the name of the organization was officially…"