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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"Ocean View Hotel Ocean View Hotel porch, Swan's Island, ca. 1900Swan's Island Historical Society The Ocean View Hotel was located at 241…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"… The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store The McCormick house Ocean View Hotel Odd Fellows Hall"

The Cedars

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Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"About 40 miles from the ocean, when they reached the last point of navigation on the Kennebec, the rapids in Augusta that marked the “head of tide,”…"

Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec

"From early April to late November, ocean-going vessels sailed up the Kennebec, forty-six miles from the open Atlantic, bringing Pennsylvania flour…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"… other places on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. At the outbreak of the Civil War 1861, Agry retired."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… Kennebunkport to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Much of the town is wooded, with gentle hills that run from the borders along the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… by the indians were "running his sheep into the ocean." He said he lived alone on the island, but evidently there was no house in 1785 because he…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"… that brings together the new and the old, the ocean and the land. It creates a stronger sense of community through a greater understanding of the…"

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

"Captain Herrick’s Ocean View Hotel in Swan’s Island Village had a well used dance floor. Once the Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1909, dances were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… could purify body and mind with the balm of cool ocean breezes, the inspiration of scenic vistas, and the exhilaration of vigorous mountain hikes."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… cargo in a lot of different environments from ocean trips to coastal runs and on large inland bodies of water. Steamer, Lizzie M."

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Fox Studio's 1917 feature Queen of the Sea, an oceanic adventure starring Annette Kellermann. The shoot drew crowds of locals and visitors ogling…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… at nearby Harbor Brook where it flows into the ocean just north of Bear Island. Their children, including son John II in 1801, were born in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… side of Harbor Brook where it outlets into the ocean. There still exist some Savage gravestones on the West side of Harbor Brook at the Gorianksi…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… the tide sweeps nutrient-rich water into the ocean and feeds offshore fish and their young. Additionally, the grass plants provide temperature and…"

Acadia National Park

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Wilson Museum

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Cumberland Historical Society

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

"… long time summer home, lies 10 miles across open ocean from mainland New Brunswick. But a mere 300 yards from the U.S. mainland at Lubec, Maine."

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."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… corn, and harvest corn on their return from the ocean. Before the first dam on the island, there were two waterfalls."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… Treworgy, the protest (insurance claim) of the /Ocean Ranger/ and the bills of laden and Charty Party for the/ Lemuel Peters/ are all on file at…"