Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… illustrated than in high school basketball, where Pemetic, Gilman, Mount Desert, and Bar Harbor high schools once competed fiercely for island…"

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

"… was a letter from Gerald Rich, the president of Pemetic High School’s student council: “The students of Pemetic would like to congratulate you on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… for generations and had been given the name "Pemetic" by them. Area land was purchased from the Natives for amounts of rum, and birch bark deeds…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"The Abnaki called the island Pemetic. Much more can be learned about the Native Americans on Mt. Desert Island and throughout New England at the Abbe…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… Champlain Society Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society Significance of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"On July 4 they established “Camp Pemetic” on Wasgatt Cove in Northeast Harbor, just south of where Hadlock Brook empties into Somes Sound."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… people came to the place they later called Pemetic (pemotonet in Passamaquoddy), which translates to “range of mountains.” Rising sea levels over…"