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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… land across which Native American canoes could be portaged. Carrying Place is the narrowest place on the island, where, “…one can throw a stone…"

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Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South Lubec, ca. 1880

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W."