Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… steamer Rockland made one trip a week between Rockland and Millbridge, touching at Bar Harbor. Now we have steamers City of Richmond, Lewiston, Mt…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Soon the steamer Rockland was stopping in Southwest Harbor on its way to Machias. This was its only Mount Desert stop, and the village would become…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… fondness, and points out, “you knew people in Rockland better at that point than you do some people on the island.” She grew up in the Harbor…"

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

"… began a daily trip between Swan’s Island and Rockland, supplies would be delivered by the steamboat."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… school, or boarding with other families in the Rockland and Mount Desert Island area. Some were able to return to the island on weekends."

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

"… company contracted to bring the mail daily from Rockland to Old Harbor This is a much more direct route than when it went by the way of Tremont and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"… propeller prevented the vessel from getting into Rockland harbor at low tide. They made it back to Belfast but ran into low water and fog, delaying…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"The store ran in the period of Swan's Island history when the steamboat still connected island residents to Rockland."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"One could travel by steamboat from Islesboro to Rockland and Castine but these services were never consistent in terms of year-round transportation."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… landing was host to regular steam boat trips from Rockland, and thus began the third summer community on Islesboro."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… Island Institute, PO Box 648, 386 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841, 594.9209 www.islandinstitute.org Penobscot Marine Museum, PO Box 498, 5 Church…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… that met their passengers at the railhead in Rockland. They disembarked at the wharves on Peters’ Point or Parker Point where they might be met by…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Snow Company shipyard in Rockland, Maine at 10 A.M on May 19, 1936. The ferryboat was christened by Miss Evelyn Randlett, who was Islesboro High…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… to Boston, and even a larger number running to Rockland with kiln wood. In that same Centennial Souvenir, Rev. J.D."