Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… has changed since people first set foot on the shores of Swan's Island, but there is a community spirit that survives, as constant as the tides."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"The Kennebec River waters have taken over the shore lines and even some houses have been considered ruins in what is now left of the shores of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"… was a shed for interchange with the Atlantic Shore Railroad to York County points.(5) Rising operating costs and increasing use of automobiles…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Skowhegan once again became a place to watch as millions of board feet of timber rolled through town, kept in line by agile and colorful “river…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… late summer and fall when they migrate closer to shore areas to molt. This is when a lobster sheds its exoskeleton and grows a new shell."

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

"… widespread, especially along the Massachusetts shore. The two-masted schooner Fannie and Edith was headed to Bangor from Boston when the schooner…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… were six or more fish factories mostly on the shores of Minturn and Swan’s Island Village. Spurling’s Wharf on the Atlantic side was a factory that…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Shore dinner places, such as the Dunscroft and Wayland, tourist cabins and lodging houses attracted motorists; and large guest hotels on the coast…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The absence of a lake shore or a pond for summer recreation was in part replaced by shallow pools on the Swift River, known as ABC, and covered for…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… to the removal of old warehouses that lined the shores of the rivers and to the creation of new parks along the Penobscot and Kenduskeag."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Seals are frequently spotted off shore in the summer, especially on a small island known, coincidently enough, as Seal Island."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… the cluster of houses and businesses near the shore, the road that is now Route 115 quickly gave way to forest and scattered clearings."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"He was in charge of the task of building a rail line from Duluth, Minnesota to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… many brush weirs that supplied herring lined the shore. Weir construction also brought a measure of prosperity to area farmers who cut the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Narrows across from Chops Point on the eastern shore of the Kennebec and the Clarke and Lake Post in Arrowsic."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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