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Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"… European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor Saco River narrows, Biddeford, ca. 1915McArthur Public Library Biddeford's coastal…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor Piles of logs along the Saco River, ca."

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Cranberry Lodge (Formerly Harbor Cottage) Northeast Harbor Maine, Winter 2009Northeast Harbor Library The Old Ell is Born..."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"1924Swan's Island Historical Society Winters would also be a time to find islanders joining in winter sports of an informal nature."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Men in fishing dory, Southwest Harbor, 1890Southwest Harbor Public Library Oddly, with the growth of fishing in the early 19th century, commercial…"

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

"Robert on Duck Brook, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920Abbe Museum At first they came solely for scenery and climate, drawn by the island’s dramatic geography…"

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

"They would journey to Bar Harbor to see their town’s boys take on the Sea Siders. MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Old Ell, Asticou, Northeast Harbor Maine July 2007Northeast Harbor Library Sam Savage McGee inherited the Old Ell from his mother Marcia in 2003 and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… Public Library The village of Winter Harbor - west Saco was an increasingly dangerous place to live in the 17th and 18th centuries."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"The heart of the town was shifting from Winter Harbor up the river to Falls Village. Prior to the building of the first bridge in 1758, the only way…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… of the Saco River and Union forts at Portland Harbor. There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and the…"

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

"… nearby Frenchboro and McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount Desert Island) and returned to Swan’s Island in the evening."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"The island harbors were shaped by fishing, with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… seasons, once operations closed down for the winter it was always allowed to fill with rainwater."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… the rain filled up the pit and iced over in the winter to make a popular skating pond. When the pond was drained in 2003, many treasures were…"

Abbe Museum

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"Both floors were heated by a wood stove in the winter. Minturn student Marion Stinson recalls: "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1911Islesboro Historical Society SABBATHDAY HARBOR/RYDER’S COVE This harbor was named by the fishermen who, after weeklong labors, rested in its…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Many other shops and businesses operated in Dark Harbor Village."

Acadia National Park

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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