Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - SS Panatoset, Blue Hill, 1907

"… Public Library Description SS Panatoset yacht in 1907 near Blue Hill. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"Mariners could continue as yacht captains. Indeed, some islanders even took up sailing for their own pleasure."

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

"… masquerade balls, musicales and lectures, yachting parties, horse shows, tennis tournaments, and an array of clubs which included swimming, canoe…"

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

"… in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear. The Eliot family had been spending summers in the region…"

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

"… visitors traveled to Mount Desert Island by yacht, train, steamboat, or stagecoach—or a combination of these."

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"2000Swan's Island Historical Society Yachts club members and windjammer passengers arrive in Burnt Coat Harbor on the nights of the performances to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… the Tarratine Club, offering golf in the 1890s, yachting in the 1920s and tennis in the 1940s. First Tarratine Golf Club, Islesboro, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"These kids performed the operetta on board the yacht Shawna with car headlights from shore providing the lighting and student musicians providing…"

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

"The local yacht club began in 1920 with Dr. Seth Milliken’s purchase of two Brutal Beasts for his children and their cousins."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Also, boats and the Kennebec Yacht Club were endangered. The public utilities were destroyed and repair crews worked throughout the night restoring…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… a wharf at the present site of the Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club. Next door, the White Granite Company had cutting sheds and a machine shop erected on…"

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

"… hurried about to the summer cottages and large yachts, providing quick service to chefs who had placed their order earlier by phone."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… he could view his 300-foot square-rigged yacht “Alcedo” swaying at anchor moored in the deeper waters of the East Bay."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Bath Iron Works and yachts, Bath, 1931Patten Free Library By 1925, shipbuilding had all but stopped in Bath when BIW went into receivership and was…"