Maine Memory Network

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

"Champlain Club camp and yacht log, Mount Desert Island, 1880Mount Desert Island Historical Society They spent their days sailing and rowing across…"

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

"First Tarratine Golf Club, Islesboro, ca. 1912Islesboro Historical Society For more than a century, as the summer communities developed and…"

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."

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…"

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…"