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Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"… made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes. The biggest trout caught during this time period…"

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Main Street through "the village," Strong, ca. 1890

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… roll them up; this made getting in and out of a canoe easier. One day, when she was getting off the train, she caught her skirt and was dragged…"

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British survey highlands map, ca. 1840

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… documented in the map of the interior canoe route between the St. John (Wolostoq) and Penobscot rivers that Chief Francis Joseph Neptune shared…"

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Kennebec River Flood, Business district, Hallowell, 1870, 1870

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Employee’s had to go in a canoe and get them in the parking lot. Written by Zac Sharpe Hallowell Flood 1987Hubbard Free Library The Flood of…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"The party canoed up the Kennebec River as far as Hallowell, which was known as Bombahook at that time."

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Riverside Park stage, Hampden, ca. 1910

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… also arrive, in more romantic fashion, by boat, canoe, or ferry. From the slip at river’s edge, it was a climb up a steep set of steps, a walk…"

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Dedication of Odd Fellows Hall, Guilford, 1904

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Some other events were oxen pulling, barbeque, canoe races, log chopping contest, magic show, chalk talk, and street dance."

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St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lincoln, ca. 1920

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"They came by horse and returned by canoe. Soon, people from Benedicta started coming to worship the Catholic religion in Lincoln."

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Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South Lubec, ca. 1880

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Portaged canoes over Carrying Place bog to reach ocean travel routes. Harvested smelts and sweet grass. Ox Cart at N.W."

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Plan of the town of New Portland, 1808

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… Brook (today known as the Carrabassett River) by canoe late in the fall of 1783. He headed an adventurous family that for some reason chose not to…"

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Main Street, Walnut Hill, North Yarmouth, 1910

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

"… travel was preferably done by water in canoes and small boats, following the example of Native Americans."