Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"Map of the New England Coast, 1610Maine Historical Society In 1605, after making landfall at Monhegan, Captain Waymouth re-anchored his ship…"

Northeast Historic Film

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Davistown Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… Crosby as a writer and sent her all over the east coast to represent the Maine Woods at expositions and on boards promoting tourism."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… with squatter-proprietor tensions and the Coasting Law likely still fueling the sentiments of the two voter bodies.[25] Despite the vote's failure…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"On the coast, commercial traders felt bound to Massachusetts because of otherwise inconvenient shipping laws, and a growing inland debate ensued over…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"Johns and of the Coast from thence to Passamaquoddy,” enclosed in Michael Francklin to the Board of Trade, 22 Nov 1766, CO 217, LAC."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Tropical depression Edna dies out off the coast of Greenland. The hurricane lasted a total of 13 days."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… families who came to spend long summers on the coast of Maine. Rusticators started arriving in the late 1800’s."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… the first County Road was built inland from the coast. The route started in Portland, crossed the Fore River at Stroudwater, passed through…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… like it was for any community living on the Maine coast during the turn of the 20th century. There wasn’t easy access to drinking water and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… true "Mainer" in her piece "On a Porch in a Maine Coast Village." Listen to "On the Porch of a Maine Coast Village" written and performed by Ruth…"

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

"Soon smack-men were sailing the coast, buying lobsters to carry to Boston and New York. As the demand for lobsters grew, something else opened up the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"In addition, the rocky coast and frigid waters resulted in exhaustion and frequent injury to cast and crew."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Cutter Service (later to become the United States Coast Guard), commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Blue Hill and Penobscot Bays, 1982. —(LI) O’Leary, W.M. Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Snow, the bark was shipwrecked off the coast of Ireland; he was the only survivor. Folks near Galway rescued him."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… enabled lobstermen to fish further along the coast or offshore or finish hauling early enough to undertake a second fishing-related job such as…"

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

"… motorists; and large guest hotels on the coast, such as the Checkley and Atlantic House, lured tourists who often arrived by train from Boston, New…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… six townships, “six miles in extent on the sea coast, and no more,” Surry's coastline exceeded 20 miles."

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

"He was well known up and down the New England coast for his fishing success and business prowess. From 1878 to 1889 he captained the Augusta E."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The mysterious shipwreck of The Don, off the coast of Harpswell, on June 29, 1941, took the lives of 34 men and women from the…"

Westport Island History Committee

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