Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Mary Ellen Chase

"She wrote 39 books and countless articles, many of them dealing with the Coast of Maine and its people. (Image of Mary Ellen Chase)"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"If they were able to improve the lots and keep them occupied for five years, they received an additional lot of 100 or 120 acres in the interior back…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"Many of them built graceful, stately homes throughout town--some even with winter homes "in town" and then summer cottages out at the Pool or towards…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… to Navigation remain under jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, now part of the Department of Homeland Security."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"Located midway along the Maine coast, the site had desirable access by the Georges River. One of its most desirable features was the presence of a…"

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

"and Nathan R. Lipfert. Lobstering and the Maine Coast . Bath, ME: Maine Maritime Museum, 1985. Milliken, John, et al."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… northeast of Passamaquoddy Bay, from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and used Champlain’s Saint Croix River as a western boundary."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"For many years after the survey, Newbury Neck was viewed as an annex, rather than a part of the original township."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Closed seasons, lobster size limits, licensing of fisherman, and protection of seed lobsters have been some of the measures Maine has taken to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… Thomas-Marsh Nestled alongside Maine's central coast, the small island of Mount Desert has been a celebrated destination for vacationers and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"In 1883 Burnham & Morrill and other companies canned and shipped 3,000 to 8,000 bushels of clams. Burnham & Morrill moved its clam packing business…"

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."

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…"

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

"Can nothing be done to preserve for the use and enjoyment of the great unorganized body of the common people some fine parts, at least, of this…"

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."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"… dramatic conflict over land claims in the mid-coast region of Maine that have been expertly assessed for the Colonial and Revolutionary eras by…"

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… of all those "sheep islands" up and down the coast). 4H groups are still strong in surrounding communities, and there is an obvious pride in the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"European settlement along the Maine coast was an accidental by-product of the pursuit of fish. Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and…"

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

"The Bay of Fundy, the Maine coast, and even the Gulf of St. Lawrence were fishing grounds for the rest of the season."

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

"Woodard, Colin. The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier. New York: Penguin Books, 2004. York Deeds. Vol."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"Wreck of the "Washington B. Thomas," Scarborough, ca. 1903Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The Thomas was en route from Norfolk to Portland…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… War (1860-1864) marked an end to the age of East coast shipping and reliance on forest products. The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil."