Maine Memory Network

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"… the original 19th century flavor of a New England coastal village. A large majority of the homes were designed and built by captains and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… includes a wide selection of drawings for urban, coastal, and rural communities. Landscape design, parks, urban planning, and planned communities…"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or plantation in finding and supporting a nurse or physician” including…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 3 of 4

"… Society & Museum Realizing that this significant coastal wildlife habitat was severely threatened, in 1957 the Maine Department of Inland…"

Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"… Historical Society Welcome to the Hancock County coastal community of Surry. As the postcard says, you're in for a good time."

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

"… wealthy enough to enjoy this pastime common to coastal Maine. At this time, three boatyards serve the Islesboro community."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"… Early in the century, boat builders built coastal schooners and barges in Warren, north of Thomaston, for transport and trade."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… The moniker is most fitting for this tranquil coastal village - a village that might never have been were it not for its connection to the sea."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Batignani, Karen Wentworth, Maine’s Coastal Cemeteries, A Historic Tour, 2003, Down East Books, Camden, Maine."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… were launched and, subsequently, navigated to coastal and worldwide destinations. It was the only highway to Thomaston before roads were…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"They joined grant recipients from the coastal towns of Surry and Swan’s Island in July, 2011, and January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"From 1730, the Church Under the Ledge in the coastal area, now Route 88 in Yarmouth, was the center of the community, providing both worship and town…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Perry Westbrook states in his Biography of an Island that the Malecite (Wolastoqiyik) tribe frequented this region of Maine prior to the Indian Wars…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Coastal ships carried this cache to eastern coastal cities for distribution across America. Bangor's river location defined its character; the lumber…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… the coveted tall pine for ships' masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of the raw materials that has…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… five tidal rivers, several smaller streams, some coastal freshwater marsh, tidal flats and less than 200 acres of upland habitat."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Noting the hardships Maine had suffered, he began a seven-year effort toward statehood that began with a petition to Massachusetts for separation."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… on the seaside ledges? Investigate tidal pools or coastal caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… differences throughout the past century, this coastal town's diligent, diverse, and talented residents had developed a strong communal pride and a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… long shipbuilding history of many other Maine coastal and river towns. There was a brief period of time, however, when Dunstan Landing was an…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… away” were discovering the rustic delights of coastal Maine towns such as Surry. Fires First fire truck, Surry, 1947Surry Historical Society…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Playhouse to the summer theater-going public of coastal Hancock County. Just months before the start of the Great Depression, a group of actors…"