Maine Memory Network

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… a navigational landmark since the early days of coastal exploration. From the first Native Americans who settled near the sheltered waters to the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"Most came from Massachusetts and coastal Maine. By the 1860’s, much of the big pine in the region had been cut, and many of the American-born loggers…"

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…"

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."

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."

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…"

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…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"It was built for the coastal trade, and the steamer’s cargo was mostly coal. She stranded on Ocracoke, North Carolina, in 1913, and was lost."

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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

"… has a long and rich history, as one of the last coastal areas to be settled, in the mid 1760s. Although it is understood the first settlers…"

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…"

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…"

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Historically – in its dynamic view of a coastal market town emerging from the frontier. Tree stumps are yet to be cleared from the field beyond the…"

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…"

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

"… The last town to secede from North Yarmouth was coastal Yarmouth. This was probably the most traumatic separation for what remained of ancient…"

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

"… similar patterns of use in other areas of the coastal Northeast. Perry Westbrook states in his Biography of an Island that the Malecite…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"… proprietors argued over land rights, and even in coastal towns like Portland, newly arrived squatters offset some of anti-separation sentiment."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… of itinerants, moving from village to village in coastal and rual areas of the state. Such was the case of Almond W."

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

"… grew over the next century, particularly in coastal towns. After the American Revolution achieved independence for the United States, the District…"