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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Schools map of Islesboro  Text by Ruth Hartley School Bell, Islesboro, ca. 1880Islesboro Historical Society After incorporating as a town in…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"Our Resources ISLESBORO COMMUNITY RESOURCES INVENTORY All addresses are for Islesboro, Maine 04848, area code 207 unless otherwise noted."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"About Us Grindle Point Lighthouse X TEAM ISLESBORO’S PROCESS From the start, Islesboro stressed student participation and community involvement."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"The boat flipped over. Miss Mimi Kelley who was saved by Wyman Ramsdell is the last living of the three children who survived."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"“The current swept our boat close to the work trestle,” said Chandler. Cranes with pier construction on new bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"Voice of Miriam Kelley Doherty 2 min 10 sec  “The boat was gunwales down, and as she turned on her heel, rolled in the water, and sank beneath…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… and sharp-roofed houses, its odd-looking boats and winding streets...The large engraving is accompanied by two smaller framed pictures, showing…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… Historical Society/MaineToday Media Fishermen aboard Herb Pick's motor boat, Portland, 1923Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… retained “liberty unto me and my heirs to fish, fowl, and hunt also to set otter traps without molestation.” In a 1684 deed that is foundational to…"

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… the foot of Toddy Pond in Orland, where the state boat landing is now located. In the 1880s he settled on Cunningham Ridge in Surry with his wife…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… around 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along the Neck and the boats would come in, off-load liquor, and load it…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… the Dawnland, forming coastal outposts devoted to fishing, logging, and fur trading. Wabanaki leaders hesitantly welcomed many of these colonists…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 2 of 17

"… in logging, milling, papermaking, built ships, fished, and processed fish; mined and cut granite and slate; cut and shipped ice, as well as farmed…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"Most of the settlers were employed farming, fishing or both. Some traded with the native populations, and there was a carpenter and a few mechanics…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… District of Maine, and a three dollar fare on a boat could get a man from Massachusetts to the Kennebec valley."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would occasionally transfer passengers from one place…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They set up fish weirs and fences. They felled trees to clear land for farming and grazing. They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… and includes deer, fox, and all manner of fish, shorebirds, and waterfowl. The soil is rich and supports farming even today."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"People depended upon boats for the early transport of goods, livestock and people. In the “History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston”, Cyrus…"

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

"… with Roberts building pinkey boats for local fishing and Clement making fish barrels, washtubs and pails."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… to this time in the way of selling goods running boats shipping & other incidents connected with it." The drawing is on page 418 of a journal…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… villages hosted the fishermen who caught the fish, the processors who dried, salted or otherwise preserved the fish, and the suppliers who shipped…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"… along the Saco River for thousands of years - fishing its waters, canoeing to the headwaters each summer, and living in villages farther up river…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"Several draggers built by the Morse Boat Building Co. were put into use during the war effort, later being converted back to fishing vessels."