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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford
"… of Winter Harbor, and settlers continued to farm, fish and trade. Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the…"
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"… Mount Desert’s families who farmed, fished, built boats, or participated in some of all of the year around occupations, the Savages constructed…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters
"… as one local put it, “A birch canoe was a good boat if there was an Indian in it.” Passamaquoddy hunting guide Joe Mell, ca. 1895."
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Winter Harbor Historical Society
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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"… Berwick, Maine, and they scoped out the area on fishing and trading expeditions, as was true for Matthew Patten."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"They caught cod from small boats and salted it. When they caught more than they could eat, they traded it for flour, sugar, soap, molasses, and oil."
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"… ship building to put in between the planks of the boats floor. When they shipped all of the items it would all come from Boston."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families
"… of monitoring and caring for David Rockefeller’s boats and waterfront property soon after this decision."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry
"The Tradition Continues...... Webber's Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill, owned and operated by Matt Cousins, 2010."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3
"… ropes fashioned to make a raft, or they could be boats, large or small, which could carry men and provisions from one shore to the other."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4
"… free of pollution and are suitable for swimming, boating, and fishing in the Rumford area as a result of the efforts of United States Senator…"
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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area
"The casks that contained dried fish, peas and other staples were cracked open and the water caused much of the food to spoil."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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