Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… settled Roberts family from neighboring Seal Harbor, and they established a permanent homestead just southwest of Harbor Brook at Asticou."

Acadia National Park

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Friends of Wood Island Light

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… Navy Airship Shenandoah, which took them from Bar Harbor to Passamaquoddy Bay, to Mt. Katahdin, Moosehead Lake, Rangley Lake, as well as various…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"1930Northeast Harbor Library Emily N & John C. Savage and Family in front of the Big Barn, Asticou, Northeast Harbor, Maine 1912Northeast…"

Wilson Museum

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"1975Northeast Harbor Library Aerial View of Asticou Way and Peabody Drive Looking East ca. 1975Northeast Harbor Library Today, in the early…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… eastern shore, and visit the villages of Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Somesville. The Logbooks Champlain Society Camp log, Mount Desert…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… which is in the soul like a fountain of cool waters to the way-worn travelers. -Thomas Cole, painter, 1836 Continue to Arriving in Bar Harbor"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… common themes were information about ships in harbor, what the longshoremen were working on, and notable large fish that were caught."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… Society The island inhabitants and the island harbors were also able to support industries such as a cannery, several fish factories both fresh…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The ferry service operates out of Bass Harbor for convenience, and the current boat, Captain Henry Lee, can carry up to seventeen vehicles and makes…"

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

"The island harbors were shaped by fishing, with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries."

Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"He was stationed in the Pacific and served at the Battle of Guadalcanal. Bill lost part of his foot during the war. View additional information…"

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

"… landscape features, a view that encompasses busy harbor and prosperous village, surrounded by farms at harvest time."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Old Buildings

"… The Tea Room Redmen's Hall Seaside Hall Andrew Smith Store The McCormick house Ocean View Hotel Odd Fellows Hall"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"In 1891, the newly constructed Dark Harbor landing was host to regular steam boat trips from Rockland, and thus began the third summer community on…"

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

"Captain Herrick’s Ocean View Hotel in Swan’s Island Village had a well used dance floor. Once the Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1909, dances were…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"1911Islesboro Historical Society SABBATHDAY HARBOR/RYDER’S COVE This harbor was named by the fishermen who, after weeklong labors, rested in its…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"Seaside Hall View of Atlantic, Swan's Island, 1916Swan's Island Historical Society Seaside Hall was built by the Atlantic Improvement Society…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Steamer "Bangor," 1847

"… prevented the vessel from getting into Rockland harbor at low tide. They made it back to Belfast but ran into low water and fog, delaying their…"