Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… of the Pejepscot Proprietors and the Clarke and Lake Company.” (2) Wabanaki people often had a much more nuanced understanding of the places…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… Reality, 1763-1842 Moose River, Moose Head Lake and Kennebeck Road, 1820Maine Historical Society Historian Francis M."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Davis Robertson, a quilter with the Lady of the Lake Quilters; Burt DeFrees (now deceased), teacher and theatrical director; Mark Belanger…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… Mexico, and Rumford, and then on up into the lakes is worthy of mention. Many a pioneer used the Indian route to travel from the coast, moving…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"The absence of a lake shore or a pond for summer recreation was in part replaced by shallow pools on the Swift River, known as ABC, and covered for…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Click here. Ice Cutting, Lake Hebron, Monson, ca. 1900 A similar view to the procedure used on the Kennebec when gathering ice."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… ME, helping to open up the famed Rangeley Lakes to tourists. The narrow gauge system expanded throughout Franklin County, bringing goods and people…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… "displaced six businesses," and destroyed the "Lake Mall and an adjacent building." The details also noted that the "huge piles of charred rubble…"

Acadia National Park

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Bridgton Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River, and enters at its confluence with the Androscoggin River in Dixfield."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 2 of 2

"… State Class A Championship game in Augusta (and Lake Region in the A/B playoff). The New England Championship tournament was held in Durham, NH at…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… illustrations of the Iron Company and the Silver Lake Hotel, and wrote descriptions of the business, employees, and conditions of iron production."

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

"… the charge of a forester and his assistants; the lakes and streams should be stocked with valuable fish; the increase of animals and birds…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… its mix of boreal and deciduous forests, clear lakes, and bold seashore. The artists were the forerunners of this group and several landscape…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They traveled the ocean, rivers, lakes and ponds in birch bark canoes, making seasonal journeys to hunt and gather wild animal and plant foods."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… up to Quebec, instead of dying out in Moosehead Lake. The men thought that their worries were now over, but they were wrong. Dead wrong."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… distance and provides a direct Kennebeck-Rangeley Lakes\Androscoggin canoe connection. At Farmington Falls, the Indian Village of Amascontee…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Locklin Dry Goods & Groceries S. Lake Stoves, Dry Goods & Groceries T. & B. Emery Boots & Shoe Mfg. Walton & Quint “ “ “ “ Spooner & Hanson Carder &…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… end of Main Street where the new building called “Lake View Senior Housing” is now being built. Later, they moved the store to their new location…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… to the region’s many rivers, streams, and lakes. The Androscoggin, Nezinscot, Ellis, Swift, Webb, and Twenty Mile Rivers all provided water power…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… of this region from Merrymeeting Bay to Moosehead Lake in peace and security. Their cruel and tragic end was a bitter irony considering the moral…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"This store was located on the end of Lake Street and about in the middle of Main Street. Now, the store has been donated to the town and is currently…"