Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… served lobster more than three times a week Lobster Trap Branding Iron, 1961Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Lobster fishing is still…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… Point lobster pound dealers have been Googin’s Lobster Pound, Fogg’s Lobster Pound, Thurlow’s Shellfish (formerly Googin’s Lobster Pound), Pine…"

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

"The dory in the foreground has wooden lobster traps on it, while the dory in the background has a trawling tub on it."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… engine was running, the winch turned and lobster traps could be hauled aboard. Except for small skiffs (punts), no other boat building has occurred…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"It was not a strong wind or even a rough sea. Some men of Pine Point, including Harold, would haul their traps by starting at Prouts Neck and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… and other natural resources as they hunted, trapped, clammed and fished in the marsh. When European settlers arrived in the early 1600s they, too…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… are exposed outlines of a fish weir used for trapping fish and in the shell heaps of Winnocks Neck."

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

"… income (for lack of time to tend their lobster traps) and played the games. It was a very special time for the team and the Swan’s Island…"

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

"The current trap limit continues to be 475. In addition to fishing, private businesses have come to the island."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1898Lubec Memorial Library 1960 • The Lobster Trap Gift Shop opens – first gift shop catering to tourists 1962 • Roosevelt International Bridge…"

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

"Lobster Trap, Islesboro, ca. 1980's; Bouy 1940'sIslesboro Historical Society Being an island community, one would commonly assume that various forms…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… many uses was used for masts for ships, lobster traps, and lumber for houses. The workers were the lumberjacks who would work for months clearing…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… a combination of weirs, stop-seines, trawls and traps. In winter, they might go north to cut wood."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… a few descendants now store some of their lobster traps and fishing gear there. But, the island remains relatively untouched."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… brush needed to build and refurbish the herring traps. So great was the demand for the large herring preferred by the smokehouses that Lubec began…"