Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"He wrote that they paddled to Brewer and back "in 8 minutes a mile and a third or ten mile an hour." Stephen Stanislaus and Sebattis Saul paddled…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… as well as serious training in the “fine art of paddling.” Most members this rusticators’ club aspired to having their own Indian-made paddle and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Ten members of the Penobscot tribe paddled the canoes.   Part 6, pages 97-113 Topics and personalities include: Irish immigrants Brig. Gen."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… orders for items such as personalized hand-carved paddles, and occasionally, to have their fortunes told. Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… caverns? Boat the bays or lakes (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island tour in a buckboard? Stroll a field and pick wildflowers…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"As for Wabanakis, some followed tradition, paddling age-old canoe routes. Others rode the same trains, steamboats, and stagecoaches as everyone else…"

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… really concerned about safety, they would put paddles on the lifeboats. One of the most important things of a ship was people."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"… bicyclists, walkers, and runners while kayakers paddle the Royal. Residential areas are joined to stores and services by new sidewalks."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… on them with great mountains of spray.” “We have paddled with dear old Big Thunder, when the waves rocked us in his little canoe, and when we…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… and hard to maneuver, so they are mainly used for paddling in slow water, not the fast rapids of the untamed Kennebec."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the only way to arrive in Lincoln was to paddle up the Penobscot River, walk the ancient Indian footpaths while fording the streams, or trek beside…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… boys and girls were skilled canoeists who used paddles fashioned by their fathers. Their way of life changed as a result of the coming of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"They produced ash tool handles, canoes and paddles, and the ash baskets for the potato industry. With mechanization of logging and potato farming…"