Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Boats of all sizes and types, from rowboats and small sailboats, to fishing boats were used for this purpose."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… and outboard motor boats have replaced the rowboats once used to reach the flats across the river."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"If one of the men needed a rowboat to go to his home at Morgan's Bay or East Blue Hill over a weekend, he was charged fifty cents for the same."

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

"Most early fishing was done in wherries, small rowboats. Chebacco boats were larger, two-masted vessels."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Many of Islesboro's first settlers owned small rowboats. Circling the island by water was easier than trying to navigate trails prior to the…"