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Bowdoin group at Negro Island Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1891

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"In fact, Reverend Jernegan was at that time sailing, under an assumed name, to France with his family and proceeds from his gold extraction scheme."

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Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"By 1880 the era of sail had given way to the rise of steam powered vessels. A group of businessmen formed a committee to build wharves that would…"

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"He was shooting from the deck of the boat he was sailing with his brother to Prince Edward Island. Both canneries were important operations later in…"

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Main Street, Walnut Hill, North Yarmouth, 1910

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… ships were loaded with goods and produce and sailed on the tide down the Kennebec River to the sea."