Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot families who encamped every summer at Bar Harbor. Most vacationers made at least one visit to the Wabanaki village…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"At its peak in 1885, Bar Harbor’s summer Indian village at the foot of Holland Avenue was home to 250 Wabanakis."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Order of Red Men Society? Visit the Wabanaki encampment and meet real Indians? Mount Desert Reading RoomJesup Memorial Library The Mt."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… in the heyday of hotels, cottages and Indian encampments, 1886 Bird's-eye view maps like this 1886 panorama of Bar Harbor were popular all across…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"Anthropologists conducted research at the Indian encampment while stunningly wealthy capitalists focused on conspicuous socializing or devoted…"

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

"… Museum Many Wabanaki men at the Bar Harbor encampments made themselves available as guides to take summer people in canoes for sightseeing…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… sporting events with locals, cottagers, and encamped tribesmen. Running a hotel such as the Rodick required chambermaids, butlers, chefs…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… by Jennifer Multhopp Pre-1700s • Passamaquoddy encampments in North Lubec – shell middens found on South Bay and Mill Creek."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… the Republic, Aroostook Rebekah and Olive Branch Encampments, Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Grange."