Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"History Detectives Native American artifact presentation Special guest Barbara Francis teaches the History Detectives club about uses of Native…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"The Tea Room Clevie and Mary Trask, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society 253 Harbor Road is now known best as the popular…"

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

"Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry Waiting for the first ferry run, Swan's Island, 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The William S."

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

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… • First Christian Church built in Lubec • Brush weirs for the capture of herring came into wide use in Passamaquoddy • Census results – 1,430…"

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

"The fish weir industry developed around 1915 and continued to the late '40s, when the herring market faded and the cost of yearly rebuilding the weir…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Smokehouses and the many brush weirs that supplied herring lined the shore. Weir construction also brought a measure of prosperity to area farmers…"

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

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

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The Native Americans would make nets, weirs and spears to catch eels and fish. The women and children sometimes traveled to the water's edge to pick…"

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

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