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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"That winter, the men cut 5,000,000 board feet of lumber from the land where Mattanawcook Lake would eventually be, enough to run the three saws in…"

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

"During winter months these same men often outfitted their boats for dragging hen (sea) clams, scallops or shrimp."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"During the winter months when there was snow, sleigh cars replaced the horse cars. Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the…"

Abbe Museum

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Acadia National Park

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… he helped get in the ice for summer, wood for winter, and hay for the animals. He lived on a farm on Roxbury Road in Mexico."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… impassable section between Weld and Dixfield in winter, according to older residents. Dixfield was not exempt from sickness or disease during its…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… the river was low in summer and on the ice in winter. In 1901 the Red Bridge was built near this location."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"33, no. 4 (Winter 2013), pp. 675-700, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press). See also, Hatch, Maine, 188-202."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"1 (Winter 2014): 1-35. Champlain, Samuel de. "Les Voyages de La Nouvelle-France Occidentale," Dicte Canada. Paris, 1632. Fischer, David Hackett."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"In the winter hunting became less popular because of the coldness. They didn’t want to hunt because they would be out 12, maybe 14, hours a day."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"… but with the warming temperatures in the late winter, early spring, the winter ice on the river melted at a fast rate."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"Fall/Winter - Before the frosts came, the women and children went into the forests to forage nuts and berries."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Sometime in the winter of 1841 the cables came to Bath, Maine. That spring they were loaded on a schooner for Hallowell. Col."

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

"In winter, they might go north to cut wood. Early settlers of Blue Hill were forced to be resourceful in order to survive."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… vicinity of Walnut Hill and hauled by oxen in the winter down to the Falls, perhaps a distance of five or six miles."

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

"… except that island isolation, particularly during winter months prompted some local entrepreneurs to launch business ventures, which were helpful…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… was difficult at all times but especially in winter on roads built and maintained by each landowner who built permanent gates across their part of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… frequently consisted on 20 cars each during the winter months. Freight revenue was approximately $60,000 per year, double that made from the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The Central Congregational Church merged with the Winter Street Church in 1965 to consolidate the expenses of maintaining two large facilities…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… usually about eight weeks in spring and eight in winter -- four months in all. Kids began at age six or seven, and it was common for someone to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Cranberry Lodge (Formerly Harbor Cottage) Northeast Harbor Maine, Winter 2009Northeast Harbor Library The Old Ell is Born..."