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Maine: An
Encyclopedia
The Maine Encyclopedia is an accessible,
comprehensive, user-friendly resource with a variety of navigational
options andT thousands of internal links to related subjects and
individuals. Explore this amazing state of ours: historic,
environmentally diverse, scenic, large in area but small in community, a
recreational Mecca, and much more.
Following are some entries in the Encyclopedia.
Bailey Island
[BAY-lee iland] is in the town of Harpswell on Casco Bay. For over two
centuries of European settlement, Bailey Island was unconnected from the
manland. Though proposed as early as 1872, a bridge was not built until
the twentieth century. … Continue
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Coastal Studies Center
The Coastal Studies Center of Bowdoin College is located on Orrs Island
in Harpswell. In 1981 Irma and William Thalheimer gave the 118 acre
property, including the farmhouse and barn, to Bowdoin “to be protected
in its natural environment and … Continue
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Coffin, Robert
Works by R. P. T. Coffin Christchurch (1924) Book Of Crowns And Cottages
(1925) Dew And Bronze (1927) A Book Of Seventeenth-Century Prose (1929)
An Attic Room (1929)Golden Falcon (1929) Laud, Storm Center Of Stuart
England (1930) The Dukes Of … Continue
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Cumberland County
the most populous of Maine’s counties, contains approximately 20% of the
state’s population with less than 3% of the state’s land area.
Four of the ten largest communities by population are in Cumberland
County. The City of Portland dominates the … Continue
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Cumberland County Nature Preserves
Basket Island, Cumberland. 9 acres of mixed forest and shell and gravel
beaches. Osprey nest on nearby ledges. Watch out for abundant poison
ivy. Popular picnic spot. Managed by The Nature Conservancy. Bay
Bridge Landing, Brunswick. A six-acre wetland park … Continue
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Fisheries, Commerical
In 1950, Maine had record seafood landings of 356,266,000 pounds without
aquaculture. Maine ranked among the top seafood producing States. In
2009, the last year available for national seafood landings, Maine
ranked 11th in pounds landed and 3rd in value. … Continue
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Glossary
Some terms are unique to Maine, others are just
obscure but important to an understanding of the topics covered in this
publication. All references listed here are from actual usage in the
Encyclopedia and will be marked by a green … Continue
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Harpswell
Year Population 1970 2,552 1980 3,796 1990 5,012 2000 5,239 2010 4,740
Geographic Data N. Latitude 43:46:24 W. Latitude 69:586:18 Maine House
District 64 Maine Senate District 10 Congress District 1 Area sq. mi.
(total) 83.9 Area sq. mi. (land) … Continue
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Kellogg, Elijah
Selected works . . . The Ark of Elm Island (1897) Arthur Brown, the
Young Captain (1870 The Boy Farmers of Elm Island (1869) Brought to the
Front, or, The Young Defenders (1876) Burying the Hatchet: or, The Young
Brave … Continue
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Lobsters
Historically Lobsters, now a major factor in Maine’s commercial
fisheries, were once so plentiful that Native Americans used them
to fertilize fields and to bait fish hooks. In colonial times, they were
considered “poverty food.” They were harvested from tidal … Continue
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent
(1892-1950) was born in Rockland on February 22, 1892 and moved to
Camden with her family when she was twelve, graduated from Camden High
School, then from Vassar College. Her mother, divorced, had little money
for her three daughters, but … Continue
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Ospreys
The Osprey, or “fish hawk,” is a powerful large bird with a wingspan
sometimes reaching six feet. Its threatening physical size and sharp
talons contrast with its almost ridiculously timid “cheep, cheep”
chirping voice. It can be found across the … Continue
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Peary, Josephine Diebitsch
(1863-1955), Arctic explorer and writer, was born in Washington D.C. and
raised in a wealthy environment as the oldest of four children. After
graduating from high school, she attended a business college and worked
as a clerk at the Smithsonian … Continue
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Peary, Robert E.
(1856-1920), who summered on Eagle Island, received a degree in civil
engineering from Bowdoin College in 1877, was a noted Arctic explorer
who became famous as the discoverer of the North Pole, though many
experts believe that the claim has … Continue
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Selected works The Mayflower, or, Sketches of scenes and characters
among the descendants of the Pilgrims (1843) The Colored Patriots of the
American Revolution (1855) An inside View of Slavery; or, A tour among
the planters (1855) Dred; a Tale … Continue
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Timeline of Maine History 03: Massachusetts and the Colonial Period
1651-1774 Massachusetts asserts its claim to Maine and takes over in
1652. Royal commissioners set up an independent government in Maine in
166, but Massachusetts regains control in 1668. Many towns in
Maine are incorporated during the period, developing a … Continue
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Timeline of Maine History 04: The American Revolution
1775-1789 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord begins the Revolutionary
War. Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. Benedict
Arnold and his expedition reach Swan Island in the Kennebec River, move
through the state to Quebec. The British ship Margaretta is … Continue
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Transportation
For the earliest residents, Native Americans, dugout canoes were the
vehicles of choice along the coast. Full use of rivers, lakes and
streams awaited the invention of the lighter birch bark canoe, which
could be carried from one water body … Continue
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