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Roger AuClair : First fishery biologist for Moosehead Lake Region
Profile of the former lead fishery biologist for the State of Maine, Roger AuClair, of Rockwood, Maine. His statewide impact on wildlife conservation, and his lifelong relationship with the Maine outdoors. -
Deep Woods and River Roads : Voices from the Kennebec-Chaudiière Heritage Corridor
Subtitled, "An Audio Tour of Route 201 in Maine." A production of short interviews and other recordings that capture the people from each major section of Maine's historic route running north to south along the Kennebec River. Designed to accompany and advertise tourism along the Kennebec-Chaudiière Heritage Corridor. Narrated by National Public Radio's Nick Spitzer. Includes segments with artists, teachers, performers, cooks, loggers, fishermen, builders, painters, and more. Writers Wesley McNair and Richard Russo read from their work. Some history of the Penobscot Nation, Benedict Arnold's Expedition, the French Canadian immigration, Bath Iron Works, and other persons, places, and events important to the region. Audio begins geographically in Jackman, Maine, and ends at Popham Beach, Maine. CD is accompanied by a descriptive guide with regional art and summaries of each covered geographic section along the Kennebec River. Contributors listed in order of appearance. Tracks play in the following order: Introduction Maple sugaring [Somerset County] Jackman in Winter [Jackman, ME] The Old Canada Road [Pleasant Ridge Plantation and Bingham, ME] Logging [Skowhegan, ME] White water rafting [Somerset County] Fiddleheading [West Forks, ME] Birch bark canoe making [Solon, ME] Fly fishing [Oakland, ME] South Solon Meeting House [Skowhegan, ME] Grange Hall [Norridgewock, ME] Poet, Wesley McNair [Mercer,ME] Franco-Americans in Waterville [Waterville, ME] Mills [Waterville, ME] Benedict Arnold [Pittston, ME] Merrymeeting Bay [near Bath, ME] Farming [Dresden, ME] Ship building [Bath and Phippsburg,ME] Lobstering [Bath, ME] Popham [Popham, ME] OuttroTags Acculturation and Assimilation, Art and Architecture, Augusta ME, Bath ME, Business and Economics, Caratunk ME, Community: Customs and Social Life, Dead River Valley ME, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Folklore, Food, Forestry, Gardiner ME, Hallowell ME, Hunting, Jackman ME, Kennebec River Valley, Madison ME, Maine, Mercer ME, Mills and Mill Work, Moosehead Lake Region, Moxie ME, Native Americans, Norridgewock ME, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Phippsburg ME, Pittston ME, Poetry, Popham ME, Québec, Richmond ME, Seguin Island ME, Skowhegan ME, Solon ME, Somerset County ME, Sports and Leisure, Travel and Movement, Waterville ME, West Forks ME -
What's in a Name : Exploring the Stories of the Baskahegan Landscape
Book presentation of research into the origins of place names - Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, English, French - for certain localities and physical features in the Baskahegan region of eastern Maine. Local stories and literature excerpts presented to illustrate the region's history. Final segment contains a brief index of Baskahegan place names - their English translation, local etymology, geography, or historical namesake - and a short bibliography. -
In Fair Aroostook
Subtitled, "Where Acadia and Scandinavia's Subtle Touch Turned a Wilderness into a Land of Plenty." Travel writings of a journalist's visit to Aroostook County in northern Maine at the beginning of the 20th century. The writer's impressions of landscapes, industries, and peoples there, and his perception of Scandinavian and French Acadian heritage in that region. Illustrated with photographs. Reprinted in 1973 by the Madawaska Historical Society. Full text available @ Google Books. Contains the following chapters: Frontispiece - Grand Falls on the St. John Chapter 1 - The Entrance into Maine's Great Game and Garden County Chapter 2 - Ashland and its Great Saw-mill - The Impounding of a Moose Chapter 3 - Fish River Waters - Portage Lake and Camp Iverson Chapter 4 - Into Maine's Acadia -The Fish of the Eagle Lake Chapter 5 - Fort Kent - Its Blockhouse and Training School - The Aroostook War Chapter 6 - More of the Acadians - The Girls of the Training School - "Madawaska" - The Story of the Acadians Chapter 7 - From Over the Sea - New Sweden - The Fruitage of a Great Colonization Idea Chapter 8 - Agriculture - The Backbone of Aroostook Prosperity - Coming Towns of the County - L'envoiTags Acadians, Ashland ME, Business and Economics, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Farming and Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Fort Fairfield ME, Fort Kent ME, Frenchville ME, Grand Isle ME, Hunting, Italian Americans, Limestone ME, Madawaska ME, Maine, Mills and Mill Work, New Brunswick, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- History -- Local, Nova Scotia, Portage Lake ME, Presque Isle ME, St. David ME, St. John River Valley, Stockholm ME, Swedish Americans, Travel and Movement, Van Buren ME, Violence, Westmanland ME -
Roger AuClair : First fishery biologist for Moosehead Lake Region
Profile of the former lead fishery biologist for the State of Maine, Roger AuClair, of Rockwood, Maine. His statewide impact on wildlife conservation, and his lifelong relationship with the Maine outdoors. -
Souvenirs de Chasses...dans le Maine
La publication des écrits personnels d'Annette Cogels, de son voyage 1929 du Belgique, au Canada, dans le Maine, pour chasser le chevreuil dans les bois du nord du Maine. Son temps dans la forêt du Maine qui est associé souvent avec le bûcheron et homme d'affaires beauceron, Edouard Lacroix. Illustrée dans des photos noir et blanc, et avec des commentaires du rédacteur.