Maine Links

Allagash

• http://www.mainerec.com/allabook.html
• http://www.mainerec.com/jansoucy.html
• http://www.mpbc.org/TV/Shows/TNorth/tnclassroom.html
• http://foxtrot.rahul.net/awa/awa/river_project/Maine/Allagash.html

Indians

• http://millennianet.com/slmiller/abenaki
• http://www.indians.org/welker/passquat.htm
• http://brooks.simplenet.com/pass.html
• http://quoddyloop.com/psmqddy.htm
• http://cnet.unb.ca/achn/dictionary
• http://geocities.com/PicketFence/2705/spirit.html
• http://www.acadia.net/abbe/
• Abnaki http://avcnet.lewiston.lib.me.us/Ne-Do-Ba/index.shtml#home
• Micmacs http://www.dickshovel.com/mic.html
• http://www.col.k12.me.us/bhm/four/libby/mna.html

Commercial Fishing

• http://www.noreaster.com/us/fish/

Lobstering

• http://www.lobster.um.maine.edu/lobster
• http://www.mainelobsterpromo.com/
• http://www.mainelobsterco.com/lobster2.htm
• http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/vose/kidopedia/lobster.html
• http://octopus.gma.org/lobsters

Blueberrying

• http://www.wymans.com/

Politics and Government

• http://www.state.me.us/
• http://www.neis.net/TomAllen96/
• http://www.midcoast.com/~marcos/collins
• http://www.envirolink.org/greens/maine
• http://w3.maine.com/dems/

Forest Products

• http://mfpcnews.com/

Tourism

• http://www.mainetourism.com/
• http://www.destinationmaine.com/

Education

• http://www.mainemaritime.edu/
• http://www.meca.edu/

Economy

• http://www.emdc.org

History

• http://www.mainehistory.org/
• http://www.mainetoday.com/hoops/021799/includes/includes/includes/includes/go/up/dm/Back_To_DM/insiders/history.htm

Recreation / Outdoors

• http://mainerec.com/
• http://www.state.me.us/doc/prkslnds/prkslnds.htm
• http://www.campmaine.com/

Maine Festivals

• Kneisel Hall http://www.hypernet.com/kneisel.html
• Maine Potato Blossom Festival http://www.mainerec.com/festival.html
• Yarmouth Clam Festival http://www.propel.com/clamfest/
• Maine Distance Festival http://www.curtislibrary.com/medist.htm
• Heirloom Pickle Festival http://www.mainerec.com/pickles.html
• Thomas Point Beach Annual Events http://www.thomaspointbeach.com/events.html
• Festival USA - Maine Festivals http://www.festivalusa.com/maifest.htm
• Maine Lobster Festival http://www.midcoast.com/~rickw/lobster.html
• Popular Summer Festivals http://www2.biddeford.com/mainebusiness/list/li052896.htm

Maine Potatoes

• Maine Potato Board http://www.mainepotatoes.com/
• http://www.mainerec.com/potatoes.html

Maine Shipbuilding

• Maine Kittery history http://www.kittery-eliot-chamber.org/kithist.html
• Maine Maritime Museum http://www.bathmaine.com/home.html
• http://www.the1st.com/history.html
• http://www.sbath.navy.mil/
• http://www.biw.com/frames/careers.htm

Farming

• Maine Dept. of Agriculture http://www.state.me.us/agriculture/
• UM Dept. of Forest Management http://www.ume.maine.edu/~nfa/for_mgt/welcome.htm
• Maine Farm Bureau - Maine Agriculture Information http://www.fb.com/mefb/maine2.htm
• UM Cooperative Extension http://www.umext.maine.edu/

Brunswick

• Pejepscot Historical Society http://www.curtislibrary.com/pejepscot.htm
• Brunswick Town Government http://www.curtislibrary.com/brunswick.htm

Museums

• Chamberlain Freedom Park http://www.curtislibrary.com/jlcpark.htm
• Cole Land Transportation Museum http://www.classicar.com/museums/coleland/cole.htm
• Creative Photographic Art Center of Maine http://cpacm.pair.com/
• Fort Knox http://www.mainewww.com/fortknox.htm
• Old York Historical Society http://www.nentug.org/museums/oldyork/
• Penobscot Marine Museum http://www.acadia.net/pmmuseum/
• Seashore Trolley Museum http://www.biddeford.com/trolley/
• The Farnsworth Art Museum http://www.midcoast.com/~farnswth/
• Maine Maritime Museum http://www.bathmaine.com/home.html
• Hudson Museum of Anthropology at UM http://www.ume.maine.edu/~hudsonm/
• Portland Museum of Art http://www.portlandmuseum.org/
• Abbe Museum http://www.acadia.net/abbe/

Shipwrecks

• The Bohemian http://www.cascobay.com/history/shipwrek/shipwrek.htm
• The Oakey L. Alexander http://www.cascobay.com/history/shipwrek/oakey.htm
• Maine Public Broadcasting - Quest transcript - Shipwrecks! http://www.mpbc.org/QUEST/transcripts/QuestTran202.html

Lighthouses

• Portland Head Light http://www.portlandheadlight.com/
• The Keeper's House Inn http://cimarron.net/usa/me/kh.html
• Maine Lighthouses http://www.bobfenton.com/lights.htm
• http://zuma.lib.utk.edu/lights/maine.html

Folklore

• Maine Folklife Center & The Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History http://www.umaine.edu/folklife

Maine Geography

• Regions and counties (Yahoo) http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Maine/Counties_and_Regions/
• Hiking the Moosehead Lake Region (Mountains) http://www.maineguide.com/mooshead/mooshike.html

Maine Rivers

• Maine Canoe Adventures (a commercial site but with some nice pictures) http://www.mainerec.com/gorman.html
• Water Research Institute http://www.umaine.edu/WaterResearch/
• North Country Rivers (another commercial site - includes some info and a map) http://www.ncrivers.com/
• Forgotten Waters: A Maine Canoe Journey (Portland Press Herald) http://www.destinationmaine.com/canoe/home.html
• Maine Rivers (a student-written page) http://home.maine.rr.com/mainestudies/riverebk.html

Maine in the Civil War

• Joshua Chamberlain http://www.curtislibrary.com/pejepscot/joshbiog.htm
• 20th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, Company E http://www.metraplex.com/glenn/cw/HomePage.html
• 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Company G http://www.concentric.net/~tpierson/20th_Maine/
• 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Company G http://midas.org/npo/cwar/acwa/20mevcog.html
• 1st Maine Infantry http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/1meinf.htm

Historic Sites and Buildings

• Skolfield-Whittier House http://www.curtislibrary.com/pejepscot/skhse.htm
• Old York's Historic Sites http://www.nentug.org/museums/oldyork/sites/index.htm
• Forts http://members.aol.com/payette237/me.htm
• Maine Forts http://ebbs.ns.ca/mortalities/mainefts.htm

Benedict Arnold

• http://www.wcha.org/wcj/wc_v19_n1/arnold.html

Joshua Chamberlain

• http://www.curtislibrary.com/pejepscot/joshbiog.htm

William Cohen

• http://cohen.umaine.edu/orocohen/bio.htm

Stephen King

• http://www.stephenking.com/man.html

Elijah Lovejoy

• Lovejoy Convocation http://www.colby.edu/communications/lovejoy/
• Elijah P. Lovejoy http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~educ/historyweb/lovejoy.html
• Elijah Lovejoy http://www.st-louis.mo.us/st-louis/walkofame/inductees/lovejoy.html
• Elijah Parish Lovejoy http://www.altonweb.com/history/lovejoy/index.html

George Mitchell

• http://www.bowdoin.edu/dept/library/arch/mitchell/

Margaret Chase Smith

• http://clerkweb.house.gov/womenbio/ExtendedBio/Smith_mexb.htm
• http://www.tdstelme.net/~mcsl/index.html
• http://www.netsrq.com/%7Edbois/smith-mc.html
• http://www.umaine.edu/chasesmith/chasesmith.htm

Harriet Beecher Stowe

• http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/great/2derek.htm
• http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/mmbt/women/StoweHB.html
• http://www.chfweb.com/smith/harriet.html
• http://aadl.annarbor.lib.mi.us:8001/MARION/aax-2866

Maine Artists and Writers

• http://cgfa.kelloggcreek.com

OTHER WEBSITES TO CHECK OUT:

• http://www.col.k12.me.us/bhm/four/libby/
• http://www.col.k12.me.us/mmb/
• http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/general/admin/market.htm
• http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/general/admin/king.htm
• All Maine Resource Guide http://www.allmaine.com/
• Maine Project (a great web site by 6th grade students at Falmouth Middle School) http://home.maine.rr.com/mainestudies/index.html
• Maine Secretary of State's Kids' Page http://www.state.me.us/sos/kids/
• Casco Bay http://www.cascobay.com/history/biblio.htm
• Covered Bridges http://www.state.me.us/mdot/maine_op/covered/coveredbrg2.htm
• Brunswick Naval Air Station http://www.armedforces.com/development/sections/homebase/main.asp?id=01_3010.htm