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7439Main Street, Fairfield
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Main Street, Fairfield
Main Street, Fairfield
Item:
  • 7439   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street, Fairfield
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
13221The Causeway Club
  • Reference
  • Places, Club
  • 10 Fernald Point Road
“It was nearly twenty years after Abraham Somes came with his family to make his home at Somesville before William Gilley, first permanent settler in Southwest Harbor, built his log cabin at Norwood's Cove on land now owned by the Southwest Harbor Country Club and which remained in the Gilley family from William's time to the date of selling to the present owners. William Gilley was at Cranberry Isles in 1777 and it was probably four or five years after that date that he went to Southwest Harbor and took up land, which was sheltered from the sea though close to it.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. “The house now used as a Country Club house was the home of the Gilley family. William Gilley was the first permanent settler in Southwest Harbor and his first house was a log cabin near the shore. Later he built a house just north of the Gilley Burying Ground. Then John, William's grandson, the eldest son of Benjamin Gilley, built the house that is now the Country Club for his parents. He was under age and for his work on the house his father "gave him his time." The place passed from father to son in the Gilley family until Pedrick D. Gilley, fourth generation to own it, sold it to the present owners. The graves of the three generations preceding him are in the Gilley Burying Ground nearby.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 131.
The Causeway Club
Item:
  • 13221   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Club
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 10 Fernald Point Road
Description:
“It was nearly twenty years after Abraham Somes came with his family to make his home at Somesville before William Gilley, first permanent settler in Southwest Harbor, built his log cabin at Norwood's Cove on land now owned by the Southwest Harbor Country Club and which remained in the Gilley family from William's time to the date of selling to the present owners. William Gilley was at Cranberry Isles in 1777 and it was probably four or five years after that date that he went to Southwest Harbor and took up land, which was sheltered from the sea though close to it.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. “The house now used as a Country Club house was the home of the Gilley family. William Gilley was the first permanent settler in Southwest Harbor and his first house was a log cabin near the shore. Later he built a house just north of the Gilley Burying Ground. Then John, William's grandson, the eldest son of Benjamin Gilley, built the house that is now the Country Club for his parents. He was under age and for his work on the house his father "gave him his time." The place passed from father to son in the Gilley family until Pedrick D. Gilley, fourth generation to own it, sold it to the present owners. The graves of the three generations preceding him are in the Gilley Burying Ground nearby.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 131. [show more]
15871Norumbega Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
Norumbega Mountain
Item:
  • 15871   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
15875Baker Island Dance Floor
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
The Baker Island “Dance Floor,” is a series of huge flat slabs of granite found on the south shore, where area-islanders would hold dances on warm summer evenings. Many visitors come here for an “off the beaten path” experience and because of its unique and pleasant setting. “I believe the Thorpe family was instrumental in forming a corporation to purchase a plot of land on Baker’s Island where the dance floor ledges are located to protect the site. When the tremendous sea during a violent storm moved and tipped the large flat rocks out of place a crew of men was sent out to jack them back level.” – The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Fisheries of Cranberry Island Chapter
Baker Island Dance Floor
Item:
  • 15875   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Description:
The Baker Island “Dance Floor,” is a series of huge flat slabs of granite found on the south shore, where area-islanders would hold dances on warm summer evenings. Many visitors come here for an “off the beaten path” experience and because of its unique and pleasant setting. “I believe the Thorpe family was instrumental in forming a corporation to purchase a plot of land on Baker’s Island where the dance floor ledges are located to protect the site. When the tremendous sea during a violent storm moved and tipped the large flat rocks out of place a crew of men was sent out to jack them back level.” – The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Fisheries of Cranberry Island Chapter [show more]
14365Hunnewell - Popham Beaches
  • Reference
  • Places
Hunnewell - Popham Beaches
Item:
  • 14365   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
State:
  • ME
14375Southwest Harbor Maps for Research
  • Reference
  • Places
These annotated maps are combined here for research and reference.
Southwest Harbor Maps for Research
Item:
  • 14375   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Description:
These annotated maps are combined here for research and reference.
14376Pará, Brazil
  • Reference
  • Places
Pará, Brazil
Item:
  • 14376   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
14378Samuel de Champlain's Map of the Coast of North America from Western Nova Scotia to Cape Cod - 1607
  • Reference
  • Places
Descripsion Des Costs & Isles De La Nouvelle France, Faict et Observes par Le Sr. de Champlain - 1607 "This unique exploration document, originally intended for presentation to the king of France, was compiled by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), founder of New France. One of the great cartographic treasures of America, it provides the first thorough delineation of the New England and Canadian coast from Cape Sable to Cape Cod. It shows Port Royal; Frenchman's Bay; the St. John, St. Croix, Penobscot, and Kennebec Rivers; and many offshore islands--including Mount Desert, which Champlain himself named. The place names and coast line correspond closely to Champlain's narrative in his Voyages, published in 1613." - “Samuel de Champlain’s 1607 Map,” Library of Congress site, 07/27/2010, Accessed online 11/24/13; http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html
Samuel de Champlain's Map of the Coast of North America from Western Nova Scotia to Cape Cod - 1607
Item:
  • 14378   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Description:
Descripsion Des Costs & Isles De La Nouvelle France, Faict et Observes par Le Sr. de Champlain - 1607 "This unique exploration document, originally intended for presentation to the king of France, was compiled by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), founder of New France. One of the great cartographic treasures of America, it provides the first thorough delineation of the New England and Canadian coast from Cape Sable to Cape Cod. It shows Port Royal; Frenchman's Bay; the St. John, St. Croix, Penobscot, and Kennebec Rivers; and many offshore islands--including Mount Desert, which Champlain himself named. The place names and coast line correspond closely to Champlain's narrative in his Voyages, published in 1613." - “Samuel de Champlain’s 1607 Map,” Library of Congress site, 07/27/2010, Accessed online 11/24/13; http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html [show more]
14384Tracy Cove, Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places
Tracy Cove, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 14384   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
14417North Haven and Vinal Haven, Maine
  • Reference
  • Places, Island
North Haven and Vinal Haven, Maine
Item:
  • 14417   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Island
State:
  • ME
14740Baddeck, Nova Scotia
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
A small village on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Item:
  • 14740   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Description:
A small village on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia
2754The Barque of Barque Beach in Bernard
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
The Barque of Barque Beach in Bernard
Item:
  • 2754   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
13867Otter Cove
  • Reference
  • Places
Otter Cove
Item:
  • 13867   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
State:
  • ME
13868Motley's Pond, Dedham, Massachusetts
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
Motley Pond is a small pond on the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Motley's Pond, Dedham, Massachusetts
Item:
  • 13868   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Description:
Motley Pond is a small pond on the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts.
13873Robinson Mountain, later Acadia Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
Robinson Mountain had been renamed Acadia Mountain in 1918, but was called Robinson Mountain by people who lived on Mount Desert Island for many years.
Robinson Mountain, later Acadia Mountain
Item:
  • 13873   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Description:
Robinson Mountain had been renamed Acadia Mountain in 1918, but was called Robinson Mountain by people who lived on Mount Desert Island for many years.
13879Dog Mountain
St. Sauveur Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
Dog Mountain
St. Sauveur Mountain
Item:
  • 13879   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
13887Arnold Arboretum
  • Reference
  • Places
Arnold Arboretum
Item:
  • 13887   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
State:
  • MA
14133Monument Cove
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
Monument Cove
Item:
  • 14133   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
14146Acadia National Park
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 14146   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Park
State:
  • ME
14148Lake Champlain
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
Lake Champlain
Item:
  • 14148   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
State:
  • VT
14149Lake George
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
Lake George
Item:
  • 14149   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
14152State of Massachusetts
  • Reference
  • Places
State of Massachusetts
Item:
  • 14152   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
State:
  • MA
14158Saint John River - Saint John to Fredericton
  • Reference
  • Places
Saint John River - Saint John to Fredericton
Item:
  • 14158   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
14272Village of Frenchboro
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
See “Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island” by Dean Lawrence Lunt, 1999 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation Maine” by Vivian Lunt, 1976 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation: The First Hundred Years” by Vivian Lunt, 1980
Village of Frenchboro
Item:
  • 14272   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Description:
See “Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island” by Dean Lawrence Lunt, 1999 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation Maine” by Vivian Lunt, 1976 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation: The First Hundred Years” by Vivian Lunt, 1980
14273Eagle Lake Camp - Civilian Conservation Corp
  • Reference
  • Places, Camp
Eagle Lake Camp - Civilian Conservation Corp
Item:
  • 14273   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Camp