During the process of researching our coastal lighthouses, I ran across this publication. If you would like to experience things the way they were, then this is a really great read and source of information. Continue reading EXPLORE: Sailing the Downeast coast in the 1930s
Grand Manan was an important hunting area for natives from the Passamaquoddy Tribe. This publication provides an in-depth view of activities on Grand Manan in the 1800s. Click the first image to enlarge and read. Click Here to read and … Continue reading PEOPLE – Passamaquoddy Hunters on Grand Manan 1880
Landing, Cleaning, Washing and Flaking Fish at the Sardine Cannery in Eastport, Maine in 1899. B&W version. Click to check the colorized version. Want a copy for your wall or publication? Get in touch. Continue reading COLORED B&W IMAGE – Fisheries Workers at Eastport, Maine 1899
Uncertain about the date of the original below ! Contact us if you would like a copy of the colored version for your wall or publication. Continue reading Columbia Falls Maine in Color
Sustainability? Have we forgotten lessons from the past? Or is big really better? In 1976, The New Alchemy Institute launched “The Ark” at Spry Point, PEI. Radical and innovative techniques showed the promise of combining alternate energy with food production … Continue reading ENERGY: The Sun Builders – Opportunities Lost – The Ark
An interesting new article about Fort Edward in Nova Scotia – from Saltwire. Click the first image to enlarge and read. Continue reading FORTS: Fort Edward in Windsor NS has some ghosts
Written some time ago this presentation examined all of the many positive reasons for maintaining this facility. These reasons have been totally ignored. One must assume that nuclear remains the primary thrust for NBPower. The St. Croix River and its … Continue reading ISSUES: OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF THE DAM AT MILLTOWN ON THE ST. CROIX RIVER at the NB & Maine Border
Many studies have been carried out in the St. Croix River Estuary over the past 100 years or so. In general, they had relatively narrow and project-specific objectives which were not related to measuring long-term change or assessing the environmental … Continue reading ISSUES: The Environmental Health of the St. Croix Estuary 1604 – 2004
Treasures come in many packages … both real and imagined. Some, like the great gold hoax of Lubec, Maine, require both imagination as well as the gullible. Scroll this PDF to read this delightful story. Click here to read and … Continue reading TREASURE: The Great Saltwater Gold Hoax of Lubec Maine
Written almost 20 years ago. Has much changed in that time? Click here to read it now Aquaculture Industry – Scouring the Earth for Protein and Fat By Art MacKay in AQUACULTURE & AQUAPONICS 4 pages, published 5/19/2019 Continue reading Aquaculture Industry – Scouring the Earth for Protein and Fat
Members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe live in Maine and New Brunswick at the entrance to the Bay of Fundy. They have always depended for their sustenance on marine animals and plants, including porpoise and whales. The following is their current … Continue reading WHALING: Passamaquoddy Tribe on Porpoise Hunting Today
A great treasure hunt. Maybe you can find it? THE STORY Major Gilfred Studholm, in command of Fort Howe at Saint John, welcomed the Loyalists in 1783 and helped them settle in Saint John, NB and surrounding areas including Apohaqui. … Continue reading MYSTERIES: Where did Major Studholme hide his treasure and who will find it?
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