- Acadia National Park -- History
Several groups of original peoples are mentioned in this brief history of Mount Desert Island.
http://americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/ac/history/index.html
- American Folklife Center: Services to Maine
Information about collections, which includes oral histories from Aroostook County, Acadian traditions, maritime and lumbering histories.
http://rs7.loc.gov/folklife/states/maine.html
- Covered Bridges of Maine
A history of the state's covered bridges includes a tour with clickable map, photographs, and information on the nine surviving bridges.
http://www.maine.gov/mdot-stage/covered-bridges/wooden.php
- Film of Leif Eriksson's Vinland
Northern Europeans, native Americans, and Asians enjoyed contact, through circumpolar sea travel, including what is now coastal Maine, for thousands of years before Columbus' celebrated voyage. Film synopsis.
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/norse.html
- Franco American Women
Extensive literature reviews, links, historical documentation and just plain fun. Site invites submissions of Franco American Heritage and current works.
http://members.aol.com/FAWI2000/About.html
- Home: The Story of Maine
History of the state from prehistory through the 20th century, from Maine PBS.
http://www.mpbn.net/homestom/
- Maine Memory Network
A project of the Maine Historical Society; provides access to documents, maps, and photographs chronicling the state's history. Online purchase of images.
http://mainememory.net/
- Maine's Red Paint People
British scientific page about ancient peoples who likely traveled to the north American continent. Explores Maine archaeologists recent discovery of villages and burial places of Red Paint People.
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf073/sf073a01.htm
- Moé Pi Toé
Ezine filled with poetry, history, ideas, thoughts, facts, and Acadian recipes from The Franco-American Women's Institute.
http://members.aol.com/FAWIDIR/noframeszine.html
- Nos Histoires de L'Ile
Online historical photo archive Nos Histoires de L'Ile (Our Stories of the Island) has been created by current and former residents of French Island. A rare collection of over 1000 photographs of people and places taken in the 1880's.
http://www.old-town.lib.me.us/nos/
- Old Canada Road
Article discusses historic trail and families from Canada who who settled in New England.
http://users.adelphia.net/~frenchcx/canroad.htm
- The American Local History Network: Maine
Provides links to state, county, town, cities, famous people, religion, and historical events from the years 1500-2000.
http://www.datasync.com/~bouchard/melocalhist/
- The Center for Maine History
Experience history firsthand. The Center is comprised of the Maine Historical Society Research Library, the Maine History Gallery, and the historic Wadsworth-Longfellow House.
http://www.mainehistory.org/
- The Red Paint People
Provides theories of origin, evidence from Red Paint sites, photographs of artifact, and a time line.
http://www.usm.maine.edu/gany/webaa/
- Town and County Histories of Maine
Local information reprinted from A Gazetteer of the State of Maine By George J. Varney. Also includes links to former Governors, biographies, and historical sketches.
http://history.rays-place.com/me/index.htm
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