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Maine Arctic Trail Map

Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum

  • Boothbay
    • Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
    • Boothbay Harbor
    • Hodgdon Yachts
    • Owls Head Transportation Museum
  • Brunswick
    • Bowdoin College
    • Freeport Historical Society, Freeport
    • Maine Maritime Museum
    • Peary’s Eagle Island
    • Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum
    • White Cedar Inn
  • Bucksport
    • Bucksport Historical Society
    • Buck Memorial Library
    • Cranberry Isle Historical Society and Islesford Historical Museum
    • Maine Maritime Academy
    • Verona Island
  • Fryeburg
    • Admiral Peary Inn Bed & Breakfast
    • Jockey Cap Rock
    • Poland Spring Preservation Society
  • Interior Maine
    • Maine State Museum
    • LC Bates Museum
  • Orono
    • Climate Change Institute
    • Hudson Museum
    • Jesup Memorial Library
    • Quoddy Head State Park
  • Portland
    • Eimskip
    • Home & Away Art Gallery
    • Maine Historical Society
    • Maine Women Writers Collection
    • Osher Map Library
    • Portland Company

Bucksport Region

Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport

The Penobscot Marine Museum is Maine’s oldest maritime museum encompassing thirteen historic and modern buildings. The museum is designated to celebrate and preserve the rich maritime history of Searsport. During the 1800’s, over 200 ships were built in eleven shipyards in Searsport and the town produced over 500 captains. Penobscot Marine Museum houses many photographs, prints and other objects that tell stories about whaling and exploring in the Arctic. Check if they are on exhibit during your visit.

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Photograph of Arctic Whaling housed in Penobscot Marine Museum

Website: https://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/

Address: 2 Church St, Searsport, ME 04974


Photo courtesy of Penobscot Marine Museum.

Filed Under: Bucksport Region

Great Cranberry Isle Historical Society and Islesford Historical Museum, Cranberry Isles

During the nineteenth century people from Maine’s Cranberry Isles traveled the world, and some made a living whaling and sealing in the far north. After a trip to Labrador, Cranberry Isle resident Samuel Hadlock (1792-1829) returned home with a group of four Inuit, dogs, and a variety of artifacts. Hadlock became a showman and took the Inuit on tour throughout New England and Europe in the 1820s. Tragically, none of the Inuit survived the experience. In 1828 Hadlock sailed to Greenland in the Minerva, a two-masted schooner that was locally built. This trip also met with disaster when everyone on board was lost along with the schooner. Visit the Great Cranberry Isle Historical Society, and its smaller counterpart, the Islesford Historical Museum, on Little Cranberry (Islesford) to get a sense of the lives of island families. You can get there by ferry or boat from Northeast Harbor or Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island.

Address: Cranberry Road, Geat Cranberry Island, ME. Access by ferry from Northeast Harbor or Southwest Harbor.

Website: http://gcihs.org

Cranberry Island Historical Society


Photo courtesy of Great Cranberry Isle Historical Society.

Filed Under: Bucksport Region

Maine Maritime Academy, Castine

Maine Maritime Academy in the coastal town of Castine is home to 950 students studying engineering, management, science, and transportation. Recently, the Academy was awarded significant funding to develop maritime ice navigation and first responder courses to complement the US Coast Guard’s Arctic Strategy. The school is also home to the schooner Bowdoin, Donald MacMillan’s famous Arctic exploration vessel. Students benefit from hands-on education and international sea-time aboard a variety of vessels. The Bowdoin is still used and sailed by faculty and students for educational purposes, giving them work experience in Maine and beyond. Check MMA’s blog of the Bowdoin for its adventures and schedule.

Address: 1 Pleasant St., Castine, ME

Website: http://mainemaritime.edu/

maine maritime academy students on schooner bowdoin
maine maritime academy students on schooner bowdoin
maine maritime academy schooner bowdoin
maine maritime academy schooner bowdoin
maine maritime academy schooner bowdoin
maine maritime academy students on schooner bowdoin

Photo courtesy of Dee Yocom, Lance Bishop, Tom Stewart, and Jeffrey Boal.

Filed Under: Bucksport Region

Bucksport Historical Society, Bucksport

Bucksport, Maine.
Bucksport, Maine.

Located in the former train station on Main Street, the Historical Society displays and collects objects related to the town’s history and citizens. The collection includes items donated by the family of George Wardwell, a Bucksport man who served as chief engineer on the SS Roosevelt in 1905-06 and 1908-09, and some from the Peary family in remembrance of Robert E. Peary’s time in Bucksport overseeing the construction of the Roosevelt. The Bucksport Waterfront Walkway, which runs along the Penobscot River, is nearby and provides views of Verona Island, Fort Knox, and plaques commemorating the region’s role in Arctic exploration.

Address: 92 Main St, Bucksport, ME 04416

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Bucksport-Historical-Society-160640010621539/


Photo courtesy of English Wikipedia.  CC SA 1.0

Filed Under: Bucksport Region

Buck Memorial Library, Bucksport

buck memorial libraryBuilt in 1887, the Buck Memorial Library houses over 26,000 books, periodicals, and genealogical materials. Located near the site where Peary’s ship S.S. Roosevelt was constructed, the library features a scale model of the vessel a showcasing the proud Bucksport-Arctic connection.

Address: 47 Main St, Bucksport, ME 04416

Website: http://www.buckmemoriallibrary.50megs.com

Buck Memorial Library
Buck Memorial Library
Buck Memorial Library
Interior of Buck Library.
Interior of Buck Library.
Interior of Buck Library.
Model of Robert Peary's expedition vessel S.S. Roosevelt.
Model of Robert Peary’s expedition vessel S.S. Roosevelt.

Image courtesy of Buck Memorial Library, Bucksport.

Filed Under: Bucksport Region

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Acknowledgement

The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College, is pleased to acknowledge the Oak Foundation for generously funding the development, design, and production of this project, which was originally produced as a paper map. Additional support was provided by the Arctic Museum’s Russell and Janet Doubleday Endowment. Production of the website was supported by a Gibbons Summer Research Fellowship.

We wish to thank four Bowdoin College students for their assistance. Lydia Woodward ’16 compiled many of the entries appearing in this brochure. Aidan French ’18 and William Wise ’18 did additional research on some of the Maine-Arctic connections. Xin Jiang ’20 prepared this website and did additional research.

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