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14596Swans Island
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  • Swans Island
14609Manset Union Cemetery
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  • Places, Cemetery
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 192 Seawall Road
1463514 Clark Point Road
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  • Places, Address
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 14 Clark Point Road
14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
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“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
14702Whitehead Island
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  • Places, Island
  • St George ME, Tenants Harbor
14704Gloucester
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  • Places, Town
  • Gloucester MA
“Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008
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“Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008 [show more]
14705Grapevine Cove
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  • Places, Shore
  • Gloucester MA, Grapevine Cove
14706Coffin's Beach
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  • Places, Shore
  • Gloucester MA
Also known as Wingaersheek Beach, Coffin's Beach is a 0.6-mile long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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Also known as Wingaersheek Beach, Coffin's Beach is a 0.6-mile long beach located on the Annisquam River in West Gloucester, Massachusetts.
14724Owls Head Harbor
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  • Places, Harbor
  • Owls Head ME
14726Fox Island Thoroughfare
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  • North Haven ME
An east-west passage between Vinalhaven and North Haven Islands
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An east-west passage between Vinalhaven and North Haven Islands
14731John Clark House - Freeman House Hotel - Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips House
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  • Places, Address
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
1st - The site of the John Clark House – built circa 1825 2nd - The Clark house was subsumed into the Freeman House Hotel - circa 1861-1863 3rd - The Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips House was built on the site. - 1900
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1st - The site of the John Clark House – built circa 1825 2nd - The Clark house was subsumed into the Freeman House Hotel - circa 1861-1863 3rd - The Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips House was built on the site. - 1900
14740Baddeck, Nova Scotia
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  • Places, Town
A small village on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia
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A small village on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia
14741Bras D'Or Lake
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  • Places, Lake
  • Canada, Cape Breton Island, Baddeck
14766Little Duck Island
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  • Places, Island
  • Frenchboro, Little Duck Island
14767Black Island
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  • Places, Island
  • Frenchboro, Black Island
14775Town of Tremont
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont
14795Little Long Pond
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  • Places, Lake
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
  • Little Long Pond
14796Sea Cliff Drive
Cooksey Drive
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  • Places, Road
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Sea Cliff Drive
Cooksey Drive
14797Huguenot Head
Pickett Mountain
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  • Places, Mountain
  • Bar Harbor
  • Huguenot Head
Huguenot Head
Pickett Mountain
14811Rockport
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  • Rockport ME
Rockport is located approximately 40 miles northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula.
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Rockport is located approximately 40 miles northeast of Boston at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula.
14816Brooks, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Brooks ME
2754The Barque of Barque Beach in Bernard
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  • Places, Shore
345145 Clark Point Road
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  • Places, Address
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 45 Clark Point Road
Businesses that have occupied this location: - Fred Mayo’s Carpenter Shop – 1st Location - C.E. Clement Boat Builders
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Businesses that have occupied this location: - Fred Mayo’s Carpenter Shop – 1st Location - C.E. Clement Boat Builders
13808Eugene M. Norwood Square
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  • Places
  • Southwest Harbor
The square is at the junction of Main Street and Seal Cove Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
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The square is at the junction of Main Street and Seal Cove Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
13867Otter Cove
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