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Downeast Fisheries Trail / Sentier Downeast Fisheries Trail, Downeast Fisheries Trail, Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

Maine Sea Grant Publications

From Penobscot Bay to Passamaquoddy Bay, the Downeast Fisheries Trail connects sites, such as museums and community resource centers, that illustrate the region’s maritime heritage past and present. Also included are places where the stories of people and the sea are intertwined, such as fishing harbors, clam flats, herring weirs, fish hatcheries, aquaculture facilities, and seafood processing plants.

Nations Connected By Fisheries Past And Present / Des Peuples Unis Par Leur Patrimoine Halieutique, Downeast Fisheries Trail, Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Brief history of Campobello’s fishermen and women as they harvest lobster, scallops, sea urchins and clams, catching herring, and raising Atlantic salmon in circular pens.

The Last Lightkeeper / Le Dernier Gardien De Phare, Downeast Fisheries Trail, Roosevelt-Campobello International Park

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Brief biography of Angus Newman, a native of Campobello Island and last lighthouse keeper for the Mulholland Point Lighthouse.

Long May They Run, Catherine V. Schmitt

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Long May They Run, an article in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine about the history and culture of the Maine sardine industry. In 2010, the "Year of the Sardine" and the closure of the Stinson sardine plant, the last in the United States, prompted an exploration of why writers, painters, and other artists are so drawn to this humble fish that once supported so many of Maine's coastal communities.

In 2010, the Stinson Sardine Cannery in Prospect Harbor, Maine, the last sardine cannery in the United States, closed. As historians and photographers rushed in to document the loss, …