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Camden has always been a “tourist town”, with its lakes, rivers, harbor and mountains. People started coming to Camden around 1857 for vacations in guest homes. By the 1890’s they began to build large summer “cottages” and many residents were employed by those families.
Camden has always been a “tourist town”, with its lakes, rivers, harbor and mountains. People started coming to Camden around 1857 for vacations in guest homes.
- Barbara Dyer
- 2019
- Brief Camden History
- Brief Rockport History
- Brief Lincolnville History
The midcoast was inhabited for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. Bruce Bourque’s Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine gives an overview of Maine’s “prehistory” as well as an introduction to Maine’s written history. The Europeans arrived during, and contributed to, a period of intense transition for the native Mainers. Bou...
Lincolnville’s earliest inhabitants were probably “summer folks”, Native Americans who traveled down to the coast to camp along the shore, fish and dig clams. Their middens, or garbage dumps, provide tantalizing clues to their way of life, not only what they ate, but the kind of pottery they made and the stone and bone tools they used. If something...
Camden’s High Street Historic District offers a glimpse into the town’s past, with beautifully preserved grand houses and elegant summer homes showcasing its rich architectural heritage. Start your journey at Harbor Park, a historic landscaped space designed by the renowned Olmsted Brothers in 1930.
Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,232 at the 2020 census. [2] The population of the town more than triples during the summer months, due to tourists and summer residents. Camden is a summer colony in the Mid-Coast region of Maine.
Sep 3, 2014 · CASTINE, Me. — A tiny history museum in this Maine town is reminding Canadians of what could have been, mounting an exhibition on the little-known story of a lost Canadian province: New Ireland.
May 4, 2024 · Travel Through Time: Camden’s Historic Homes and Harbor. Starting and ending at Camden’s Village Green, take a stroll with us through the Chestnut Street Historic District to see the homes and hear the stories of Camden’s first settlers, ship builders and patriots.
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