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Maine Attraction Water Ski Show is Broadway on Water
Flips, jumps, twirls, pyramids—they’re all part of the Maine Attraction Water Ski Show on summer evenings in Sanford.
Where a Classic Boat Finds New Life
Classic canoes and wood boats find new life at the Kimball Pond Boat Barn in Vienna, Maine.
Lise Bécu’s Benevolent Hand
Tenants Harbor-based sculptor Lise Bécu brings life to stone.
Keepsakes from the Phillips Brothers’ Maine
Photographers and cartologists, the Phillips Brothers spent decades in the 1900s creating maps and postcards that were both artful and useful wayfinding tools and keepsakes for visitors to Maine.
Boats For Golden Pond
With a yearning for a classic mahogany runabout, an intrepid boat guy ponders an affordable and doable kit boat.
Loving and Conserving the North Woods
From 1990 to 2015, a wide array of individuals and organizations cooperatively pitched in to preserve the wilderness they found in Maine’s North Woods.
A Grand Camp
By chance, on a stop en route to a Canadian fishing trip, a New York angler discovers what will become his “magnificent” camp on a lake the in the North Woods.
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Magalloway Conservation Project: Land Trusts Rally to Preserve Western Maine Landscape
The collective efforts of four groups working to protect the Magalloway
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation: Preserving a very special wild river and its legacy
On July 28, 1857, Penobscot guide Joe Polis paddled his birch bark canoe across Eagle Lake to Pillsbury Island before returning to camp on the north shore of Chamberlain Lake, with Henry David Thoreau in the bow, and laden with 150 pounds of gear, to see the party safely from the shores of Moosehead Lake to Indian Island on the Penobscot River.
Maine Briefs
Sailing Adventures for Kids in Rockland
The Sail, Power, and Steam Museum hosts an afternoon program for novice sailors.
Lyman-Morse 46 First in Class, Annapolis to Newport
The Lyman-Morse 46 Acadia nails first-in-class honors at the 40th Annapolis-Newport Race.
Rockland Musuem Kicks Off Summer Music Series
The Sail, Power and Steam Museum launches a new season with a performance by local musician Jimmy Moreland.
Elimination of Buoys Under Consideration
What are they thinking? The Coast Guard proposes eliminating hundreds of navigation aids along the Northeast coast to reduce cost and maintenance.
Maine Boat & Home Show Unveils its 2025 Poster
Featuring a Maine artist for its boat show promotions has been a longstanding tradition for the Rockland show.
Boat Show News
The 2025 Maine Boat & Home Show poster features art by Stephen Florimbi
A plein air painter's perfect summer day sets the scene.
The Daily 5
A historic little suburb of Maine’s largest metropolis
Tidal turbines downeast have put Maine at the forefront of efforts to harness the power of ocean currents.
It took four decades, but a classic Hacker runabout is again afloat, thanks to a multi-talented and determined owner
An ode to 80-plus years of boating.