Sebago Lake: West Shore: Standish, Baldwin, Sebago, and Naples - Hardcover

Barnes, Jack; Barnes, Associate Professor Diane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531600980 ISBN 13: 9781531600983

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2000

Synopsis

The four Cumberland County towns--Standish, Baldwin, Sebago, and Naples--along the west shore of Maine's second largest freshwater body of water, Sebago Lake, form the core of the latest work by Diane and Jack Barnes: Sebago Lake: West Shore. Even at a time when the vast hinterland of Maine was plagued by raids from Native Americans allied to the French, intrepid woodsmen and settlers ventured into the rugged, primeval wilderness via the Presumpscot and Saco rivers as far as Standish. But by 1830, the Cumberland & Oxford Canal was completed, and the four towns in this volume and several others in the area were linked to Portland and beyond. For the next 40 years, the area was well served by this 17-mile canal. In 1870, the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad reached the west shore of Sebago Lake. This gave birth to the colorful steamboat era, invited sportsmen, excursionists, and vacationers to flock to the area, and encouraged many enterprising farmers to open their doors to boarders. Hotels, however, soon replaced many of the boarding houses, and a strong tourism industry had begun in earnest. Through precious old photographs and extensive research, Sebago Lake: West Shore chronicles the time of the earliest settlement of Standish, Baldwin, Sebago, and Naples, to the grand hotel era and more recent times. These pages are replete with common and unfamiliar images that combine to regale the history of the west shore.

About this title

About the Author

Authors Diane and Jack Barnes are historians, writers, and teachers. They have written extensively on Maine history. Upper Saco River Valley: Fryeburg, Lovell, Brownfield, Denmark, and Hiram, their sixth title in the Images of America series, includes their hometown of Hiram.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1531600980
• ISBN 13: 9781531600983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 130