EAGLES!

The following two houses are the first you will encounter when approaching Perkins from the Richmond dock.

TUBBS-REED HOUSE 

T. BLEN PARKER PHOTO

PRIEST-DUNBAR-BLEN HOUSE

T. BLEN PARKER PHOTO

PHILIP & REBECCA (GARDINER) DUMARESQ HOUSE at the campground

T. BLEN PARKER PHOTO

ROBINSON-POWELL HOUSE next door to the DUMARESQ HOUSE

T. BLEN PARKER PHOTO

LILY-WADE HOUSE past the CURTIS CEMETERY

T. BLEN PARKER PHOTO

MAXWELL-TARR HOUSE, last house on Main Street, now only a brick chimney left standing in the cellar.

CURTIS CEMETERY

T. BLEN PARKER PHOTOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wild rice on N. side of Abagadasset Point looking N. to SWAN ISLAND,

Thwing’s Point is on right, Pork Point on left

View of Richmond Village across the Kennebec River from Swan Island

Richmond view of Swan Island dock, and farther back see the old green swing bridge.

CHOICE VIEW FARM [CVF] looking SW at the mouth of Eastern River, Middle Ground

and SWAN ISLAND

A BRIEF HISTORY OF SWAN ISLAND!

FROG POND across from the campground

HAWKWEED

SNAPPING TURTLE QUEEN

    

SOUTH MAIN STREET, SWAN ISLAND

Tan color shows loss of agricultural lands between 1956, 1981 & 1998 [half to reforestation, half to development]

View of RICHMOND VILLAGE, JJ HATHORN BLOCK and old STATE OF MAINE dock from Swan Island.

Leaving the SWAN ISLAND DOCKSIDE

LOWER MAIN STREET on Swan Island

TREES & HOMES DETERIORATE in abandoned PERKINS TOWN

ENORMOUS PINE, partially healed where a huge branch broke off

LUSH FERNS provide a cool spot for hikers to rest

The chain link fence encloses the “sick pen” where animals were afforded the chance to recover free from predators, and where Jerry the Moose lived until being transported to the Bronx Zoo.

POLLY POWELL visits JERRY the moose

STEVE POWELL photos

  

JERRY’S arrival on Swan Island – POWELL PHOTO

CORN CRIB, where corn was stored to dry, off the ground aeration

View across SWAN ISLAND field towards DRESDEN where hikers enjoy a rest on the granite bench.

Model depicting tug towing 3 & 4-masted schooners in the KENNEBEC

Model depicting 4-masted schooner loading ice at the MORSE ICE COMPANY

 

View of the CAMPGROUND, lean-to view toward

SWAN ALLEY & LITTLE SWAN ISLAND

One of several lean-to’s with plank floors and log benches inside. Grills and fireplaces are located at each lean-to and hand-pumped water is available near the public restrooms.

MERRYMEETING BAY wild rice 

SUNSET PADDLE around the island

Ancient neighbor! FEMALE SNAPPING TURTLE

Spring paddling provides challenges when competing with remaining ice cakes!

The following book offers information that would pertain most closely to the Kennebec River and Merrymeeting Bay.

KENNY EDGECOMB c. 1900 cleaning a sturgeon at his FISH HOUSE

Beautiful patterns of a sturgeon tail

ABOUT SMELT FISHING ~ ARTWORK DONE BY BRYCE MUIR

X-COUNTRY SKIING BY MOONLIGHT

SUNSET PADDLE

COAST GUARD ICE CUTTER BREAKING THROUGH KENNEBEC RIVER ICE

CANADIAN GEESE travel over the island following the Eastern Flyway

Stan Richardson, Nat Fellows, & Steve Powell displaying a goose, 72-inch wingspan

POWELL photo

GEESE FLYING in typical V-formation

ROBINSON-POWELL HOUSE next door to the DUMARESQ HOUSE

T. BLEN PARKER PHOTO

WILD TRILLIUM (trillium, wakerobin, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort) is a genus of perennial flowering plants native to temperate regions of North America and Asia.

 

 

Thank you, Ed Friedman –  FRIENDS OF MERRYMEETING BAY, for sharing your photos.

IN MEMORY of Dr. Bruce Tremblay – FRIENDS OF SWAN ISLAND President.