PARKER HARRIS BLEN
ISLAND CARETAKER 1958-1972
GREEN SWING BRIDGE VIEW
FROM BLEN HOUSE
FROZEN KENNEBEC
SWAN ISLAND DOCK
MARION BLEN FEEDS BAMBI 
HEATHER ANN & TRAPPER FRED 
LOGGING BLOWDOWNS 2018 
LOGGING BLOWDOWNS 2018 
AERIAL VIEW OF TUBBS-REED HSE
AND DUNBAR-BLEN HSE
COVERED PICNIC TABLE ROOF 
CORN CRIB 
BLOWDOWN RESIDUE 
VIEW OF MERRYMEETING BAY 
CHANNEL BETWEEN SWAN AND LITTLE SWAN ISLANDS 
RESIDUE OF MAXWELL-TARR HOUSE 
LILLY-WADE HOUSE 
LILLY WADE HOUSE 
STURGEON SCALES 
VINE CRAWLS ACROSS
POWER LINES
FEEDING TIME 
WILLIAM LILLY HOUSE 
1960’S EAGLE NEST 
PET BUNNIES ON THE PIAZZA 
STEVE POWELL – GOOSE 
MEASURING WINGSPAN OF A GOOSE 
TRANSPORT BOX FOR DEER AND JERRY THE MOOSE 
JERRY THE MOOSE – TRANSPORTED TO SWAN ISLAND 
JERRY THE MOOSE
LATER LIVED AT BRONX ZOO
MOOSE PETTING 
FAILED POWER LINE REPAIR COURTESY OF PARKER BLEN 
RESTING ROCK, UPRIVER VIEW OF OLD GREEN SWING BRIDGE 
PARKER & MARION BLEN
HOST FAMILY THANKSGIVING
TALLMAN GRAVESTONE 
TALLMAN STONE 
DAVID REED-DIED IN PERKINS 
SOUTHBOUND GEESE 
ROBINSON-POWELL HOUSE 
POLLY POWELL &
JERRY THE MOOSE
2018 BLOWDOWNS 
DRUSILLA REED 
TUBBS-REED HOUSE 
DUNBAR-BLEN HOUSE 
PAST PRESIDENT of FOSI –
BRUCE TREMBLAY
BABY EAGLE 
EAGLE NEST 
CANADA GOOSE 
SMELT FISHING ON THE RIVER 
SMELTS 
ICY KENNEBEC –
COAST GUARD CUTTERS
SUNSET PADDLE 
KENNY EDGECOMB – STURGEON 
CAMPGROUND LEAN-TO 
CORN CRIB 
DEER IN THE FIELD 
LOOKING TOWARD DRESDEN 
LILLY-WADE HOUSE ROOF 
TREE DAMAGE 
PERKINS HIGHWAY 
LILLY-WADE HOUSE 
PERKINS HWY TOWARD MERRYMEETING BAY 
DUMARESQUE HOUSE 
CURTIS CEMETERY FENCE 
RALPH REED 
MAXWELL-TARR HOUSE 
MAXWELL-TARR HSE 
SOUTH END OF ISLAND 
FOREST FERNS 
CAMPGROUND DOCK 
BICYCLE RENTALS 
LEAN-TO AT CAMPGROUND 
PERIOD RE-ENACTORS WKND
TUBBS-REED HOUSE
TUBBS-REED HOUSE 
PERIOD RE-ENACTORS FIREARMS 
VINTAGE METAL PARTS 
ISLAND MAP 
CHAPEL 
FERRY OUT FOR SEASON 
REFLECTING ROCK 
MAXWELL-TARR HSE 
FERRY TO SWAN ISLAND 
UPDATED FERRY TO SWAN ISLAND 
MICHALA KAYAKING 
KENNEBEC VIEW UPRIVER 
ICED OVER KENNEBEC 
DR. SYLVESTER GARDINER
BUILT THE DUMARESQUE HOUSE
TUBBS-REED HOUSE 
ORIGINAL SWANEE FERRY 
WELL SWEEP 
SKOW TRANSPORT 
VISITOR AT KITCHEN WINDOW 
SCHOOL BUS PRE-DATES
ISLAND TROLLEY
DUNBAR-BLEN HOUSE 
SCHOOL HOUSE
TOWN MEETINGS HELD HERE
SCHOOLHOUSE 
SKOW TRANSPORT 
OLD GREEN SWING BRIDGE
OVER THE KENNEBEC
UPRIVER VIEW
FROM BLEN HOUSE
SUPPER TIME 
CROOKED HORN 
DUMARESQUE HOUSE 
MERRYMEETING BAY VIEW 
EAGLE NEST 1960’s 
UNLOADING BY CRANE 
LOGS UNLOADING IN RICHMOND 
SUSIE VISITING KITCHEN FOR SUPPER 
VIEWING TOWER 
ISLAND MAP 
WHERE EAGLES SOAR 
FEEDING time 
FOGGY SUNRISE 
PILEATED WORK 
CANADA GOOSE 
BLOWDOWNS 
ICY RIVER KAYAKING 
MUDDY DRIFTWOOD STUMP 
MATURE BALD EAGLE 
MATRONLY SNAPPING TURTLE 
DIORAMA MODEL – DRESDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
BULLFROG 
ARCHAELOGICAL DIG-HOUDLETTE SITE 
BRIEF HISTORY SWAN ISLAND 
LOWER FIELD 
RICHMOND VILLAGE VIEW FROM SWAN ISLAND 
WILD RICE IN
MERRYMEETING BAY
TUBBS-REED HOUSE 
ICY RIVERBANKS, MELTING 
CAMPGROUND AERIAL VIEW 
RICHMOND POST CARD – VIEWED FROM SWAN ISLAND 
LOOKING UPRIVER FROM
ISLAND DOCK
DIORAMA 2 AT DRESDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
WILD TRILLIUM 
STURGEON FACTS 
DIORAMA – DRESDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
SWAN ISLAND DOCK 
CHANNEL BETWEEN LITTLE SWAN AND SWAN, IN FRONT OF DUMARESQUE HOUSE 
BLAZING SUNRISE
OVER THE KENNEBEC
ICY TREES 
PRINCESS KENNEBECCA 
CHIEF ABAGADASSET 
REMNANTS OF
PREVIOUS RESIDENTS
CEMETERY FUNGI 
LOGGING EQUIPMENT TRAVERSING THE KENNEBEC 
SOUTH END OF THE ISLAND 
DUNBAR-BLEN HOUSE,
“STAFF HOUSE”
A CALM RIVER PADDLE 
STORMY SKIES 
ANDREW MARSHALL 
EAGLE FACTS 
BLEN FAMILY VISITING AT THANKSGIVING 
STAFF-DUNBAR-BLEN HOUSE 
ICE CAKES DURING ICE-OUT 
CHARLOTTE THEOBALD, b 1794 -WIFE OF CHARLES 
ONCE A CHAPEL, USED FOR STAFF MEETINGS 
CORN CRIB 
DEER CRATE – TRANSPORTED DEER + MOOSE 
ICE CUTTERS BREAKING UP THE KENNEBEC PRIOR TO ICE-OUT 
RICHMOND-DRESDEN BRIDGE, COURTESY ED FRIEDMAN’s POINT OF VIEW HELICOPTER SVCS. 
EAGLE IN FLIGHT 
BETWEEN LITTLE SWAN & CAMPGROUND ON ISLAND 
VIEW AT SOUTH END OF ISLAND TOWARD MERRYMEETING BAY 
EAGLE NEST 1960’s 
ORIGINAL CORN CRIB 
ISLAND CUSTODIANS 1955-1973 
AVON CALLING? 
ISLAND VIEW OF OLD RICHMOND-DRESDEN BRIDGE 
MAIN STREET PERKINS TOWN 
SWANGO SIGN KENNEBEC RIVER 
SWANGO WINDOW – TAKING PANES EXHIBIT 2008 – RICHMOND, MAINE
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SWAN ISLAND VIEWS
Island of Eagles
Swan Island in the Kennebec -- 