The Winter Harbor Historical Society has free, digitized photos and newsletters, including written interviews with residents, for family history research.

Winter Harbor Daily Life Records

Description & Travel

Winter Harbor Walking Tour – a map and walking tour to encourage pedestrians to visit our area and to share some of the unique locations that are significant to our history.

History

Peninsula Gazette – Bernice Richmond, author of Winter Harbor wrote a newsletter from 1954 through 1960 about the events of the Schoodic Peninsula area. She thoughtfully recorded day to day activities, as well as interviewed older residents for their memories of earlier history.

Magazines & Periodicals & Newsletters

1954-1960 Peninsula Gazette – Bernice Richmond, author of Winter Harbor wrote a newsletter from 1954 through 1960 about the events of the Schoodic Peninsula area. She thoughtfully recorded day to day activities, as well as interviewed older residents for their memories of earlier history.

Peninsula Gazette , 1954, Volume 1

Peninsula Gazette , 1955, Volume 2, No. 1-26

Peninsula Gazette , 1955, Volume 2, No. 27-50

Peninsula Gazette , 1956, Volume 3, No. 1-26

Peninsula Gazette , 1956, Volume 3, No. 27-50

Peninsula Gazette , 1957, Volume 4, No. 1-26

Peninsula Gazette , 1957, Volume 4, No. 27-50

Peninsula Gazette , 1958, Volume 5, No. 1-26

Peninsula Gazette , 1958, Volume 5, No. 27-52

Peninsula Gazette , 1959, Volume 6, No. 1-26

Peninsula Gazette , 1959, Volume 6, No. 27-52

Peninsula Gazette , 1960, Volume 7, No. 1-18

Winter Harbor Historical Society Newsletter

September 2019 – Winter Harbor Business ads from Peninsula Gazette
August 2019 – Casa Marina or the Blance homestead on Main Street
July 2019 – Myra Earl (Guptill home) at 69 Harbor Road
June 2019 – Benjamin Bickford home at 137 Main Street

September 2018 – Winter Harbor Banking on Main Street
August 2018 – Charles Lindsey Funeral Home on Main Street
July 2018 – Memories from Peninsula Gazette
June 2018 – The Art Gallery on Main Street
May 2018 – Winter Harbor Fisheries Oral History Project by Natalie Springuel

September 2017 – Winter Harbor High School on Harbor Road
August 2017 – Capt. Elisha (Lide) Bickford House at 40 Sargent Street
July 2017 – Interview with Marie Gerrish Clark by Nanette Daley Hadlock
June 2017 – Grover Hardware at 335 Main Street
May 2017 – Bickford Homestead at the corner of Main and Sargent Street

September 2016 – Serene Cottage at the end of Harbor Road
August 2016 – Mark Island Lighthouse
July 2016 – Tracy/Chittenden Home on the corner of Main Street and Bellevue Avenue

September 2015 – Acadia National Park opens Schoodic Woods and changes Moore Road to Schoodic Loop Road
August 2015 – 50th Lobster Festival Boat Race Interview with Chris Byers and Keith Young

Photos

2020 Printable Calendar with more than 40 photos of women of the Winter Harbor past

Winter Harbor Historical Society photos

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