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Gardner G. Deering - Shipwreck,
5-Masted
Schooner, Smith Cove, West Brooksville, ME,
approximately 500 feet off north shore
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Castine News - Topix - Local
news for Castine, ME continually updated from thousands of sources on
the web
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Castine, Maine - USA - Official Site
- Castine, a small coastal village
of approximately 7.9 square miles, is located on a peninsula in the
East Penobscot Bay Region of Maine, 1 hour from Bangor, and 1.25 hours
from Camden and from Bar Harbor. The town, on the National Register
of Historic Places, consists of two distinct geographic areas referred
to as the Village and off neck, a narrow strip of land that separates
the Bagaduce River on one side from the Penobscot River on the other.
More than 100 historic markers can be found in the town. Major landmarks
include Fort George, built by the British in 1779 and partially restored
as a state memorial, and Fort Madison, earthwork remnants built by the
Americans in 1811, occupied by the British during the War of 1812 and
reconstructed during the American Civil War. The year-round population
is roughly 1300 including 700 college students in all but four months
of the year. With summer residents, and visitors by land and sea, the
population at least doubles from Memorial Day to Labor Day
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History of Castine ME -
Named for the Baron de Saint-Castin,
Castine was once the capital of all French Acadia, which included all
the lands of what is now French-speaking Canada
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Castine Historical Society
- The Castine Historical Society is
dedicated to collecting, preserving, and disseminating information and
materials related to the history of the Castine-Bagaduce River area
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The Butler Letters - The Civil War Letters of Henry Butler
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Jim Hatch - Site Webmaster
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USS Castine - Gunboat 1894-1921 -
USS Castine, a 1177-ton Machias-class gunboat
built at Bath, Maine, was commissioned in October 1894. Her initial
service took her through the Mediterranean and around Africa to South
America. She operated in the South Atlantic and the Caribbean areas
through 1898, and then was transferred to the Far East until 1901. Thereafter,
her duty stations were in the Atlantic, the Caribbean and off Central
America, including several years service as a submarine tender
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Tenders - USS Castine - Upon the outbreak of
the Spanish-American War, Castine was called north to take her place
on the blockade surrounding Cuba in March 1898. She served in the
force which accompanied the Army's transports to Cuba, and remained
in the Caribbean until the close of the war
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