The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934.
Description: The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934.
Aquarelle II, a pleasure cruiser, was built in 1949 by Rich & Grindle boatbuilders for Talbot Faulkner Hamlin (1880-1959), an uncle of Cyrus N. Hamlin, who designed the vessel. See: “We Took to Cruising: From Maine to Florida Afloat” by Talbot and Jessica Hamlin, published by Sheridan House, New York, 1951, photographs between pages 224-225, Chapter 15, “The Dream Fulfilled: Aquarelle II,” p. 233-257+ The complete story of "Aquarelle II" from inception to her first cruise.
Description: Aquarelle II, a pleasure cruiser, was built in 1949 by Rich & Grindle boatbuilders for Talbot Faulkner Hamlin (1880-1959), an uncle of Cyrus N. Hamlin, who designed the vessel. See: “We Took to Cruising: From Maine to Florida Afloat” by Talbot and Jessica Hamlin, published by Sheridan House, New York, 1951, photographs between pages 224-225, Chapter 15, “The Dream Fulfilled: Aquarelle II,” p. 233-257+ The complete story of "Aquarelle II" from inception to her first cruise. [show more]
Isaac Edson Archibald was born to Isaac Archibald and Mary (Horton) Archibald on September 22, 1861 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Archibald married Hattie May (Sawyer) Garland (1865-?) on January 30,1895 in Bangor, Maine. Hattie was the daughter of William and Harriet Sawyer. Archibald was a fisherman and Captain, and was a Steamboat entrepreneur based in Rockland, Maine. He had a lumber business in Thomaston, Maine and had his own marine railway at Rockland by 1913.
Description: Isaac Edson Archibald was born to Isaac Archibald and Mary (Horton) Archibald on September 22, 1861 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia. Archibald married Hattie May (Sawyer) Garland (1865-?) on January 30,1895 in Bangor, Maine. Hattie was the daughter of William and Harriet Sawyer. Archibald was a fisherman and Captain, and was a Steamboat entrepreneur based in Rockland, Maine. He had a lumber business in Thomaston, Maine and had his own marine railway at Rockland by 1913. [show more]