to feed the world ( largest wild blueberry exports ); continue to produce & serve fresh , locally harvested or produced foods ; history of sheep on islands , land given to colonels , generals ; back to the land movement
• Forest products – lumber built the nation ; King ’ s pines ; wreaths & balsam products , timber , maple syrup , toilet paper …
• Migrant worker contributions to wild blueberry & seafood businesses , and migrant families that have become permanent residents
• Construction of eastern US cities – granite ( unique forms of granite revealed when magma chambers from ancient volcanoes flipped ) & lumber ( old growth pine forests , rivers & ocean provided easy transportation ), advanced modern life ( ice for refrigeration was 2nd largest export of the northern region of Downeast ).
• Spirit of cooperation with Canada ; international border communities
• Determination of American political boundaries – between Massachusetts , Maine , Canada , France ; baseline for eastern seaboard counties & states
• Parameters of time & navigation – Meridien Park , Greenwich Mean Time , lighthouses
• Remote , rural island life – fishing communities , seabird research , lighthouses
• Waterfalls ( geology ) allowed hydro power for mills – other states shipped grain to the region , cotton from south for processing
• Shipping via railroad into Canada allowed troops & goods to be shipped to Sidney , weather stations to be manned
• Rustication & Tourism – the famous people ( like in NE Harbor )
• 250 years history of direct descendants of European forebears carrying forward natural resource economy and family heritage ; commercial working landscape
• Served as defense system of USA against Europe , created solid veteran culture
• Atusville , underground railroad
Blueberry Cannery , Brooklin - The Steven & Charles Cousins blueberry cannery at Brooklin in the early 1930s . Clams , brown bread and baked beans were also canned at this factory . Photo courtesy of Sedgewick- Brooklin Historical Society .
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