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Chimney Pond, Baxter State Park (August 2001)
| 1635 | The vessel Angel Gabriel was wrecked at Pemaquid Point during a deadly storm affecting the New England coast. |
| 1779 | The American Penobscot Expedition suffered defeat by British vessels in Penobscot Bay. | ||
| 1864 | Georgetown-built vessel Floral Wreath, Brewer-built James Littlefield, and Maine-built Magnolia are captured by Confederate raiders. |
| 1937 | Appalachian Trail is formally completed with the clearing of a two-mile section in the Maine woods and with a final link made between Sugarloaf and Spaulding Mountains. |
| 1939 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes his final trip to Campobello Island. |