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  Town of Castine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Castine, Maine is one of the oldest communities in North America.
What is now known as the Castine peninsula appears on a 1612 chart that geographer and explorer Samuel de Champlain submitted to King Henry IV of France.
During the 1900s, Castine continued to flourish as a summer community until the Maine Maritime Academy was founded in 1942, and then the town emerged as a viable year-round community.
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  Castine, Maine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine.
Castine is one of the oldest towns in New England, predating the Plymouth Colony by seven years.
Castin himself retook it in 1676 and renamed the town "Bagaduce".In 1692, the village was again seized by the English, who destroyed the fort and looted the settlement.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castine,_Maine   (1905 words)

  
 History of Castine, Maine
Castine occupies a peninsula in the south-western portion of Hancock County, overlooking the eastern entrance of Penobscot River.
Castine is 30 miles from Ellsworth, 18½ miles from the railroad station at Bucksport, and 36 miles from Bangor.
Isaac Parker, of Castine, was the first lawyer in the county, and represented the district in Congress from 1796 to 1798.
history.rays-place.com /me/castine-me.htm   (1406 words)

  
 Great meals, grand visages in Castine, Maine - ExploreNewEngland.com
The Pentagöet is one of the livelier spots after dark in Castine, a wonderfully uncluttered town perched on Penobscot Bay.
The night passed with the sounds of rustling trees and the occasional passing car on Main Street.
We thought of Burke as we drove out of Castine, past the Maine Maritime Academy that sends young seamen and women to far-flung points.
www.explorenewengland.com /travel?article=/maine/articles/2006/07/30/great_meals_grand_visages_in_castine_maine   (791 words)

  
 Maine Bed and Breakfast - Coastal ME Inn - Castine - Acadia National Park Lodging
The 16-room Maine bed and breakfast has a prominent three-story turret, gables and a delightful wraparound porch lined with lush window boxes, wicker rockers and porch swings.
The town of Castine has been described as "…one of the most authentic New England fishing villages you will ever encounter, complete with trim historic houses, elm-shaded streets, a village green, and a working harbor…" by National Geographic.
This Maine Coast Bed and Breakfast is delightfully situated for guests to explore the entire Mid Coast Maine region, offering a convenient location for day trips to Camden, Stonington, Deer Isle, Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor.
www.cayucossunsetinn.com /partner_sites/NewEnglandGF5R065M2.htm   (204 words)

  
 Castine Harbor Lodge on Penobscot Bay, Castine, ME | Maine | Inns | Bed and Breakfasts | Lodging | Travel | bnblist.com
The Castine Harbor Lodge was built in 1893 by Col.
In Castine, we have one of the oldest nine hole golf courses in the country, a tennis club (clay courts), yacht club, Dyces Head Lighthouse and many historic walking trails.
Castine Harbor Lodge is the perfect place for weddings, receptions, reunions, banquets, conferences and corporate retreats.
www.bnblist.com /me/castine_harbor_lodge   (615 words)

  
 Castine Inn, Acadia National Park/Bar Harbor, Castine, Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Inn is located in Castine Maine, a peaceful, historic village situated on the tip of a peninsula overlooking Penobscot Bay, one of the world's loveliest cruising grounds.
Built in 1898, The Castine Inn is an elegant building surrounded by a wrap-around porch and beautiful, well maintained perennial gardens with views of the active harbor.
Each room is comfortable and furnished in the simpler style that attracted summer visitors to the Maine coast during the 1920s.
www.bestromanticinns.com /CastineInn/CastineInn.html   (413 words)

  
 Castine Golf Club History - Historic Golf Course Architecture Castine Maine
The earliest photograph of a golf course in Castine is from the Bates family album and dated 1899.
As the 19th century drew to a close and the 20th Century dawned, the historic beginnings of the golf and tennis sections of the Castine Golf Club would be firmly established.
Through gifts, bequeaths and purchase, the Club acquired enough land and in 1921 they appointed Bertrand Clerque, a new Castine landowner but long-time visitor, and Godfrey Brinley as a committee of two "to secure advice as to the best means of laying out a course on the property now in control of the Club".
www.castinegolfclub.com /history-castine-gc.htm   (1125 words)

  
 Castine, Maine Bed and Breakfast - Castine B&B from Pamela Lanier
Castine, Maine and Surrounding Area - Bed and Breakfast Inns
Search our database of Castine B&Bs and you'll find detailed listings, current rates, and special deals for bed and breakfasts in Castine, Maine.
Castine, ME The Castine Harbor Lodge, formerly known as the Holiday House is Castine's only waterfront hotel.
www.lanierbb.com /castine-maine-bed-breakfast.html   (134 words)

  
 Castine, Maine - harbor - Bagaduce River - Schooner Bowdoin - T/V State of Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Castine, Maine - harbor - Bagaduce River - Schooner Bowdoin - T/V State of Maine
Under the command of Admiral Donald MacMillan, one-time Castine resident, she made 26 voyages of exploration to the Arctic.
Maine Maritime Academy sailing fleet, and carries dual certification from the U.S. Coast Guard for any ocean as a sail training vessel and small passenger vessel.
home.onemain.com /~albert/castine/harbor.html   (126 words)

  
 The Castine Inn is a Maine bed & breakfast offering quality lodging in historic Castine Maine on the Maine Coast near ...
The Castine Inn is a Maine bed & breakfast offering quality lodging in historic Castine Maine on the Maine Coast near Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island.
The fifteen miles that separate Castine from Route 1, the main tourist artery along the coast, shield the town from the frenzy that many coastal towns experience during the summer.
We want you to enjoy this part of Maine as much as we do and hope that our suggestions will add interest and adventure to this trip and perhaps entice you to return to revisit favorite places or discover new ones.
www.castineinn.com /explorations.html   (172 words)

  
 Bed and Breakfast - Maine, ME - Castine Inn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The village of Castine Maine remains one of the most beautiful towns in New England due in great part to its residents who have taken pride in preserving the historic nature of the village.
Castine citizens have worked diligently to maintain the majestic stand of 85' tall, graceful elm trees that shade many of the village streets.
Camden, one of the prettiest and most popular port towns on the Maine coast, is located approximately one hour west of The Inn.
www.bnbfinder.com /?action=viewInn&innId=18311   (591 words)

  
 Maine Maritime Academy --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Maine is bounded on the northwest and northeast by the...
Formerly called the Castine Normal School, this state-supported school was founded in 1941 on a peninsula overlooking Penobscot Bay in Castine, Me. The vast majority of students are males from the New England...
The Maine College of Art (formerly the Portland School of Art) was founded in 1882.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9312312   (855 words)

  
 Pentagoet Inn Bed & Breakfast, Castine, ME | Maine | Inns | Travel | Lodging | Bed and Breakfast | Country Inns | ...
Pentagoet Inn Bed and Breakfast, located in one of the most unspoiled and historic coastal villages of the Maine coast, is just up the hill from the picturesque harbor of Castine.
Pentaoet Inn is an 1894 Queen Anne Victorian, nestled on a seaside bluff overlooking the village and harbor of Castine.
Castine is centrally located for day trips as it resides in a triangle between Camden to the South, Stonington and Deer Isle to the East and Acadia in Bar Harbor to the North, each an hour away.
www.bnblist.com /me/pentagoet_inn   (387 words)

  
 Full Service Video Production Company, New England - Accompany, Concord, NH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Home to the Maine Maritime Academy, Castine has a rich seafaring tradition, but there is much more to experience.
Eastport, Maine is the eastern most city in the United States.
Once the world's largest producer of sardines, today this town is home to farm raised salmon, stone milled mustard, woody rides, a lot of history and an interesting mix of artists.
www.accompanyvideo.com /mainevideo.htm   (530 words)

  
 Castine Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Weather, Map and Attractions
The town of Castine consists of two distinct areas referred to as “the Village,” and “off neck,” which is a narrow strip of land that separates the Bagaduce River from the Penobscot River.
Castine is also home to the Maine Maritime Academy.
Castine is near the towns of Blue Hill and Camden, and has golf and tennis, swimming, fishing, sea kayaking, sailing and hiking opportunities.
www.mainevacation.com /regions/Castine-Maine.html   (471 words)

  
 Wilson Museum Book and Prints
“Majabigwaduce: Castine, Penobscot, Brooksville is not a history in the usual sense of the word; it is, rather, an attempt to show the life of the early settlement and of the towns which grew from it; to understand the lives of the inhabitants, if possible through their own words.
A large portion relates to the Castine Peninsula; this is, in part, because the Peninsula has been the most active area and, in part, because material available to the author, in general, is that given by residents of the Peninsula to the Castine Scientific Society.
Color print of a historically significant map of Castine during the second British occupation of the town, September 1814 - April 1815 showing the positions of civilian structures, as well as military placements.
www.wilsonmuseum.org /books_prints.html   (1002 words)

  
 Croul Revisits Castine : Maine Antique Digest, November 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This one didn't have the historical significance of his earlier map and book auction in Bangor, and it reflected little of the seafaring legacy of the coastal town of Castine, but an unreserved on-site auction held amid a grove of apple trees with no phone bidders to gum things up is a most pleasant event.
A beautiful "State of Maine" chest, with spiral turned columns and scrolled splashback, was signed in fancy pencil script with what appeared to be "Jeffers" on the back of the bottom drawer.
The term "State of Maine" chest refers to a form of Sheraton chest that was often made in the state of Maine.
www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/nov03/crou1103.htm   (792 words)

  
 Castine bed and breakfast & inns. Find the perfect Castine B&B lodging on BedandBreakfast.com.
Castine Inn - Castine, ME Few inns along the Maine coast offer the unique setting and style of The Castine Inn.
Pentagoet Inn Bed and Breakfast - Castine, ME Castine Harbor Lodge - Castine, ME The Castine Harbor Lodge, formerly known as the Holiday House is Castine's only waterfront hotel....
Also noted is the approximate distance from Castine, Maine.
www.bedandbreakfast.com /castine-maine.html   (152 words)

  
 Town of Castine
Any Castine taxpayer interested in serving on this committee should first review the committee's charter, available at the town office, and then submit a written request to the town manager.
Castine Traffic Control Plan: Castine resident Gordon MacArthur, P.E. volunteered his services to prepare a traffic control plan for the Town.
Their objective is to update the Castine 1995 Comprehensive Plan.
www.castine.me.us   (550 words)

  
 Castine, Maine - Dennett's Wharf Restaurant & Oyster Bar - Waterfront Dining in Castine, Maine
Click here for more information about our Castine Harbour dock and dockage fees in Castine, Maine.
Explore the town of Castine and the surrounding waterways from Dennett's with by kayak or by bicycle!
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 Maine Maritime Academy - MGN Business Card Listing
Maine Maritime Academy, a Maine public college founded in 1941, enrolls more than 750 students from more than 35 states and several foreign countries.
Maine Maritime Academy's division of continuing education offers courses and services for professional mariners on the college campus in Castine, Maine, U. Individual courses are offered at company selected training sites in the United States or abroad.
Maine Maritime Academy is a founding member of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU).
www.mglobal.com /companydetails.cfm?companyid=3038   (365 words)

  
 Castine, Maine - Dyce's Head Lighthouse Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Castine is a charming coastal town located on Penobscot Bay.
Settled in 1604, the town is one of the oldest in the State of Maine.
Castine is also home to the well respected Maine Maritime Academy, Dyce's Head Lighthouse and a variety of art galleries, specialty shops and fine lodging and dining establishments.
houstonphoto.net /mainegallery/castine   (258 words)

  
 Sparkman & Stephens - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
All participants were delighted to see Olin Stephens, the founder of Sparkman and Stephens and widely considered to be the premier yacht designer of the twentieth century, actively participating in the festivities at 96 years of age.
Castine staged a series of match races of Sparkman and Stephens designs on August 4.
The Ames Cup was given to the Castine Yacht Club in 1969 by Castine’s Margaret Ames in memory of her husband and two sons who were lost at sea on June 19, 1935 south of the Grand Banks in the Newport to Oslo race.
www.sparkmanstephens.com /news/75anniversary.html   (2097 words)

  
 Maine Bed Breakfast in Castine ME-Lodging for Acadia National Park, Blue Hill, Bar Harbor-Pentagoet Inn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Castine Maine bed and breakfast near Bar Harbor and Penobscot Bay.
The 16-room Maine bed and breakfast has a prominent three- story turret, gables and a delightful wraparound porch lined with lush window boxes, wicker rockers and porch swings.
Guests experience the timeless charm of Castine, a town deemed one of the most authentic New England fishing villages you will ever encounter, complete with trim historic houses, elm-shaded streets, a village green, and a working harbor by National Geographic.
www.blizzardinternet.com /promoclients/PentagoetInnBedandBreakfast5952.html   (193 words)

  
 President's Page for Maine Maritime Academy of Castine, Maine
LEONARD H. TYLER was named the 13th president of Maine Maritime Academy on March 21, 1995, having joined the college as a faculty member and coach nearly three decades earlier.
He is an incorporator of the Bangor Savings Bank in Bangor, Maine; and a former trustee of Memorial Hospital in Blue Hill, Maine.
Tyler was inducted into the Ithaca College Hall of Fame, in recognition of having excelled in intercollegiate athletics and in his chosen career as an educator.
bell.mma.edu /~president/len_tyler.html   (221 words)

  
 OldFonts.com | Castine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
There's a cemetery in Castine, Maine—a lovely coastal town perhaps best known for Maine Maritime Academy and a surviving crop of stately old American elms—with headstones dating back into the 18th century, with the standard old headstone shape, often topped by winged skulls.
Thanks to Deborah Pulliam, I got my hands on a couple rubbings; these show a particular style of stonecarving that proved captivating to the point of typeface design.
Castine has a full character set in both roman and italic styles.
www.oldfonts.com /castine.html   (83 words)

  
 Bike Riders Tours — New England bike trips, Maine bicycle tours, Family bike tours of Martha’s Vineyard and ...
Bike Riders Tours — New England bike trips, Maine bicycle tours, Family bike tours of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, hiking tours in Acadia National Park, biking tours in Vermont - Biking: Maine: Camden & Castine
Maine brings to mind salt air, stately green pines and tiny fishing villages that still retain the decidedly New England way of life.
We begin in Camden, one of Maine's most beautiful ports and home of the Windjammer fleet.
www.bikeriderstours.com /trips/newengland/4   (432 words)

  
 Welcome to ADAMS School, Castine, Maine, USA
Tom Gutow moved, and Susan Adam seconded, to approve Deletra Schamle’s request to have her nonresident students to attend the Adams School for the 2005-2006 school year on a non-tuition basis.
Town of Castine Warrant 2005: To see if the town will approve transporting secondary students to George Stevens Academy and Bucksport for the 2005-2006 school year.
A letter from Karen Logan requesting payment to the Maine School of Science and Mathematics is enclosed with the office minutes.
www.adamsschool.com /minutes.html   (10115 words)

  
 Bar Harbor - Acadia, Maine - Hotel, Inn, Lodging
Built in 1898, The Castine Inn is an elegant building surrounded by a wrap-around porch and magnificent, well maintained perennial gardens with views of the active harbor.
Maine Coast Experience and Eggemoggin Oceanfront Lodge combine a beautiful resort on Eggemoggin Reach in Brooklin, Maine with daily ocean oriented adventures.
This enclave of Maine vacation rentals is situated on the waterfront and is perfectly suited for family reunions and other special occasions.
www.visitmaine.net /Downeastlodging.htm   (1745 words)

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