Near Main Street (Maine Route 15) at Steamboat Wharf Lane, on the right when traveling east.
To take advantage of electricity supplied from the Wyman Dam in Bingham construction began on the Bucksport Mill in 1928 on the site of a former tannery along the banks of the Penobscot River. In its early days, the mill produced newsprint that was . . . — — Map (db m148398) HM
Welcome to Bucksport’s Museum in the Streets Historic Walking Tour
This place where the Penobscot River mets Penobscot Bay has been the homeland of the Penobscot people and their Wabanaki relations for thousands of years. Penobscot . . . — — Map (db m233968) HM
Construction of Fort Knox began in 1844 and was halted while still unfinished 25 years and $1 million later. The Fort has never seen any military action. The largest of 133 total cannons fired a 315 pound shell 4,680 yards. The granite was quarried . . . — — Map (db m55114) HM
On Main Street (Maine Route 15) at 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
A Good Sign
The sign post behind you symbolizes Bucksport's special place in the world, a town that many would proudly boast as unlike any other in the universe! People from all 4 corners of the
globe find their way here, some to visit, . . . — — Map (db m183890) HM
On Main Street (Maine Route 15) at 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
To the Top of the World
The beginnings of an historic journey to the
North Pole took place across the bay at the
McKay and Dix Shipyard on Verona Island
when the keel for a 185-foot, 650 ton wooden
sail-steamer named the . . . — — Map (db m183886) HM
The Penobscot River is a vital resource. In the 1700's it spawned numerous riverside communities, while the 1800's saw Bangor become the "lumber capital of the world", and Bucksport an international port renowned for shipbuilding. Crafted along . . . — — Map (db m55115) HM
On Main Street (Maine Route 15) at 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
A Past of Ports
The Penobscot River has played an important role in the history and development of the Town of Bucksport. This site where you are standing was once occupied by a commercial wharf, one of many along Bucksport's waterfront in . . . — — Map (db m183844) HM
Near Bucksport Waterfront Walkway, 0.1 miles east of Steamboat Wharf Lane, on the right when traveling east.
"Panawap'skewtekw,” meaning "River of rocks spreading out” is the original, indigenous name for the Penobscot River. According to an ancient Penobscot legend, the river was created when Guards-Water, a giant frog monster . . . — — Map (db m183889) HM
Near Main Street (Maine Route 15) at Mill Street, on the right when traveling east.
At this site and adjacent to Mill Stream is the location of the first sawmill built in 1764 by Jonathan Buck. The mill provided boards, staves, shingles and clapboards needed by the settlers as well as for sale in Boston and more distant ports. The . . . — — Map (db m148399) HM
On U.S. 1 at Hinks Street, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 1.
This monument was erected
in memory of Colonel Jonathan Buck,
founder of Bucksport, who died on March 13, 1798
The memorial, built of Blue Hill granite, was erected
by his descendents nearly sixty years after his death.
Sometime after its . . . — — Map (db m145041) HM
THE MILITARY HISTORY of our nation came to Bucksport quite dramatically over the centuries. The young settlement was occupied by the British during the War of 1812 and gained its most prominent view, Fort Knox, in the 1840s, built to protect . . . — — Map (db m233480) HM
In 1763 Jonathan Buck settled the area, which was subesequently burned during the Revolutionary War. First incorporated as "Buckstown", the name was changed to "Bucksport" in 1817. In the 1800's Bucksport thrived as an international port. Later . . . — — Map (db m55112) HM
On Main Street (Maine Route 15) at 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Battle on the River
In 1779, the early settlers of Bucksport witnessed a devastating military defeat for the Americans during the Revolutionary War. A fleet of 44 warships and support vessels from the Continental Navy Fleet set out on a . . . — — Map (db m183880) HM
Near Main Street (Maine Route 15) at Central Street, on the right when traveling east.
This unique suspension bridge opened in 1931. The total span 2040 feet (about 7 football fields) at a height of 135 feet. Each 206 foot tower rests on a concrete pier, that required six days of continuously pouring concrete to build. Final cost for . . . — — Map (db m148396) HM
On U.S. 1, 0.2 miles north of Frank George Road (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north.
The largest combined infantry-naval operation undertaken by the American colonists during the Revolution met with disaster along this waterway. Two thousand colonials failed to capture Fort George at Castine with its contingent of 750 British land . . . — — Map (db m21458) HM
