40 E Main Street | P.O. Box 498
Searsport, ME 04974
Phone: 207-548-2529
Lectures, Workshops, Events
For more information, contact Jeana Ganskop, Education Director, at 207-548-2529 or [email protected].
July-August: Waldo County Reads: Fisheries Non-Fiction
At Waldo County libraries. Aimed at the armchair fisheries scientist, policy analyst and general consumer, join book discussions at participating libraries around Waldo County as we read about our nation’s fishing industry. Visit our website for the complete list of books, participating libraries, dates and times.
Visitors Center, 2 Church St.
Cost: $8, $5 Members
Ralph Stanley, historian and boatbuilder, will present a talk on the mackerel schooner AUGUSTA E. HERRICK. The Swans Island schooner "had the distinction of being the only centerboard schooner ever to be employed in the North American fisheries" according to historian Howard Chappelle. The Swans Island fishermen, like owner William P. Herrick, led the Atlantic coast mackerel fisheries in catch rates. Come learn more about the vigorous and hardy men and schooners of Swan's Island.
