Category Archives: Pine Point

Pine Point
1. Cottages
2. Lodging
1) Conroy’s by the Sea
2) Holiday House
3) Laughton’s Rooming House
4) Leavitt House
5) Lookaway Inn (and Volunteers
of America)
6) Pillsbury House
7) Pine Point House
8) Seaward Resort
3. Pine Point scenes

Clamming and Lobstering – Part 2

Posted on October 25, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Catch of the Day – Part 2 By Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Bruce Thurlow, Bill Bayley and Don Googins By 1880 conflict arose between Scarborough Marsh diking company owners and clam diggers, boaters, and fishermen who claimed … Continue reading →

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Clamming and Lobstering – Part 1

Posted on October 24, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Catch of the Day – Part 1 By Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Bruce Thurlow, Bill Bayley and Don Googins Scarborough’s coastline, with its marsh, freshwater streams, saltwater rivers, beaches and rocky ledges, has been a site for … Continue reading →

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Litchfield, Lewis L. – Station Agent & Hobbyist

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Charlene Fenlason

People Who Called Scarborough Home By Charlene Fenlason Lewis Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in the early 1900s, was born in 1871. He was a station agent first at Pine Point and later at … Continue reading →

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Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks – Part 2 of 2

Posted on October 12, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins (Part 1 Here) Shipwrecks Scarborough’s coastline has three extensive beaches: Higgins, Scarborough, and Pine Point. There are ledges, however, around Prouts Neck, Bluff and Stratton Islands (now … Continue reading →

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Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks – Part 1 of 2

Posted on October 11, 2016 by scarbo7_wp

Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Rodney Laughton and Don Googins Scarborough has always been a place where going to sea and fishing are a part of life. At one time ships, boats, and smaller watercraft were … Continue reading →

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