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Visitors to the island enjoy a picnic lunch on the lawn as seen from the wrap-around porch of the Admiral Robert Peary home in Casco Bay off the coast of Harpswell.
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
EAGLE ISLAND One of Maine’s lesser-known state parks is the island home of Admiral Robert Peary, who in 1909, with five men and sled dogs, is credited with an expedition to the North Pole.
Eagle Island, a National Historic Landmark, “is a place that Peary and his family called their promised land,” reads a National Park Service plaque on the island. The National Park Service says the island “possesses national significance commemorating the history of the United States” and calls Peary America’s foremost arctic explorer.
Explorer Matthew Henson
When Admiral Robert Peary accomplished his goal of reaching the North Pole in 1909 becoming arguably the second known person to reach the destination he did so with the help of sled dogs and five other men all of color.
In an era where the knowledge of a non-white person was often dismissed by other whites as inferior, Peary’s team consisted of one Black man and four Inuit natives, all skilled in arctic survival. The names of the four Inuits were Ooqueah, Odaq, Eginwah and Sigluk.
“Peary utilized Inuit technology instead of bringing in outside technology for survival, for sleeping, for moving dogs,” said Eagle Island State Historic Site Park Manager Tim Spahr.
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Art students’ work on display
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Artists exhibit now hung at the Maine Jewish Museum in Portland features the work of 15 artists who have attended the internationally renowned school since its inception in 1946.
Contributed / Maine Jewish Museum
Exhibits
Art Auction to benefit Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset, view online through June 15, maineartgallerywiscasset.org.
“East End in Bloom,” installation of flowers through May at East End Community School, 195 North St., Portland.
“The Ground Beneath You Holds You,” new works by Alice Jones, to June 26 at Elizabeth Moss Galleries, U.S. Route 1 in the Falmouth Shopping Center.
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Liberty, ME 04949
The Davistown Museum is a tool, art, and regional history museum with two physical locations in Maine and a website, rich with resources. Its main building is in Liberty, while its office and a sculpture garden are in Hulls Cove (Bar Harbor). The primary mission of the museum is the recovery, display, and interpretation of hand tools used in Maine and New England s maritime culture. It serves as an important clearinghouse for information on the history of hand tools and their roles in the early industries of Maine and New England and offers an extensive exhibit of hand tools in Liberty and online. The Museum also provides a forum for contemporary Maine artists to exhibit their work, creating a unique environment that juxtaposes tools, as both historical and sculptural objects, with a wide diversity of art forms. In addition, the Museum strives to increase community awareness of and to provide access to information on local, regional, Native American, and enviro