from Left: courtes Henr Kno museum fiLe PHoto micHaeL Prince Summerguide tm m a i n e ’ S C i t y m a g a z i n e 118 t i c Discover an icy surprise deep in the heart of Baxter State Park. By Sarah Moore 120 d i 100 Before Kickstarter you could buy a piece of the schooner Bowdoin. By Colin W. Sargent 122 m ’ t s p The largest whirlpool in the West- ern Hemisphere sucks us in. By Sarah Moore 124 s m Why Thoreau didn’t have the Moxie to scale Katahdin. By Colin W. Sargent 130 e ’ s Edna St. Vincent Millay’s dearest spot on Mt. Battie. By Colin W. Sargent 134 at’s ai e In your own words. Photography by Diane Hudson, Blair Best & Ryanne Desjardins 141 s el Where the Natives eat. The inside track to Maine’s local foodie favorites. From Staff & Wire Reports 153 t t l PHOTO FEATURE: Inspiredby ourshores,apharographerfrom Japanputsourlightsupinlights. Photography by Fujio Mino 161 t o Schooner Bagheera has a double life as a college science classroom. By Patricia Pierce Erikson 167 c d Did the great statesman and so- cial reformer address Portland’s African Americans at the Abyssinian Meeting House? By Darlene Taylor 171 m p Who killed Sir Harry Oakes, the richest man in the world– and a Mainer to boot? News flash: We hear from Sir Harry’s granddaughter! By Ron Soodalter 177 208 208 81 t e ansive, inimitable, uni ue, maine shimmers rom the ti o mount Katahdin to the de ths o the largest ocean hirl ool in the western Hemis here. Hear the insights o mainers ho love to listen to “the ticking o eternity.” taste the best lobster rolls on earth. feel the ind blo ing across the helm o the schooner Bowdoin as she tacks to ard 100 years a oat. unsure o ake maine Heres the real deal. 117 -191 authentiC maine s u m m e r g u i d e 2 0 1 7 3 3