I also wanted to comment on the other speakers at TTRAG,...The bit of information on dikes and the French Acadians use of them, for agricultural use struck home for there are dikes built here and all along the Maine coast in the tidal rivers. He had commented that they were exclusive to Nova Scotia, well they actually are present here in Machias and in Scarborough, just south of Portland, it was settlers from Scarborough that settled Machias.
Tim
Tim,
That's neat. I was in Scarborough this weekend and remember driving by "Tide Mill Lane" near the Scarborough Marsh. There were also tidal mills (saw mills) in the town of Phippsburg, near Bath Iron Works.
I really enjoyed the film we saw: "The Heart of the Farm." I bought a copy of that. It was amazing to see the old barn raising footage with the men sitting on bents, riding them as they rose, pushed by pike poles. That must have been quite a sensation.
