July 28 Ellsworth Miller lecture

Chebeague Island Historical Society

Ellsworth Miller Memorial Lecture Series presents

Phil Merrill

Canada and the USA

The Way We Were

Monday, July 28, 2025 at 7pm, at the Island Hall

In-person only, the lecture will be recorded and posted on the CIHS website.

Those of us who grew up in the shadow of WWII remember the relationship between Canada and the USA as being similar to grandparents: functional, amiable, and taken for granted. However, the history of the affair is a Romantic Comedy, marked by mutual animosity, fighting, and bitter ultimatums. The talk will go into some detail of the way we were and briefly speculate at what the coming divorce will cost us…

A Joint Canadian/USA undertaking was the cleanup of the Great Lakes an unprecedented effort that righted a thousand wrongs and created billions in wealth for Canadians and Americans alike.

“Lake Erie the Dead Sea?” This editorial cartoon by Bill Roberts appeared in the Cleveland Press on June 3, 1968. Source Cleveland State Library Special Collections. Creator Bill Roberts. Date June 3, 1968

Upcoming Lectures

August 25 – John Mann, historian and Maine Ulster-Scots Project director presenting a story of Scots-Irish in Maine including towns abutting Casco Bay

September 22 – Lock Kiemaier presenting “The Houses of Little Chebeague Over Time”