Midsommar Festival
18-20 June, 2010

Visit the Colony

Maps

View Maine Swedish Colony sites in a larger map (includes a listing of sites).
Zoom in to see detailed site locations.

• Google Map above: Maine Swedish Colony sites and sights.
• Google Maps Street View has drive-by of the New Sweden Museum
• Mapquest The red star is right on top of the New Sweden Capitol Museum.
• Colony Map created for Maine's Historic 1870 Swedish Colony: History, Map, and Tourguide. Many sites and roads identified.
  

jump down to our travel directions: How to Get Here

Places to stay

Within the Colony

• Fieldstone Cabins and RV Park, Madawaska Lake
• Aunties Cabin, New Sweden, 207-896-7905
• Up North Cabins, New Sweden (+camping & trailer sites) 207-896-3328
• Paul Bondeson camping, New Sweden, 207-896-5553

Caribou

(about 10 minutes south of New Sweden)

• Caribou Cabins 4 cabins.
• Caribou Inn and Convention Center, 73 rooms,
  207-498-3733,
  1-800-255-0466,
  498-3733
• Crown Park Inn 207-498-3311,   59 rooms
• Russell's Motel, 207-498-2567,   14 units. Donna Murchison
• Old Iron Inn B&B, 207-492-4766, 4 bedrooms. Our good friends Kate and Kevin
• Riverside Court Motel 207-498-6071, 20 rooms

Presque Isle

(about 30 minutes south of New Sweden)

• Hampden Inn (new)U
• Budget Traveler Motor Lodge 1-800-958-0111, 207-769-0111, 62 rooms
• Presque Isle Inn/Convention Center 1-800-533-3971, 764-3321, 151 rooms
• Hedrich's Motel 207-768-5741
• Northeastland Hotel 1-800-244-5321, 207-768-5321, 51 rooms
• Northern Lights Motel 207-764-4441, 14 rooms

Long Lake Area

(about 30 minutes north of New Sweden)

• Cozy Log Cabins, St. Agatha 207-543-6349
• Long Lake Motor Inn, St. Agatha 207-543-5006
• Ginny's Lakefront camping 207-543-9387
• Long Lake Camping 207-543-7563
• Long Lake Camps 207-543-6390
• Lakeview trailer sites 207-543-6331

Other locations

• Peggy's Bed and Breakfast, Limestone 207-325-4675
• Trafton Lake Campground, Limestone, 207-325-3439
• Malabeam Campground, Loring 207-328-4643
• Brookside Manor Motel, Van Buren 207-868-5158
• Rum Rapids Inn, Crouseville 207-455-8069

Lists

• mainerec.com a commercial web host; includes lodging.
• Do a lodging search at Caribou Chamber of Commerce.

Places to eat

Caribou

• Near East Kitchen , Bennett Drive,  207-493-7858
• Burger Boy, Sweden Street, 207-498-2291
• Burger King, Bennett Drive, 207-498-3500
• Cindy’s Sub Shop, Sweden Street, 207-498-6021
• Frederick’s South Side, South Main Street, 207-498-3464
• Greenhouse Restaurant, Rt. 1 & 164, 207-498-3733
• Houlton Farms Dairy (Ice Cream), Bennett Drive, 207-498-8911
• Jade Palace Restaurant, Skyway Plaza, Bennett Drive, 207-498-3648
• McDonald’s, Bennett Drive, 207-498-2181
• Ouellette’s Variety & Alice’s Bakery, 207-496-0402
• Par & Grill, Bennett Drive, 207-492-0988
• Pizza Hut, Bennett Drive, 207-498-8523
• Reno’s Family Restaurant, Sweden Street, 207-498-8559
• Subway, Bennett Drive, 207-493-4520
• The Gathering, Van Buren Rd. Rt. 1, 207-493-4567
• Tim Horton’s, Bennett Drive
  

Madawaska Lake

• Stan’s is gone. After 45 years, Stan has retired. We all miss him very much.
  

Stockholm

• Eureka Hall, Center of Town (reservations suggested), 207-896-3196

Stockholm

• July 4 , Swedish Pancake Breakfast. Berries and whipped cream; bean-hole beans. Yum!
• July 4, hotdogs and hamburgers lunch at the American Legion

New Sweden

• Northstar Variety, Rt. 161, 207-896-3239

Midsommar food

• Saturday: Breakfast- 5:30-9:00 AM Thomas Park- (Lutheran Men)
• Lunch- Hot Dogs, punch, ice cream Capitol School Grounds (MSC)
• Sandwiches, coffee Museum Grounds (NSHS)
• Supper- 5-5:30 Swedish Smorgasbord School- West Road (Covenant Women)
  
• 5-5:30 Family Swedish Supper Lutheran Church Svea Hall
• Sunday: Luncheon: 11:30 Thomas Park (NSHS)

How to get here

Thanks to Shelly Timber for these driving directions.

1. If you are south of New Sweden, Maine, get to Interstate 95 from wherever you are, Be prepared for tollbooths and turnoffs to stay on rte. 95 all the way north.
2. Take exit 302, "Houlton, Rte. 1." Turn left. (north)
3. Stay on rte. 1, through Presque Isle, all the way into Caribou. At the 2nd traffic light, turn left to stay on rte. 1 (after you turn, a Ford dealership will be on your right).
4. Continue for about 6 miles till you see the historical sign for the "Swedish Colony" on your left. Just after it, turn left onto Emond Rd.
5. Continue on this winding country road for about 4 miles. It will take you to New Sweden, and the Midsommar Festival will be on your right.

Maps

Colony Map from the Colony Guidebook. There are some miscellaneous maps on the links page. 

Please suggest a link to be included here. Send email to: Bill Duncan, duncan@ainop.com.

 

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