J.B. McConnell

Historical marker location:

Scarborough, Maine

( Marker can be reached from Sawyer Road, 0.1 miles north of U.S. 1, on the right when traveling north.)

Maine was once part of New France: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the area that is now Maine was part of New France, which was a French colony in North America that included parts of what are now the United States and Canada.