Destination Katahdin!

Historical marker location:

1605 Millinocket Lake Road, Millinocket, Maine

( Marker is on Millinocket Lake Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2019

Thoreau, Roosevelt and you.

Maine was the site of the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history: The worst maritime disaster in U.S. history occurred off the coast of Maine in 1914, when the passenger ship SS Eastland capsized, killing 844 people. The disaster was caused by overcrowding and instability due to design flaws.