Season 4, Episode 2: Lifesaving and the Establishment of the Local Coast Guard
Air Date: March 9, 2023
Host: Jenna Jandreau
Jenna Jandreau offers a history of the establishment of the Coast Guard, first on Little Cranberry Island, then on MDI. Jenna highlights some of the historic items, photographs, and oral histories that informed her research, and the people that emerged from history: Calvin and Edna Alley, Captain Franklin Leslie Stanley, the Gilleys of Baker Island, Gilbert Hadlock, Wendell Hadlock, Emily Phillips Reynolds, and Buzzy Beal.
About Our Guest
Jenna Jandreau is Communications and Engagement Manager at MDI Historical Society, working remotely from her home in Maine’s Saint John Valley. Jenna’s career in non-profits is a patchwork of writing, editing, program planning, designing, interpreting, and educating for museums, literacy organizations, and more. She is most content when chasing a historical lead, camping with her husband, or eating peanut butter ice cream.
Chebacco articles by Jenna Jandreau
- Always Ready, No Matter What: Lifesaving and the Establishment of the Coast Guard on MDI (2023)
Previous Chebacco Chat appearances
- Season 3, Episode 6: The Isle of Mount Deserted: Pleasures and Amenities of Life at Bar Harbor in 1920, after the Automobile Invasion. A prophecy. by Arthur Train.
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