Embark Maine Tours

Embark Maine Tours Embark Maine Tours offers walking tours of historic Bath, Maine, immersing visitors in 400+ years

Today, I am grateful to live, teach, volunteer and have a small business in a city and a state with people who care abou...
01/20/2025

Today, I am grateful to live, teach, volunteer and have a small business in a city and a state with people who care about history and its influence on the present and future.

This month I had the chance to speak to the Bath City Council and present a check for $350 to go toward the upkeep of Oa...
12/31/2024

This month I had the chance to speak to the Bath City Council and present a check for $350 to go toward the upkeep of Oak Grove Cemetery. I so appreciate the support of all in the city for all the tours and the business, but Oak Grove is a special case. Though beloved and cared for by many, it doesn’t have a deep well of supporters/benefactors. I made a choice that five dollars from every tour ticket sold would go to the cemetery. Regulations require that the City Council formally “accept” - thank you to the city council for helping to make this happen. I was also invited to speak at the Rotary Club’s weekly lunch at (the historic) and though I generally knew, I was blown away by how much Rotary does to strengthen our city. I was able to tell them a true story which is whenever we run into my students on a tour, if possible I pause and ask my students to tell the tour participants what it’s like to be a kid growing up in Bath, Maine. Without fail, they always say how much they love it and the reasons why are because of the our businesses and organizations like the Rotary working to make it such a special place.

What a magical “starry night” with an assist from - whoa and wow under a full moon too!
12/15/2024

What a magical “starry night” with an assist from - whoa and wow under a full moon too!

The dreaded “will not arrive until after Christmas” season has arrived. You have one solution - ! Gift cards and holid...
12/15/2024

The dreaded “will not arrive until after Christmas” season has arrived. You have one solution - ! Gift cards and holiday tours available!

So much fun downtown today!
12/15/2024

So much fun downtown today!

12/07/2024

Recognize that owl??? 🦉🦉🦉

Support local by giving the gift of a local EXPERIENCE! On our website you can gift any of our history focused walking t...
11/30/2024

Support local by giving the gift of a local EXPERIENCE! On our website you can gift any of our history focused walking tours, or a cash amount so your recipient can choose. And if you want to tour now (i.e. “off season”) just contact Meg and we can make that happen too! https://www.embarkmainetours.com/giftcards

Thankful for recorded history, a preserved built environment and you!
11/28/2024

Thankful for recorded history, a preserved built environment and you!

11/23/2024

Local friends - this is a wonderful way to de-clutter and add joy to the lives of our local students and families. My students will be able to “shop” for their families at school. Thank you Bath Elementary PTA for adding FMS this year!

Visiting friends and family? Want to show off the most beautiful and historic coastal city in Maine? Contact us to book ...
11/22/2024

Visiting friends and family? Want to show off the most beautiful and historic coastal city in Maine? Contact us to book your private tour. Pick your topic: downtown Bath, Washington Street neighborhood, Oak Grove Cemetery, or Women’s History. $125 for up to six people and only $10 for each additional person. Let me take your group on a 90+ minute, personal guided tour - a memorable experience for the holiday. Contact Meg at [email protected]

The Winter Street Church’s 1864 Italianate-style parish hall - designed by Francis Fassett. The lights are on for the 20...
11/22/2024

The Winter Street Church’s 1864 Italianate-style parish hall - designed by Francis Fassett. The lights are on for the 2024 Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. board meeting. SPI is the caretaker of this historic building in Bath, Maine.

Gift cards and private tours available through the holidays. Family visiting? A thank you for house sitters? Hard to ple...
11/18/2024

Gift cards and private tours available through the holidays. Family visiting? A thank you for house sitters? Hard to please history lovers in your life? As long as the weather forecast allows (and it seems to allow these days!) - we can tour! Just contact Meg to narrow down a date, time and topic. Bath is beautiful (as always) but especially for the holidays.

Local friends and all fans of Bath, Maine’s historic Winter Street Church…Please join me in supporting Sagadahoc Preserv...
11/15/2024

Local friends and all fans of Bath, Maine’s historic Winter Street Church…Please join me in supporting Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. with a year-end gift. SPI led the way in saving Bath’s historic built environment and is continuing the work today. Go to sagadahocpresevationinc.org/donate to make a gift.

Veterans buried or memorialized at private (or in the case of Oak Grove - city-owned) cemeteries may request a governmen...
11/11/2024

Veterans buried or memorialized at private (or in the case of Oak Grove - city-owned) cemeteries may request a government issued grave marker. Thomas Hyde’s is upright marble. John Huse’s is flat marble. Both list - as required - their legal name, branch of service, year of birth and death. Other (optional) information included are details about their war service, awards and highest rank. Huse’s has many abbreviations - SS - AM (Silver Star - Air Military) and OLC - PH (Oak Leaf Cluster - Purple Heart). John Huse was Bath’s first casualty of World War ll. Thomas Hyde volunteered for the Union during the Civil War. Awarded the Medal of Honor for his action at Antietam, he mustered out in 1865 a Brigadier General, only 24 years old. He founded Bath Iron Works in 1884.

An absolutely delightful final scheduled tour of the season. Mostly history-loving locals and a young couple from out we...
11/10/2024

An absolutely delightful final scheduled tour of the season. Mostly history-loving locals and a young couple from out west here for a class … so *now* that’s a wrap! Unless you want to tour with visiting family or friends this holiday season. Get a group together - if the weather is manageable, we can tour! Just contact us … gift cards available too! 🎁

Being with history lovers and learning in community is a splendid way to spend an hour or two any time but especially no...
11/08/2024

Being with history lovers and learning in community is a splendid way to spend an hour or two any time but especially now. Join us for our last scheduled tour of the season. Book online or if the $15 cost is holding you back for any reason, just message me for a promo code and you will be my guest. ❤️ $5 from every tour ticket sold goes to support this beautiful place.

That’s a wrap! (Sort of!) Two school colleagues joined in our final scheduled Oak Grove Cemetery tour - these 5th grade ...
11/03/2024

That’s a wrap! (Sort of!) Two school colleagues joined in our final scheduled Oak Grove Cemetery tour - these 5th grade teachers work nonstop so it was a true honor and delight. It was a lovely day but with the time change and the fact that we had to reschedule our start time due to a conflict with a funeral, we will likely be adding one more date this weekend. Stay tuned!

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New Tour! Oak Grove Cemetery in Bath, Maine - sign up for our newsletter to join the inaugural tour for FREE (Oct 14th at 4pm) - learn more and see all dates on our website embarkmainetours.com #mainehistory #walkingtour #cemeterytour

Tours this week! Not quite the #Olympics 🏅but an epic journey through time in Bath, Maine the City of Ships! Book online for any of our scheduled tours or contact us for a private custom tour, including a “car tour” where you drive, I narrate - perfect for mobility impaired. Also #walkingandboattourcombo 🚤👟- contact us or visit our website to learn more. https://www.embarkmainetours.com/

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Ready for a break from the beach? Learn about Maine history while touring charming, historic Bath, Maine - the City of Ships.

Join us on tour in historic, charming Bath, Maine this week- the City of Ships! Visiting family? History buffs? Love beautiful houses? Looking for some inspiration from the past or just want to shake the summer up a bit? There’s something for everyone! Learn more and book at our website. #bathmaine #walkingtour #mainehistory https://www.embarkmainetours.com/

Welcome to Bath, Maine American Cruise Lines ! Just a bunch of ships hanging out on the Kennebec, like they have for hundreds of years… 😎 #cityofships #mainehistory #mainevacation #usnavy

Lovely weekend ahead- join us on a history focused walking tour in the #cityofships #maine #coastalmaine #mainehistory #travelmaine#mainevacation #MemorialDayWeekend

This week! Join us via Zoom as we uncover women’s history right here in Bath. This is *not* your typical history lecture. 😎 Wednesday at 530 ET - register in advance. https://www.embarkmainetours.com/womenshistory

Join us next week for our “Hands on History” workshop - for Women’s History Month and in support of the Maine Women’s Lobby Education Fund. Learn more and register here https://www.embarkmainetours.com/womenshistory

Congrats Sheila! Thank you to all who participated!!! ❤️

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