Lecture: The Pinnace Virginia, Maine' First Ship

On Tues., October 21, 2025, 6:30pm - Matt Blazek, the education director of the organization Maine’s First Ship, will offer a presentation about the pinnace Virginia. The Virginia was the first ship crafted in British North America. She was built at the Popham Colony, at the mouth of the Kennebec River, in the winter of 1607-1608. Maine’s First Ship completed a reproduction of the vessel in 2022. Today they offer excursions aboard the vessel and educate the public about the ship and the history around it at their riverfront museum in Bath. Free for current Society members; admission for non-members is $20. Lecture will be held in the Casco Bay room of the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road.