The Not Truly Official Guide to Passamaquoddy: February

Passamaquoddy hosts numerous celebrations each year, and the event that kicks them all off is Verne Week. It's a wonderful celebration of the birth of french author "Jules Gabriel Verne" (February 8,1828–March 24,1905)

Verne is best known as a writer of science fiction. In the mid 1800's his vivid imagination produced such works as A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869–1870), Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) and The Mysterious Island (1875).

Many of the subjects Verne wrote about such as space, air, and underwater travel were decades away from becoming reality. He dared to think that if we can dream it then we can do it. A philosophy that would inspire inventive minds for years to come. Such thinking would leave its mark on another famous man known throughout Passamaquoddy, Walt Disney. In the mid 1900's through the medium of film the Walt Disney studios brought a number of Verne's works to the big screen. Here is a preview of one of our Disney favorites, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Following the trailer be sure to visit the links below to learn even more about Verne Week.