Contributed by Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society
Description
The barracks at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp (CCC) in Bar Harbor on the Eagle Lake Road. It was one of two camps on Mount Desert Island.
Originally called the Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Act, on March 9, 1933 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called 73rd Congress into Emergency Session to hear and authorize his program.
It was designed to bring together what was considered wasted resources, young men and the land. These young men would work in National and State Parks to revitalize the forests and landscape that made up the parks.
About This Item
- Title: Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Bar Harbor, 1940
- Creation Date: 1940
- Subject Date: 1940
- Location: Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Collection: Bob Leland Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Mount Desert Island (Me.)
- Dormitories--Maine--Bar Harbor
- Acadia National Park (Me.)
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--Facilities--Maine--Bar Harbor
- Work camps--Maine--Bar Harbor
- Beds
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For more information about this item, contact:
Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society, Trenton, ME 04605
(207) 276-5305
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