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Acadia National Park

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"The Founding of Acadia National Park George B. Dorr, Mount Desert Island, ca 1940 George Dorr said of Acadia National Park, "The spirit and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Green Mountain had been the site of a hotel since about 1866 when Daniel Brewer create a carriage trail to the top and built a hotel."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… of Mount Desert Island Introduction Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837 The granite mountains of Mount Desert Island have been a landmark…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… Cole-Will, Robyn King, and Maureen Fournier (Acadia National Park); Sydney Roberts Rockefeller (Great Harbor Maritime Museum); Catherine Schmidt…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"… this original website included: MDI High School, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Historical Society, the Jesup Memorial Library, Great Harbor…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… The Later Years Tilting Rock Pamphlet, Acadia National Park-Day Mountain, Seal Harbor, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… the road corridor from Brown Mountain gatehouse (Acadia National Park) to the entrance to Asticou at the junction of Routes 198 and 3."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"(William Otis Sawtelle Collection, Acadia National Park) X Clearly, Loring had special affection for Mount Desert Island, for he spent part of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… scenic vistas, and the exhilaration of vigorous mountain hikes. Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor, 1907Jesup Memorial Library Yet for all the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Rusticators Climbing Newport (Champlain) Mountain, 1886Abbe Museum Bar Harbor comes as near affording universal satisfaction to humanity’s…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… “not only for its accessibility and unrivalled mountain view but also for that quiet seclusion and freedom from disturbing influences which are…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… appearance to one at sea, as of seven or eight mountains extending along near each other. The summit of the most of them is destitute of trees, as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"…then came the settlers… Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837Maine Historical Society While exploring Mount Desert as a place “to carry on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… Trust to include another 100 acres on Eliot Mountain and the unique design and completion of the Asticou Azalea Garden."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… in Passamaquoddy), which translates to “range of mountains.” Rising sea levels over the past 10,000 years have flooded older village sites, but a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… than it is today: hike to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, view the sheer cliffs of the the island’s eastern shore, and visit the villages of Bar…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"Many of these visitors headed “downeast” towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island; some of them discovered Surry during their travels and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… the 1930s helping build the infrastructure for Acadia National Park. Odd Fellows Building, Blue Hill, ca."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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