Maine Memory Network

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

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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"1890 Men at work in Hall Quarry. Stone from Mount Desert Island was loaded directly onto boats in the deep water of Somes Sound and shipped to cities…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"It included all of Mount Desert Island, as well as the Cranberries and Bartlett's and some smaller islands."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Former state senator and Mount Desert High School star, Dennis Damon…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite quarry, Mount Desert, c.1890Maine Granite Industry Historical Society The quarrying industry Maine's coastal granite quarries were in a good…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… whose community was as tinder dry as Mount Desert Island. Fortunately Surry had no major problems, but the citizens who had been so worried that…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip away towards Bangor and Mount Desert Island. Next Page"

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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