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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Garden Party at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935Mount Desert Island Historical Society The summer community bustled with leisure…"

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

"They would journey to Bar Harbor to see their town’s boys take on the Sea Siders. MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools…"

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

"Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor, 1907Jesup Memorial Library Yet for all the joys and solace of nature, some wanted more."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"Early Performance The Indian Village, Bar Harbor, ca. 1909Jesup Memorial Library Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… building materials? View South of Northeast Harbor From Asticou Brook, April 2013Northeast Harbor Library If so, we are fortunate to have…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… Bar Harbor Casino A Play at the Bar Harbor CasinoBar Harbor Historical Society Lillian Gish at the Bar Harbor PlayhouseNortheast…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"While in Bar Harbor, some went daily or weekly to Mass at St. Sylvia’s Church on Kebo Street. As reported in the Mount Desert Herald in 1882, Indians…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… Emily Manchester Savage, 1854Northeast Harbor Library Emily was a daughter within the 4th generation of the Manchester family of Northeast…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… Hunters Wabanaki guides with canoes, Bar Harbor, 1881Abbe Museum Many Wabanaki men at the Bar Harbor encampments made themselves available…"

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

"… eastern shore, and visit the villages of Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Somesville. The Logbooks Champlain Society Camp log, Mount Desert…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"… by Chief Asticou at Manchester Point (Northeast Harbor) by the entrance to Somes Sound. Adapted to the seasonal rhythms of the region, they…"

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

"… met the island’s “Indian Governor” near Southwest Harbor, “bought” land from him for a gallon of rum, and documented the deal on a piece of birch…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Nearby, the deep and protected harbor of Somes Sound provided a means of shipping goods to market. Mount Desert Island Historical Society But all…"

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

"… life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor. It is true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… do some people on the island.” She grew up in the Harbor village, and saw the daily stream of people gather at the steamboat wharf to collect the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"There were some near Scrag Island, some in Toothacher Cove and some at nearby Frenchboro. The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… nearby Frenchboro and McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount Desert Island) and returned to Swan’s Island in the evening."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Part of the Sweet Chariot tradition is to go out into the harbor once the windjammers have arrived, and serenade the passengers before coming ashore…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"… the 1930s, dories would be seen in and around the harbor fishing for lobster or trawling for fish in the 1940s and 1950s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"… safely get their sails up and maneuver out of the harbor. Moving granite from the quarry to the dock, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… to bring the mail daily from Rockland to Old Harbor This is a much more direct route than when it went by the way of Tremont and thence by stage to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"The ferry service operates out of Bass Harbor for convenience, and the current boat, Captain Henry Lee, can carry up to seventeen vehicles and makes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"They arrived separately in Chebacco boats in the summer of 1761 and settled along the Sound. Somes built a log cabin along the shore in what is now…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"The island harbors were shaped by fishing, with boat building, cooper’s shops, processing plants, and chandleries."