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| George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-05-04 George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park.pdf …Dorr has been called the "Father of Acadia National Park." Appropriately so. …Dorr was among the original founders of the HCTPR in 1901and its incorporators in 1903. …Thus in 1929, upon Dorr's suggestion, the Park's name changed from Lafayette to Acadia. Dorr, who was six feet tall and blue-eyed, never married. …A simple memorial stone was placed at the Dorr family lot in Mount Auburn Cemetery. |