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Bar Harbor's Grant Park
Jesup Memorial Library
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Bar Harbor's Grant Park
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BAR HARBOR S GRANT PARK by Gladys O'Neil It was love at first sight when Mrs. …had arrived in Bar Harbor in the summer of 1869 during a prolonged period of very foggy weather. …Grant had met Jock Darling, a woodsman from northern Hancock county, who came to Bar Harbor in the summer with his canoe to paddle people around the …an The building was remodeled attractive,modern hotel without using the Grant In 1950, the town was from the Bar Harbor Hotel.
The Shore Path by Rev. E.A. Garret
Aug.16 1990
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Path
  • Bar Harbor
The Shore Path by Rev. E.A. Garret
Aug.16 1990
Jesup Memorial Library
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…THE SHORE PATH The famous Shore Path at Bar Harbor has been mentioned many times in the literature about Bar Harbor; during the "Gilded Era" it was noted …E.A.Garret August 16, 1990 SHORE PATH PROPERTIES BAR HARBOR INN The Veazie cottage became the Oasis Club in 1881. …The inn is the property of a Bar Harbor resident. BALANCE ROCK INN Built for Alexander Maitland in 1902. …The present owners have another inn in Bar Harbor. BREAKWATER COTTAGE. John Innes Kane built this cottage in 1904.
The Village Green
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Bar Harbor
The Village Green
Jesup Memorial Library
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…THE VILLAGE GREEN in Bar Harbor wasn't always a park. …The Bar Harbor Record suggested that it be named Hamor Park, dedicated to Eben Hamor, one of the town's earliest citizens who had done so much for the …Silas Weir Mitchell suggested that the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association take some action to cleanup the property and make it more attractive …In 1945, the Town erected a large bulletin board on a grey granite ackground with the names of Bar Harbor men who served in World War II he design of the
Written in the Rocks
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Written in the Rocks
Jesup Memorial Library
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…Known as the Bar Harbor formation, these deposits roofed over the Ellsworth formation. …Geologists sometimes refer to the Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, and Cranberry Island formations as "weak" rock. …In still other places, the dispossessed stones and cobbles become gravel bars and shoals. …Bar Harbor was named for just such a bar, which connects it to Bar Island. Because the coast is young, sandy shores are rare.
Acadia's Memorial Paths
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Acadia's Memorial Paths
Jesup Memorial Library
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…Gladys O'Neil, a native of Bar Harbor, is curator at Kurt Dietrich s Climb which ascends the eastern the Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum. slope …He built The Turrets on Eden Street in Bar Harbor, now owned by College of the Atlantic. …T1 HE BATES MEMORIAL, the most impressive of all of these, was erected in 1911 by the summer residents of Bar Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors …to honor the former Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association president and chairman of their Paths Committee.
The Wild Gardens of Acadia
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Garden
  • Bar Harbor
The Wild Gardens of Acadia
Jesup Memorial Library
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…THE WILD GARDENS OF ACADIA A PROJECT OF THE BAR HARBOR GARDEN CLUB ACADIA NATIONAL PARK SIEUR DE MONTS SPRING BAR HARBOR, MAINE On the ,e^ as You enter …Harbor resident. …Harbor juniper, polypody fern, jack and pitch pines. …Hubler, then Superintendent of the Park, who invited the Bar Harbor Garden Club to undertake a project "to display and label native plant varieties for
All in the Family
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Garden
  • Bar Harbor
All in the Family
Jesup Memorial Library
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…As a boy Col lier had spent summers in Bar Harbor the most important town on the island and had continued the tradi tion with Betsy after their …Robert Patterson, an ar chitect and a former trustee of Reef Point, Farrand's own Bar Harbor garden, was one of those Collier learned from. …"Even today, with all the traffic along Route 3 [the main road into Bar Harbor, located near the house] and the changing character of the neighbor hood …Miss McCormick usually left New York around the first of May and stayed in Bar Har bor until early November.
Schoodic
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Schoodic
Jesup Memorial Library
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Bar
Harbor lies a dramatic corner of Acadia National Park that is also one of the last H of the great Down East fishing …For travelers who have explored Bar Harbor, Schoodic is a spectacular new place to discover. id the lobsterboats wake you at 4:30? …During the summer, a The laid-back pace is reflected in the ferry travels between peninsula s two towns, Winter Harbor Bar Harbor and Winter HarborBar Harbor has always had the really affluent people, and it was very rare that you d find a million-dollar home on this side of Frenchman s Bay other
Scuba Diving Information
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Scuba Diving Information
Jesup Memorial Library
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…The Mount Desert Island Hospital is located in Bar Harbor, and the 'phone number is 288-5081. …You can obtain air at Hayne's Garage in Northeast Harbor. Their phone number is 276-3773. Also try Harbor Divers in Bass Harbor. …Desert Island include the following: Bar Island 2 Hours either side of low tide, this Island is accessible via a gravel bar that connects the Island to …Bar Harbor.
Acadia
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Acadia
Jesup Memorial Library
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…Box 177 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (207) 288-3338 WELCOME TO ACADIA NATIONAL PARK! …Please write Chambers of Commerce: Bar Harbor, Maine 04609; Northeast Harbor, Maine 04662; or Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679; and for the Schoodic Peninsula …Bar Harbor Airlines flies to Bar Harbor Airport, 10 miles from Bar Harbor. …The towns of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, and Northeast Harbor have taxi service.
Welcome to Acadia National Park
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Welcome to Acadia National Park
Jesup Memorial Library
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…Please write or call: Chamber of Commerce, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, (207) 288-3393 summer or 1-800-288-5103 winter Bar Harbor Area Association (207) 288 …Commuter air service, Colgan Air, flies to Bar Harbor Airport, 10 miles from Bar Harbor. …The towns of Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, and Northeast Harbor have taxi service. …Box 177 Bar Harbor Maine 04609 (207) 288-3338 - voice/TDD 0 9/93
Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown
  • Vekasi - Jim Vekasi
  • 2006
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156


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Effects_of_the_1947_Fire.pdf
…However, as recorded in Bar Harbor or maintenance of the trails. …Norton had also been a member of the towards Hulls Cove and Bar Harbor and south over CCC trails crew at the Great [Long] Pond Camp. …For several years, Norm Walls and his crew divided their time between the NPS and the Bar Harbor VIA. …Path in Bar Harbor, a challenging task as the area was often hard-hit by winter storms.
Lake Wood Monument Foot Bridge Echo a Forgotten Past
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
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…According to Debbie Dyer, a curator with the Bar Harbor His ACCORDING to a recently newly uncovered monument, Lake Wood (right) at Acadia National Park …NEWS Photos by Kathy Harbour torical Society, the Schermer horn sisters were members of an aristocratic Bar Harbor family in the late 1800s and early …Married to the great grandson of John Jacob Astor, Anne and her husband John Innes Kane were early supporters of the Bar Harbor Association s paths com …The long-time curator of the Bar Harbor Historical Society, Gladys O Neil, remembered that Beatrix Farrand designed the foot bridge.
National Park Service News Release 4/1/87
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
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…Rangers at one of the following locations: Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, April April April April 4 11 18 25 Pine Tree Market, Northeast Harbor …Don s Shop N Save, Bar Harbor Doug's Shop N Save, Ellsworth Don s Shop *N Save, Bar Harbor 9AM 9AM 9AM 9AM - 1PM 3PM 3PM 3 PM In addition …The schedule follows: Wednesday, April 8 Malvern-Belmont Estates, Bar Harbor 11:30AM Lunch (for members of Bar Harbor Senior Citizens Club only) 12: …00 Noon Presentation of "Beaver Tales" 12:45PM Issuing of Golden Age Passports Wednesday, April 15 Ridge Apartments, Southwest Harbor 11:30AM Lunch
Acadia National Park Fact Sheet
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park Fact Sheet
Jesup Memorial Library
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…ACADIA NATIONAL PARK FACT SHEET \g/ P.O, Box 177 Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (207) 288-3338 1987 DATE ESTABLISHED: July 3, Feb. 26, Jan. 19, 1916 1919 …CAMPING INFORMATION: The two Park campgrounds are Blackwoods Campground, located 5 miles south of Bar Harbor on State Rt. #3, and Seawall Campground, located …Please write Chambers of Commerce: Bar Harbor, Maine 04609; Northeast Harbor, Maine 04662, or Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679, and for the Schoodic Peninsula …MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION: Bicycles: Rentals are available in Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor.
Acadia's Forgotten Lakes
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Acadia's Forgotten Lakes
Jesup Memorial Library
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…Located just a couple of miles up Route 233 from Bar Harbor, this particular pond has served for more than a century as the source of the tourist town's …Dorr, considered the father of Sieur de Monts National Monument and later Acadia National Park, joined the Bar Harbor Water Company and helped it buy up …Harbor wells in 1873. …Many of the roads are dirt, and it might take you a couple of hours to make it from Bar Harbor if you come through Southwest Harbor and Bass Harbor.
Gotts Island, Maine by Jane M. Holmes
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Places, Ocean
  • Holmes - Jane M. Holmes
  • 1953-02-08
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Gotts Island, Maine by Jane M. Holmes
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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2029-001.pdf
…Gotts Island lies one mile south of Bass Harbor Light at the end of Bass Harbor Bar, but it is three miles from the landing at Bass Harbor to the only …The third son married soon after and settled on Bar Island, now known as Little Gotts Island. …Here she lived all year around from 1910 to 1925, with occasional trips to Bar Harbor to visit relatives. …Many famous ministers took services while summering at Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor.
Carriage Path Bridge
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Carriage Path Bridge
Jesup Memorial Library
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…Jordan Pond - Seal Harbor Bridge This single arched bridge was completed in 1932. …Small Stone Bridge - Little Harbor Brook The Small Stone Bridge, path over Little Harbor other bridges along the deck twenty feet wide. with a stone and …In 1905 the Maine legislature passed a law barring automobiles from Mount Desert Island. …Many local residents opposed the legislature and by 1913 the public roads of the town of Bar Harbor were opened to automobiles.
Le Parc National Acadia, Ou Les Montagnes Rencontrent La Mer
Jesup Memorial Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
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…BOX 177 BAR HARBOR, MAINE 04609 LE PARC NATIONAL ACADIA, OU LES MONTAGNES RENCONTRENT LA MER Le pare national d Acadie a ete etabli pour preserver …Quelques chemins sont ouverts aux bicyclettes qu on peut louer a Bar Harbor. On peut aussi louer des chevaux a 1 Etable de Wildwood. …Bar Harbor attire les touristes; on peut avoir une variete d hotels et de divertissements. …Bass Harbor et Southwest Harbor, sur le cote* ouest de 1 ile, et Winter Harbor*a Schoodic, gardent la vraie atmosphere des villages de la cote du Maine
Difficulty Rating For Some of Acadia National Park's Common Hikes
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Acadia National Park
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…TRAIL VERY EASY (smooth path over level ground) SHORE PATH JORDAN POND NATURE TRAIL (self-guiding brochure available) CADILLAC 5UMMIT (paved) BAR ISLAND …(accessible P/2 hours either side of low tide) MOST CARRIAGE PATHS WONDERLAND EASY (uneven ground but fairly level) JORDAN POND LOOP TRAIL SHIP HARBOR …ROUND TRIP DISTANCE 3.6 miles Band Beach or Otter Point Parking Area Jordan Pond Parking Area O.S miles Cadillac Summit Parking Area Bridge Street, BarHarbor O.S miles Varies Good access at Jordan Pond, Bubble Pond and Eagle Lake Wonderland Parking Area, Route 102A Varies Jordan Pond Parking Area
Jordan Pond House: Nineteenth Century Dowager Moves Gracefully Into Today
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Acadia National Park
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…Seated at far right was Louene Peck, the Bar Harbor native and former Army nurse who was garden er lost season and, at age 70, was the oldest staff member …in the Acadia Corporation s four gift shops one at the Jordan Pond house, one at Cadillac mountain, one at Thunder Hole, and one on Main Street in BarHarbor, all scenes of heavy tourist stops. …Goodyear ruminates and leans back in the chair in his office above the Acadia gift shop on Bar Harbor s main street.
The Enchanted Isle: LaFayette National Park
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
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…OR generations Mount Desert and Bar Harbor have been Jl known exclusively as summer and fashion represented there and residents. …tour of exploration for Sieur de Monts, founder of Acadia, sailed his little craft into Frenchman s Bay and landed not far from the present site of BarHarbor on Mount Desert Island, a mile off the Maine coast. …The leaders in this magnificent Y 18 THE GREAT HARBOR OF MOUNT DESERT FROM CADILLAC MOUNTAIN 19 philanthropy were Dr. Charles W.
Frequently Asked Questions
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Frequently Asked Questions
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…The only dependable way to see whales here is to take the whalewatching boat cruise that operates from Northeast Harbor. …Framing prints are available in our sales area, and there are several stores in Bar Harbor that feature similar photos. …Hulls Cove General Store, or in Bar Harbor (most gas stations are on Cottage St.). Diesel is available from Fernald s in Somesville.
Chris's Pond: A Town's Memories are Etched in Ice
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Places
  • Lincoln - Nan Lincoln
  • 1989
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Lawlor - Chris Pond.pdf
…Chris's Pond: A Town's Memories Are Etched In Ice by Nan Lincoln The Bar Harbor Times - January, 12, 1989 A cherry-cheeked child skitters by, her bright …Skating on Chris's Pond has been a cherished winter memory for Southwest Harbor residents for decades. …In summer Chris Lawlor would drain the pond by pulling a plug, allowing the stagnant water to run down the hill into Southwest Harbor. …Uncle Bill Something else is different about the little pond on a hill overlooking Southwest Harbor.
Acadia National Park Group Camping Reservation Information
Jesup Memorial Library
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  • Acadia National Park
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…BOX 177 BAR HARBOR, MAINE 04609 Group camping is available at Blackwoods and Seawall Campgrounds.