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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13120Longfellow Park
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
13203Balance Rock
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Bar Harbor
3715Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
One of the thousands of camps set up by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corp program during the great depression. The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941. The men who worked at the camp were integral to the early development of the trail system in Acadia National Park. “The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks continued. An aerial photo dated September 5, 1933 shows four barracks buildings and four service buildings in place. Officers quarters, dispensary and living quarters for the commanding officer were added later. The last two were of log construction. The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond]. This was near Acadia National Park lands where most of the work-projects took place. This park being one of the National Park System came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Consequently the Department of the Interior controlled the employees and type of work projects carried out on the ground. This was a typical 200 man camp. All enrollees were Maine residents. Familial relationships were scarce but for most living conditions were a great improvement over depression years living conditions at home. Living conditions, discipline and in-camp activities were the concern of the U.S. Army…” – Fred E. Holt, former forest commissioner - “In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine (1933-1942) - A Pictorial History” by Jon A. Schlenker, Norman A. Wetherington and Austin H. Wilkins, published by the University of Maine at Augusta Press, 1988, p. 67-70
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One of the thousands of camps set up by President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corp program during the great depression. The Great Pond Camp in Southwest Harbor operated from 1933-1941. The men who worked at the camp were integral to the early development of the trail system in Acadia National Park. “The Southwest Harbor camp was opened about May, 1933 with enrollees erecting and living in tents while construction of the roll roofing covered barracks continued. An aerial photo dated September 5, 1933 shows four barracks buildings and four service buildings in place. Officers quarters, dispensary and living quarters for the commanding officer were added later. The last two were of log construction. The camp was located at the height of ground on the west side of the road leading from Southwest Harbor village to the south end of Great Pond [Long Pond]. This was near Acadia National Park lands where most of the work-projects took place. This park being one of the National Park System came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Consequently the Department of the Interior controlled the employees and type of work projects carried out on the ground. This was a typical 200 man camp. All enrollees were Maine residents. Familial relationships were scarce but for most living conditions were a great improvement over depression years living conditions at home. Living conditions, discipline and in-camp activities were the concern of the U.S. Army…” – Fred E. Holt, former forest commissioner - “In the Public Interest: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Maine (1933-1942) - A Pictorial History” by Jon A. Schlenker, Norman A. Wetherington and Austin H. Wilkins, published by the University of Maine at Augusta Press, 1988, p. 67-70 [show more]
13666Mount Desert Rock and Light Station
  • Reference
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Frenchboro
  • Mount Desert Rock
14358Carroll Hill Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
  • Reference
  • Places, Cemetery
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 31 Main Street
Carroll Hill Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery
15909Smuggler’s Den Campground
  • Reference
  • Places, Camp
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Main Street
Charles Wallace Birlem and Ben Conley Worcester Jr. built Smuggler's Den Campground on Carroll's Hill, eventually carving out 110 lots. It was sold to Annabellle Dam Worcester after Charles Wallace Birlem’s death 12/6/1976.
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Charles Wallace Birlem and Ben Conley Worcester Jr. built Smuggler's Den Campground on Carroll's Hill, eventually carving out 110 lots. It was sold to Annabellle Dam Worcester after Charles Wallace Birlem’s death 12/6/1976.
15876The Shore Path - Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Bar Harbor
15875Baker Island Dance Floor
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
The Baker Island “Dance Floor,” is a series of huge flat slabs of granite found on the south shore, where area-islanders would hold dances on warm summer evenings. Many visitors come here for an “off the beaten path” experience and because of its unique and pleasant setting. “I believe the Thorpe family was instrumental in forming a corporation to purchase a plot of land on Baker’s Island where the dance floor ledges are located to protect the site. When the tremendous sea during a violent storm moved and tipped the large flat rocks out of place a crew of men was sent out to jack them back level.” – The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Fisheries of Cranberry Island Chapter
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The Baker Island “Dance Floor,” is a series of huge flat slabs of granite found on the south shore, where area-islanders would hold dances on warm summer evenings. Many visitors come here for an “off the beaten path” experience and because of its unique and pleasant setting. “I believe the Thorpe family was instrumental in forming a corporation to purchase a plot of land on Baker’s Island where the dance floor ledges are located to protect the site. When the tremendous sea during a violent storm moved and tipped the large flat rocks out of place a crew of men was sent out to jack them back level.” – The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Fisheries of Cranberry Island Chapter [show more]
14731John Clark House - Freeman House Hotel - Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips House
  • Reference
  • Places, Address
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
1st - The site of the John Clark House – built circa 1825 2nd - The Clark house was subsumed into the Freeman House Hotel - circa 1861-1863 3rd - The Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips House was built on the site. - 1900
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1st - The site of the John Clark House – built circa 1825 2nd - The Clark house was subsumed into the Freeman House Hotel - circa 1861-1863 3rd - The Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips House was built on the site. - 1900
13879Dog Mountain
St. Sauveur Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
Dog Mountain
St. Sauveur Mountain
15872Jordan Mountain
Penobscot Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Mount Desert
Jordan Mountain
Penobscot Mountain
15871Norumbega Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
3499Great Head
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Acadia National Park
  • Great Head
Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years.
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Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years. [show more]
15870Eliot Mountain
Asticou Hill
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Eliot Mountain
Asticou Hill
13734Flying Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Acadia National Park
  • Flying Mountain
3504Echo Lake
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Acadia National Park
  • Echo Lake
Echo Lake is located on the western side of Mount Desert Island. The lake is a popular swimming area and is surrounded by hiking trails on the nearby mountains.
Description:
Echo Lake is located on the western side of Mount Desert Island. The lake is a popular swimming area and is surrounded by hiking trails on the nearby mountains.
13240Eagle Lake
  • Reference
  • Places, Lake
  • Acadia National Park
  • Eagle Lake
13235Duck Brook
  • Reference
  • Places, Stream
  • Acadia National Park
  • Duck Brook
13091Anemone Cave
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Acadia National Park
  • Schooner Head
15548The Memorials of Acadia
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • Acadia National Park
From 2012 to 2017, Don Lenahan of Bar Harbor, Maine wrote blog posts about the people, geography, and history of Acadia National Park. Those posts are preserved here as PDF files to ensure that they are never lost. No part of the posts may be reproduced without the author's permission. Click the links below to read Don's blog or purchase his iBook.
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From 2012 to 2017, Don Lenahan of Bar Harbor, Maine wrote blog posts about the people, geography, and history of Acadia National Park. Those posts are preserved here as PDF files to ensure that they are never lost. No part of the posts may be reproduced without the author's permission. Click the links below to read Don's blog or purchase his iBook.
15579Unexpected Finds in a National Park
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2014-04-21
15552The Van Santvoord Trail - a Hiking Enigma
  • Reference
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2012-05-16
15592The Seal Harbor Shore Path
  • Reference
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2015-08-14
15583The Return of a Restored Beloved Memorial
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2014-07-31
15571The Pulpits of Acadia
  • Reference
  • Places, Park
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2013-07-11