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
Description: 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]
Descripsion Des Costs & Isles De La Nouvelle France, Faict et Observes par Le Sr. de Champlain - 1607 "This unique exploration document, originally intended for presentation to the king of France, was compiled by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), founder of New France. One of the great cartographic treasures of America, it provides the first thorough delineation of the New England and Canadian coast from Cape Sable to Cape Cod. It shows Port Royal; Frenchman's Bay; the St. John, St. Croix, Penobscot, and Kennebec Rivers; and many offshore islands--including Mount Desert, which Champlain himself named. The place names and coast line correspond closely to Champlain's narrative in his Voyages, published in 1613." - “Samuel de Champlain’s 1607 Map,” Library of Congress site, 07/27/2010, Accessed online 11/24/13; http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html
Description: Descripsion Des Costs & Isles De La Nouvelle France, Faict et Observes par Le Sr. de Champlain - 1607 "This unique exploration document, originally intended for presentation to the king of France, was compiled by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), founder of New France. One of the great cartographic treasures of America, it provides the first thorough delineation of the New England and Canadian coast from Cape Sable to Cape Cod. It shows Port Royal; Frenchman's Bay; the St. John, St. Croix, Penobscot, and Kennebec Rivers; and many offshore islands--including Mount Desert, which Champlain himself named. The place names and coast line correspond closely to Champlain's narrative in his Voyages, published in 1613." - “Samuel de Champlain’s 1607 Map,” Library of Congress site, 07/27/2010, Accessed online 11/24/13; http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr009.html [show more]
Robinson Mountain had been renamed Acadia Mountain in 1918, but was called Robinson Mountain by people who lived on Mount Desert Island for many years.
Description: Robinson Mountain had been renamed Acadia Mountain in 1918, but was called Robinson Mountain by people who lived on Mount Desert Island for many years.
See “Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island” by Dean Lawrence Lunt, 1999 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation Maine” by Vivian Lunt, 1976 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation: The First Hundred Years” by Vivian Lunt, 1980
Description: See “Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island” by Dean Lawrence Lunt, 1999 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation Maine” by Vivian Lunt, 1976 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation: The First Hundred Years” by Vivian Lunt, 1980