The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934.
Description: The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934.
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]
Description: “Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887.
Goudy’s Point is the name of an area on Grand Lake Stream in Washington County, Maine. Grand Lake Stream connects West Grand Lake and Big Lake in the St. Croix River watershed. “Think of it. Three and a half miles of gravel-bottom runs punctuated by a 10-foot fall, a number of clattering rapids, occasional pools, and the rocky point where Curt Goudy of American Sportsman fame would fish [for landlocked salmon] all day.” – “Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams” by John Ross, p. 9, 2005.
Description: Goudy’s Point is the name of an area on Grand Lake Stream in Washington County, Maine. Grand Lake Stream connects West Grand Lake and Big Lake in the St. Croix River watershed. “Think of it. Three and a half miles of gravel-bottom runs punctuated by a 10-foot fall, a number of clattering rapids, occasional pools, and the rocky point where Curt Goudy of American Sportsman fame would fish [for landlocked salmon] all day.” – “Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams” by John Ross, p. 9, 2005. [show more]