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10986	Morris Yachts Boat Shed and Head of the Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine - After 1972	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Places, Harbor			1972 after	Southwest Harbor		The Boat Shed is the beige building on the right across the harbor.	Morris Yachts Boat Shed and Head of the Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine - After 1972 Item: 10986 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Places, Harbor Date: 1972 after Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley Description: The Boat Shed is the beige building on the right across the harbor.
11024	The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset Boat Sheds from the Water - Janusary 12, 1944	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Places, Shore	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1944-01-12	Southwest Harbor, Manset			The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset Boat Sheds from the Water - Janusary 12, 1944 Item: 11024 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Places, Shore Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1944-01-12 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
15361	Winter View of the Underwood Factory in Bass Harbor from Bernard	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business Places, Harbor	Soules - George John Soules		2014-02-19	Tremont, Bass Harbor		The cannery was housed in the brick building at left (now Hopkins Landing condominiums).	Winter View of the Underwood Factory in Bass Harbor from Bernard Item: 15361 Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business Places, Harbor Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 2014-02-19 Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor State: ME Tags: lobster boat, zoomable, harbor, winter Description: The cannery was housed in the brick building at left (now Hopkins Landing condominiums).
9464	Clark Point from J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business Places, Harbor	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1953-09-25	Southwest Harbor			Clark Point from J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor Item: 9464 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business Places, Harbor Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1953-09-25 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
16482	Addison Packing Company	Image, Art, Painting	Businesses, Cannery Business Places, Harbor	Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)						Addison Packing Company Item: 16482 Accession #: 1095 Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business Places, Harbor Creator: Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983) State: ME Source: Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
13784	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Camp				Mount Desert	1281 Main Street (Route 102)	"Beginning with the history of the houses of Somesville at the southern end of the settlement on the road to Southwest Harbor: there are several camps and cottages built in recent years around the shores of Echo Lake. Ernest Richardson has built two on the western side, Rolf Motz built a cottage close to the road on the eastern shore which he sold in 1935 to Mrs. O. C. Nutting. There are several others which have been owned by different people, and Ernest Richardson has a store and some overnight camps built in 1935-6 close to the road." – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 257. For some time Ernest was in business with his friend Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) [O.C. Nutting] with whom he went hunting and fishing. "There are several small houses on the right side of the road [on the eastern shore of Echo Lake], owned by people who have been employed by Nutting and Richardson in their lumbering operations. This firm operated a portable saw mill in this vicinity for a few years." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 258.	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Item: 13784 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Camp Place: Mount Desert State: ME Address: 1281 Main Street (Route 102) Description: "Beginning with the history of the houses of Somesville at the southern end of the settlement on the road to Southwest Harbor: there are several camps and cottages built in recent years around the shores of Echo Lake. Ernest Richardson has built two on the western side, Rolf Motz built a cottage close to the road on the eastern shore which he sold in 1935 to Mrs. O. C. Nutting. There are several others which have been owned by different people, and Ernest Richardson has a store and some overnight camps built in 1935-6 close to the road." – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 257. For some time Ernest was in business with his friend Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) [O.C. Nutting] with whom he went hunting and fishing. "There are several small houses on the right side of the road [on the eastern shore of Echo Lake], owned by people who have been employed by Nutting and Richardson in their lumbering operations. This firm operated a portable saw mill in this vicinity for a few years." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 258. [show more]
9312	Abel's Lobster Pound, Bernard, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore			1930 c.	Tremont, Bernard		The gambrel roofed cottage just visible at the far right was the summer home of Paul Shields and his family. The cottage is at 41 Gunlow Road, Richtown, Maine - Map 3 - Lot 73 A.	Abel's Lobster Pound, Bernard, Maine Item: 9312 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore Date: 1930 c. Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Source: Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Description: The gambrel roofed cottage just visible at the far right was the summer home of Paul Shields and his family. The cottage is at 41 Gunlow Road, Richtown, Maine - Map 3 - Lot 73 A.
11534	View from the Moorings Restaurant	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore		Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine	1961	Southwest Harbor			View from the Moorings Restaurant Item: 11534 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore Publisher: Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine Date: 1961 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
11304	Echo Vista Restaurant and Beech Cliff on Echo Lake	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Lake		Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine	1952 c.	Mount Desert			Echo Vista Restaurant and Beech Cliff on Echo Lake Item: 11304 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Lake Publisher: Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine Date: 1952 c. Place: Mount Desert State: ME
5533	Main Street Looking North Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business Places, Town			1896 c.	Southwest Harbor		Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building.	Main Street Looking North Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left. Item: 5533 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business Places, Town Date: 1896 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building. [show more]
16251	W. H. Ward Store Before 1884	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cyanotype	Businesses, Store Business Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf				Southwest Harbor, Manset	55 Shore Road	The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward.	W. H. Ward Store Before 1884 Item: 16251 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cyanotype Subject: Businesses, Store Business Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 55 Shore Road Source: The Ward Family Collection Description: The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward.
7405	The Horse Show at Robin Hood Park	Image, Photograph	Events Places				Bar Harbor			The Horse Show at Robin Hood Park Item: 7405 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events Places Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Tags: horse, people
5391	First Corps Cadets on Parade on State Street, Boston	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1892-07-16	Boston MA		Western Union Telegraph Company is shown on left.	First Corps Cadets on Parade on State Street, Boston Item: 5391 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-07-16 Place: Boston MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: Western Union Telegraph Company is shown on left.
14981	Waiting for the Parade	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	Events Places, Town	Soules - George John Soules		2015-07-18	Southwest Harbor		This photograph was taken looking south on Main Street	Waiting for the Parade Item: 14981 Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: Events Places, Town Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 2015-07-18 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: This photograph was taken looking south on Main Street
5054	Chelsea Fire Ruins from Bellingham Hill	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA			Chelsea Fire Ruins from Bellingham Hill Item: 5054 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
5250	Chelsea Fire Ruins	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA		View from the railroad station.	Chelsea Fire Ruins Item: 5250 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: View from the railroad station.
5552	Main Street Looking North to the Library	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire Places, Town Structures, Civic, Library			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.	Main Street Looking North to the Library Item: 5552 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Structures, Civic, Library Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
5948	Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Agnes R.		1939-01-28	Southwest Harbor			Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor Item: 5948 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Agnes R. Date: 1939-01-28 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
12775	Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003	Publication, Literary, Article	Events, Fire Places, Hiking Trail	Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown Vekasi - Jim Vekasi		2006			Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156	Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003 Item: 12775 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Events, Fire Places, Hiking Trail Creator: Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown Vekasi - Jim Vekasi Date: 2006 Description: Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156
13121	The Washington Elm	Reference	Nature, Plants Places, City				Boston MA area, Cambridge			The Washington Elm Item: 13121 Type: Reference Subject: Nature, Plants Places, City Place: Boston MA area, Cambridge State: MA
14992	Harding's Wharf	Image, Photograph	Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf	Soules - George John Soules		1977	Tremont, Bernard		William "Bill" Harding's boat the Martha David is visible next to the dock.	Harding's Wharf Item: 14992 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 1977 Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Description: William "Bill" Harding's boat the Martha David is visible next to the dock.
13332	The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island	Reference	Object, Other Object Places, Shore				Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island		The huge 11 ton boulder the local fishermen called “The Boiler” had been lodged in the mud just off Fish Point at the entrance to the Pool or harbor on Great Cranberry Island. The Pool, a good sheltered harbor for schooners, is shallow with a 2-foot draft at low tide, rising to an 8 to 10 foot draft when the tide is in. Vessels kept in the Pool were deep draft vessels and only came in and went out at high tide. There was an area called the "Deep Hole" in the Pool where six or more vessels could anchor. “The Boiler,” about 6 feet wide and 4 feet above the bottom, was not visible when the tide was in and, therefore, a hazard to navigation in the narrow channel. It was called "The Boiler" because the water "boiled" around it when the tide came and went. Samuel Newman Bulger (1835-1919) caught his boat on it one time. Enoch Boynton Stanley (1820-1903), “Uncle Jimmy’s” father, told Sam to turn his vessel around and it would come off the rock. The tide came in, the boat spun around and floated off the rock. Ralph Warren Stanley remembers his great uncle, Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957), William Doane “Uncle Jimmy” Stanley’s brother, telling him about the enormous effort it took to move “The Boiler.” “First the group of men went out on several low drain tides to dig around the rock to break the suction. When they finally got enough dug away, they put an iron eye bolt into the rock, put a big log across two dories and tied a line to the rock. When the tide came in it sank both dories. They worked for months on the project. Next time they tried to move ‘the boiler’ they used four dories and just barely floated the rock. The dories were down to the gunnels. With a line on the dories, eight or nine men stood on the shore where they wanted it and hauled it hand over hand about 80 yards toward them, but before the rock reached its destination, the eyebolt [which had been welted into the top of the rock] came out and the dories popped out of the water. They just left the rock there where it sank on the north side of the Stanley wharf (E.B. Stanley & Sons - the Stanley wharf - on the map - now gone). ‘The Boiler’ is still there. “William D. Stanley and others have at last accomplished their long cherished wish to remove the rock designated as “the Boiler” from the channel near the Fish Point. After much hard labor, they succeeded, by the help of 4 dories in raising, floating and dragging it across to the flats, owned by the late Capt. John Stanley, when it struck a rock and in hauling on it caused the welted iron bolts to pull out, and “the Boiler” was anchored somewhat sooner than had been bargained for, but as it is now safely landed it will probably be allowed to remain where it is. It is very doubtful if any further attempt will be made to change its position, and as it is estimated to weigh 11 tons, it will be the cause of much comment for years to come. Wm. D. Stanley is very elated the he with a few others, should have accomplished the feat of removing the rock, which during the last 140 years has been in the way, and a menace to all boats coming in and going out from all parts of the creek, and they are to be congratulated for having removed the dangerous obstruction.” The Bar Harbor Record, February 23, 1900 - Cranberry Island.	The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island Item: 13332 Type: Reference Subject: Object, Other Object Places, Shore Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island State: ME Description: The huge 11 ton boulder the local fishermen called “The Boiler” had been lodged in the mud just off Fish Point at the entrance to the Pool or harbor on Great Cranberry Island. The Pool, a good sheltered harbor for schooners, is shallow with a 2-foot draft at low tide, rising to an 8 to 10 foot draft when the tide is in. Vessels kept in the Pool were deep draft vessels and only came in and went out at high tide. There was an area called the "Deep Hole" in the Pool where six or more vessels could anchor. “The Boiler,” about 6 feet wide and 4 feet above the bottom, was not visible when the tide was in and, therefore, a hazard to navigation in the narrow channel. It was called "The Boiler" because the water "boiled" around it when the tide came and went. Samuel Newman Bulger (1835-1919) caught his boat on it one time. Enoch Boynton Stanley (1820-1903), “Uncle Jimmy’s” father, told Sam to turn his vessel around and it would come off the rock. The tide came in, the boat spun around and floated off the rock. Ralph Warren Stanley remembers his great uncle, Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957), William Doane “Uncle Jimmy” Stanley’s brother, telling him about the enormous effort it took to move “The Boiler.” “First the group of men went out on several low drain tides to dig around the rock to break the suction. When they finally got enough dug away, they put an iron eye bolt into the rock, put a big log across two dories and tied a line to the rock. When the tide came in it sank both dories. They worked for months on the project. Next time they tried to move ‘the boiler’ they used four dories and just barely floated the rock. The dories were down to the gunnels. With a line on the dories, eight or nine men stood on the shore where they wanted it and hauled it hand over hand about 80 yards toward them, but before the rock reached its destination, the eyebolt [which had been welted into the top of the rock] came out and the dories popped out of the water. They just left the rock there where it sank on the north side of the Stanley wharf (E.B. Stanley & Sons - the Stanley wharf - on the map - now gone). ‘The Boiler’ is still there. “William D. Stanley and others have at last accomplished their long cherished wish to remove the rock designated as “the Boiler” from the channel near the Fish Point. After much hard labor, they succeeded, by the help of 4 dories in raising, floating and dragging it across to the flats, owned by the late Capt. John Stanley, when it struck a rock and in hauling on it caused the welted iron bolts to pull out, and “the Boiler” was anchored somewhat sooner than had been bargained for, but as it is now safely landed it will probably be allowed to remain where it is. It is very doubtful if any further attempt will be made to change its position, and as it is estimated to weigh 11 tons, it will be the cause of much comment for years to come. Wm. D. Stanley is very elated the he with a few others, should have accomplished the feat of removing the rock, which during the last 140 years has been in the way, and a menace to all boats coming in and going out from all parts of the creek, and they are to be congratulated for having removed the dangerous obstruction.” The Bar Harbor Record, February 23, 1900 - Cranberry Island. [show more]
13305	Champlain Society's Camp Pemetic	Reference	Organizations Places, Camp				Mount Desert		The camp was located on the bluff above Wasgatt Cove "on the east side of Some's Sound, a little to the north of the house of Mr. Asa Smallidge, and opposite Flying Mountain and the cliff of Dog Mountain on the western side of the Sound." "Charles [Eliot] did not know just where he would pitch the camp, but expected to find a suitable and central place somewhere between Otter Creek and Seawall Point. So, after picking up the camp equipment at a house on Waukeag Neck, he cruised along that shore and went up into Somes Sound and anchored in what we now call Wasgatt's Cove on the eastern shore. There, above the gravel bank, was a bit of open meadow with a good spring at the back and just to the north of the brook which is the outlet of Hadlock Pond fell with a little waterfall into the cove." - "The Champlain Society" fragment of manuscript by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1931 - in the collection of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. See also: "Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect, A Lover Of Nature And Of His Kind, Who Trained Himself For A New Profession, Practised It Happily And Through It Wrought Much Good," p. 26.	Champlain Society's Camp Pemetic Item: 13305 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations Places, Camp Place: Mount Desert State: ME Description: The camp was located on the bluff above Wasgatt Cove "on the east side of Some's Sound, a little to the north of the house of Mr. Asa Smallidge, and opposite Flying Mountain and the cliff of Dog Mountain on the western side of the Sound." "Charles [Eliot] did not know just where he would pitch the camp, but expected to find a suitable and central place somewhere between Otter Creek and Seawall Point. So, after picking up the camp equipment at a house on Waukeag Neck, he cruised along that shore and went up into Somes Sound and anchored in what we now call Wasgatt's Cove on the eastern shore. There, above the gravel bank, was a bit of open meadow with a good spring at the back and just to the north of the brook which is the outlet of Hadlock Pond fell with a little waterfall into the cove." - "The Champlain Society" fragment of manuscript by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1931 - in the collection of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. See also: "Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect, A Lover Of Nature And Of His Kind, Who Trained Himself For A New Profession, Practised It Happily And Through It Wrought Much Good," p. 26. [show more]
3715	Great 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	Great Pond Camp, Company 158 - Civilian Conservation Corp Item: 3715 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Camp Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 67 Long Pond Road Tags: ccc Description: 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]
15918	Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp	Reference	Organizations, Civic Places, Camp				Bar Harbor	22 MacFarland Hill Drive	The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).	Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154 Eagle Lake Camp Item: 15918 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Places, Camp Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Address: 22 MacFarland Hill Drive Description: The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).

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