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class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:195px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:195px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:195px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Maine_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Desert Island is located in Maine"><img alt="Mount Desert Island is located in Maine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/USA_Maine_location_map.svg/195px-USA_Maine_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="195" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/USA_Maine_location_map.svg/293px-USA_Maine_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/USA_Maine_location_map.svg/390px-USA_Maine_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="1250" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.143%;left:65.062%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" 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class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mount_Desert_Island&params=44.342827_N_68.307138_W_type:isle"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°20′34″N</span> <span class="longitude">68°18′26″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.342827°N 68.307138°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.342827; -68.307138</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">108 sq mi (280 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">466 m (1,528 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Mountain" title="Cadillac Mountain">Cadillac Mountain</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b>United States</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">County</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Maine" title="Hancock County, Maine">Hancock County</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bar_Harbor,_Maine" title="Bar Harbor, Maine">Bar Harbor</a> (pop. 5,235 people in 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">10,615<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">96.8/sq mi (37.37/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnic groups</th><td class="infobox-data">mainly Caucasian</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mount Desert Island</b> (<b>MDI</b>;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Île des Monts Déserts</i>) in <a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Maine" title="Hancock County, Maine">Hancock County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a>, is the largest island off the coast of Maine. With an area of 108 square miles (280 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-brit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_United_States_by_area" title="List of islands of the United States by area">52nd-largest island in the United States</a>, the sixth-largest island in the <a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">contiguous United States</a>, and the second-largest island on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">Eastern Seaboard</a>, behind <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> and ahead of <a href="/wiki/Martha%27s_Vineyard" title="Martha's Vineyard">Martha's Vineyard</a>. According to the 2010 census, the island has a year-round population of 10,615. In 2017, an estimated 3.5 million tourists visited <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a> on MDI.<sup id="cite_ref-visit_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The island is home to numerous well-known <a href="/wiki/Summer_colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer colony">summer colonies</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Harbor,_Maine" title="Northeast Harbor, Maine">Northeast Harbor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bar_Harbor,_Maine" title="Bar Harbor, Maine">Bar Harbor</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin_of_the_name">Origin of the name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin of the name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some residents stress the second syllable (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/ɜːr/: 'ur' in 'fur'">ɜːr</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">dih-<span style="font-size:90%">ZURT</span></i></a>), while others pronounce it like the English common noun <i>desert</i> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DEZ</span>-ərt</i></a>). French explorer <a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a>'s observation that the summits of the island's mountains were free of vegetation as seen from the sea led him to call the island <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">L’Isle des Monts-déserts</i></span> (meaning <i>island of barren mountains</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_villages">Towns and villages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Towns and villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are four <a href="/wiki/New_England_town" title="New England town">towns</a> on Mount Desert Island:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Harbor,_Maine" title="Bar Harbor, Maine">Bar Harbor</a>, with the villages of Eden, Hulls Cove, Salisbury Cove, and Town Hill;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Desert,_Maine" title="Mount Desert, Maine">Mount Desert</a>, with the villages of Hall's Quarry, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Harbor,_Maine" title="Northeast Harbor, Maine">Northeast Harbor</a>, Otter Creek, Pretty Marsh, Seal Harbor, and Somesville;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Harbor,_Maine" title="Southwest Harbor, Maine">Southwest Harbor</a>, with the villages of Manset and Seawall;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tremont,_Maine" title="Tremont, Maine">Tremont</a>, with the villages of <a href="/wiki/Bass_Harbor,_Maine" title="Bass Harbor, Maine">Bass Harbor</a>, Bernard, Gotts Island, Seal Cove, and West Tremont.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Desert_Island.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/220px-Mount_Desert_Island.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/330px-Mount_Desert_Island.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/440px-Mount_Desert_Island.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>View of the coast</figcaption></figure> <p>Deep shell heaps indicate <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> encampments dating back 6,000 years in Acadia National Park, but prehistoric data is scant. The first written descriptions of the indigenous tribes of the Maine coast, recorded 100 years after European trade contacts began, describe people who lived off the land by hunting, fishing, collecting <a href="/wiki/Shellfish" title="Shellfish">shellfish</a>, and gathering plants and berries. The <a href="/wiki/Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Wabanaki</a> knew Mount Desert Island as Pemetic, "the sloping land". They built bark-covered conical shelters, and traveled in exquisitely designed <a href="/wiki/Birch_bark" title="Birch bark">birch bark</a> canoes. Historical notes record that the Wabanaki wintered in interior forests and spent their summers near the coast. Archeological evidence suggests the opposite pattern; in order to avoid harsh inland winters and to take advantage of <a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">salmon</a> runs upstream, Native Americans wintered on the coast and summered inland.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_colonial_period">French colonial period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: French colonial period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first meeting between the indigenous inhabitants of Pemetic and the Europeans is a matter of conjecture, but it was a Frenchman, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a>, who made the first important contribution to the historical record of Mount Desert Island. Champlain led an expedition from the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_Island,_Maine#St._Croix_Settlement" title="Saint Croix Island, Maine">St. Croix Settlement</a>. He was tasked with exploring the coast in a <a href="/wiki/Patache" title="Patache">patache</a> with twelve sailors and two American Indian guides. They were in search of a mythical walled and wealthy American Indian city named <a href="/wiki/Norumbega" title="Norumbega">Norumbega</a>. On September 6, 1604 the expedition crossed <a href="/wiki/Frenchman_Bay" title="Frenchman Bay">Frenchman Bay</a> and sailed towards Otter Creek, where smoke could be seen rising from an American Indian encampment. During high tide the ship hit a ledge off Otter Cliff and while repairing a hole two American Indians boarded the ship as guides.<sup id="cite_ref-morison_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morison-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is not clear whether Champlain sailed around the Island or was informed by the guides, but on that day, he wrote in his journal, "<i>Le sommet de la plus part d’icelles est desgarny d’arbres parceque ce ne sont que roches. Je l’ay nommée l’Isle des Monts-déserts</i>", which translates to "Most of the summits are free of trees because they are only rocks present. I named [the island] Isle of the Desert Mountains."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Raid_on_Mount_Desert_Island_(1613)"><span id="Raid_on_Mount_Desert_Island_.281613.29"></span>Raid on Mount Desert Island (1613)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Raid on Mount Desert Island (1613)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Somes_Sound_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Somes_Sound_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/220px-Somes_Sound_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Somes_Sound_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/330px-Somes_Sound_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Somes_Sound_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/440px-Somes_Sound_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Somes_Sound" title="Somes Sound">Somes Sound</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1613, French <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuits</a>, welcomed by Indians, established the first French mission in America—Saint Sauveur Mission—on what is now Fernald Point, near the entrance to <a href="/wiki/Somes_Sound" title="Somes Sound">Somes Sound</a>. Saint Sauveur Mountain, overlooking the point, still bears the name of the mission. </p><p>The French missionaries began to build a fort, plant their corn, and baptize the indigenous inhabitants. Two months later, on July 2, 1613, Captain <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argall" title="Samuel Argall">Samuel Argall</a> of the English <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">colony of Virginia</a> arrived on board the <i>Treasurer</i> and destroyed their mission.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three of the missionaries were killed and three were wounded. The rest of the company, some twenty in all, were taken prisoner. Argall took many of the prisoners to <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a>. He eventually returned to Saint-Sauveur and cut down the cross the Jesuits had planted, replacing it with a Protestant version. He then set fire to the few buildings that were there.<sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths,_E_2005._pp._23-24_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths,_E_2005._pp._23-24-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then went on to burn the remaining French buildings on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_Island,_Maine" title="Saint Croix Island, Maine">Saint Croix Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port-Royal_(Acadia)" title="Port-Royal (Acadia)">Port Royal</a>, Nova Scotia.<sup id="cite_ref-Griffiths,_E_2005._pp._23-24_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Griffiths,_E_2005._pp._23-24-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The English raid at Fernald Point signaled the dispute over the boundary between the French colony of <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a> to the north and the English colonies in <a href="/wiki/New_England_Colonies" title="New England Colonies">New England</a> to the south. There is evidence that <a href="/wiki/Claude_de_Saint-%C3%89tienne_de_la_Tour" title="Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour">Claude de La Tour</a> immediately challenged the English action by re-establishing a fur-trading post in the nearby village of <a href="/wiki/Castine,_Maine" title="Castine, Maine">Castine</a> in the wake of Argall's raid.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was a brief period when it seemed Mount Desert would again become a center of French activity. In 1688, <a href="/wiki/Antoine_de_la_Mothe_Cadillac" title="Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac">Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac</a>, an ambitious young man who had immigrated to New France and bestowed upon himself the title <i>sieur de Cadillac</i>, asked for and received 100,000 acres (400 km<sup>2</sup>) of land along the Maine coast, including all of Mount Desert Island. Cadillac's hopes of establishing a feudal estate in the New World, however, were short-lived. Although he and his bride resided there for a time, they soon abandoned their enterprise. Cadillac later gained lasting recognition as the founder of <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>. The island's highest point, at 1,528 feet (466 m) the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, bears the name <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Mountain" title="Cadillac Mountain">Cadillac Mountain</a>, and is notable for the fact that its summit is among the first points in the United States touched by the rays of the rising sun.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Raid_on_Acadia_(1704)"><span id="Raid_on_Acadia_.281704.29"></span>Raid on Acadia (1704)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Raid on Acadia (1704)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Desert_Island,_Maine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Mount_Desert_Island%2C_Maine.jpg/220px-Mount_Desert_Island%2C_Maine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Mount_Desert_Island%2C_Maine.jpg/330px-Mount_Desert_Island%2C_Maine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Mount_Desert_Island%2C_Maine.jpg/440px-Mount_Desert_Island%2C_Maine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Shorefront at evening</figcaption></figure> <p>During much of the seventeenth century, nearby <a href="/wiki/Castine,_Maine" title="Castine, Maine">Castine</a> was the most southern settlement of Acadia. (<a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Maine" title="Bristol, Maine">Bristol, Maine</a>, was the northernmost English colonial settlement.) No one settled in this contested territory, and for the next 150 years Mount Desert Island's importance to Europeans was primarily its use as a landmark for seamen, as for example when <a href="/wiki/John_Winthrop" title="John Winthrop">John Winthrop</a>, first governor of the English <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>, sketched the island's mountains on his voyage to the New World.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Queen_Anne%27s_War" title="Queen Anne's War">Queen Anne's War</a>, in response to the French <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Deerfield" title="Raid on Deerfield">raid on Deerfield</a>, New Englander <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Church_(ranger)" title="Benjamin Church (ranger)">Benjamin Church</a> raided the Acadian village of Castine before gathering at Mount Desert Island with other ships to continue with the raid on <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen,_New_Brunswick" title="St. Stephen, New Brunswick">St. Stephen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Grand_Pr%C3%A9" title="Raid on Grand Pré">raid on Grand Pré</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Mi%27kmaq_people#Raids_on_Piziquid_(Fort_Edward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of the Mi'kmaq people">raid on Piziquid</a>, and the raid on <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Chignecto" title="Isthmus of Chignecto">Chignecto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_colonial_period">British colonial period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: British colonial period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1759, the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> defeated the French <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham" title="Battle of the Plains of Abraham">at Quebec</a>, ending France's control over <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a>. This also had the effect of opening lands along the Maine coast opened for settlement by colonists from <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">British North America</a>. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Massachusetts" title="List of colonial governors of Massachusetts">royal governor of Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Bernard,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet">Sir Francis Bernard</a>, obtained a royal land grant on Mount Desert Island. The next year, Bernard attempted to secure his claim by offering free land to colonists. <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Somes" title="Abraham Somes">Abraham Somes</a> and James Richardson accepted the offer and settled their families at what is now Somesville.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolution">American Revolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: American Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The onset of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> ended Bernard's plans for Mount Desert Island. In its aftermath, Bernard, who had sided with the <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">British Crown</a>, lost his claim. Massachusetts, now independent of British rule, granted the western half of Mount Desert Island to John Bernard, son of the governor, who, unlike his father, sided with the Patriots. The eastern half of the island was granted to Marie Therese de Gregoire, granddaughter of Cadillac. Bernard and de Gregoire soon sold their landholdings to nonresident landlords. </p><p>Their real estate transactions probably made very little difference to the increasing number of white settlers homesteading on Mount Desert Island. By 1820, when Maine separated from Massachusetts and became a separate state, farming and lumbering vied with fishing and shipbuilding as major occupations. Settlers converted hundreds of acres of trees into wood products ranging from <a href="/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">schooners</a> and barns to baby cribs and hand tools. Farmers harvested wheat, rye, corn, and potatoes. By 1850, the familiar sights of fishermen and sailors, fish racks and <a href="/wiki/Shipyard" title="Shipyard">shipyards</a>, revealed a way of life linked to the sea. <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">Quarrying</a> of <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a>, which could be cut from hills close to deep water anchorage for shipment to major cities on the east coast, was also a major industry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rusticators">Rusticators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Rusticators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Mount_Desert_Island" title="Special:EditPage/Mount Desert Island">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It was the outsiders, artists, and journalists who revealed and popularized this island to the world in the mid 19th century. Painters of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River_School" title="Hudson River School">Hudson River School</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cole" title="Thomas Cole">Thomas Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederic Church">Frederic Church</a>, inspired patrons and friends to flock here. Called rusticators, despite the lack of existing accommodations they sought out local fishermen and farmers to put them up for a modest fee. The rusticators returned to renew friendships with local islanders and, most of all, to savor the fresh salt air, scenery, and relaxed pace. Soon the villagers' cottages and fishermen's huts filled to overflowing, and by 1880, 30 hotels competed for vacationers' dollars. Tourism was becoming the major industry. </p><p>For a select handful of Americans, the 1880s and the "Gay Nineties" meant affluence on a scale without precedent. Mount Desert, still remote from the cities of the East, became a retreat for prominent people of the time. The <a href="/wiki/Rockefeller_family" title="Rockefeller family">Rockefellers</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._P._Morgan" title="J. P. Morgan">Morgans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ford_family_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Ford family tree">Fords</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_family" title="Vanderbilt family">Vanderbilts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie" title="Andrew Carnegie">Carnegies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astors</a> chose to spend their summers here. Not content with the simple lodgings then available, these families transformed the landscape of Mount Desert Island with elegant estates, called "cottages". The landscape architect <a href="/wiki/Beatrix_Farrand" title="Beatrix Farrand">Beatrix Farrand</a>, at the Cadwalder Rawle - Rhinelander Jones family summer home <a href="/wiki/Reef_Point_Estate" title="Reef Point Estate">Reef Point Estate</a>, designed the gardens for many of these people. Projects included the Chinese-inspired garden at "The Eyrie" for <a href="/wiki/Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller" title="Abby Aldrich Rockefeller">Abby Aldrich Rockefeller</a> at <a href="/wiki/Seal_Harbor,_Maine" class="mw-redirect" title="Seal Harbor, Maine">Seal Harbor</a> (1926–35), and the planting plans for subtle roads at <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a> sponsored by <a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_Jr." title="John D. Rockefeller Jr.">John D. Rockefeller Jr.</a> (c.1930).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luxury, refinement, and ostentatious gatherings replaced buckboard rides, picnics, and day-long hikes of an earlier era. Some rusticators also formed "Village Improvement Societies" which constructed hiking trails and walking paths connecting the Island's villages to its interior mountains. For over 40 years, the wealthy held sway at Mount Desert, but the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> marked the end of such extravagance. The final blow came in 1947 when a <a href="/wiki/Great_Fires_of_1947" title="Great Fires of 1947">fire</a> of monumental proportions consumed many of the great estates. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Somes%27_Hotel,_by_John_D._Heywood.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Somes' Hotel c. 1870, John D. Heywood"><img alt="Somes' Hotel c. 1870, John D. Heywood" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Somes%27_Hotel%2C_by_John_D._Heywood.jpg/120px-Somes%27_Hotel%2C_by_John_D._Heywood.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Somes%27_Hotel%2C_by_John_D._Heywood.jpg/180px-Somes%27_Hotel%2C_by_John_D._Heywood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Somes%27_Hotel%2C_by_John_D._Heywood.jpg/240px-Somes%27_Hotel%2C_by_John_D._Heywood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2737" data-file-height="1368" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Somes' Hotel c. 1870, <a href="/wiki/John_D._Heywood" class="mw-redirect" title="John D. Heywood">John D. Heywood</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rock_Inn,_Northeast_Harbor,_ME.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rock Inn, Northeast Harbor c. 1908"><img alt="Rock Inn, Northeast Harbor c. 1908" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Rock_Inn%2C_Northeast_Harbor%2C_ME.jpg/120px-Rock_Inn%2C_Northeast_Harbor%2C_ME.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Rock_Inn%2C_Northeast_Harbor%2C_ME.jpg/180px-Rock_Inn%2C_Northeast_Harbor%2C_ME.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Rock_Inn%2C_Northeast_Harbor%2C_ME.jpg/240px-Rock_Inn%2C_Northeast_Harbor%2C_ME.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="346" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rock Inn, Northeast Harbor c. 1908</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_Harbor_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal Harbor Yacht Club"><img alt="Seal Harbor Yacht Club" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Seal_Harbor_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/120px-Seal_Harbor_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Seal_Harbor_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/180px-Seal_Harbor_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Seal_Harbor_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG/240px-Seal_Harbor_Mount_Desert_Island.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Seal Harbor Yacht Club</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acadia_National_Park">Acadia National Park</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Acadia National Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NPS_acadia-map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/NPS_acadia-map.jpg/220px-NPS_acadia-map.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/NPS_acadia-map.jpg/330px-NPS_acadia-map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/NPS_acadia-map.jpg/440px-NPS_acadia-map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2940" data-file-height="2660" /></a><figcaption>Mount Desert Island map</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1901, <a href="/wiki/George_Dorr" title="George Dorr">George B. Dorr</a>, disturbed by the growing development of the Bar Harbor area and the dangers he foresaw in the newly invented gasoline-powered portable sawmill, established along with others the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. The corporation, whose sole purpose was to preserve land for the perpetual use of the public, acquired 6,000 acres (24 km<sup>2</sup>) by 1913. Dorr offered the land to the federal government, and in 1916, President Wilson announced the creation of Sieur de Monts National Monument. Dorr continued to acquire property and renewed his efforts to obtain full national park status for his beloved preserve. In 1919, President <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> signed the act establishing Lafayette National Park, the first national park east of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi</a>. Dorr, whose labors constituted "the greatest of one-man shows in the history of land conservation", became the first park superintendent. In 1929, the park name was changed to <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller_Jr." title="John D. Rockefeller Jr.">John D. Rockefeller Jr.</a> endowed the park with much of its land area. Like many rusticators, Rockefeller, whose family fortune was derived from the petroleum industry, wanted to keep the island free of automobiles, but local governments allowed the entry of automobiles on the island's roads. Rockefeller constructed about 50 miles (80 km) of carriage roads around the eastern half of the island. These roads were closed to automobiles and included several vistas and stone bridges. About 40 miles (64 km) of these roads are within Acadia National Park and open only to hikers, bicyclists, horseback riders, horse-drawn carriages and cross country skiers. </p><p>In 1950, <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Yourcenar" title="Marguerite Yourcenar">Marguerite Yourcenar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grace_Frick" title="Grace Frick">Grace Frick</a> bought a house, "Petite Plaisance", in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Harbor" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast Harbor">Northeast Harbor</a> on the island. Yourcenar wrote a large part of her novel <i><a href="/wiki/Memoires_d%27Hadrien" class="mw-redirect" title="Memoires d'Hadrien">Memoires d'Hadrien</a></i> on the island, and she died there in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their house is now a museum. Both ladies were cremated and their ashes are buried in the Brookside Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Somesville" class="mw-redirect" title="Somesville">Somesville</a>. </p><p>In 1969, <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Atlantic" title="College of the Atlantic">College of the Atlantic</a>, the island's first and only institution of higher education, was established in Bar Harbor. </p><p>In 1986, <a href="/wiki/Friends_of_Acadia" title="Friends of Acadia">Friends of Acadia</a>, the nonprofit organization that directs private philanthropy and volunteerism for the benefit of Acadia National Park, was founded. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mt_Penobscot_summit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mt_Penobscot_summit.jpg/300px-Mt_Penobscot_summit.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mt_Penobscot_summit.jpg/450px-Mt_Penobscot_summit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mt_Penobscot_summit.jpg/600px-Mt_Penobscot_summit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7193" data-file-height="3021" /></a><figcaption>View from the summit of Mt. Penobscot</figcaption></figure> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Acadia_National_Park_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Acadia National Park"><img alt="Acadia National Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Acadia_National_Park_02.JPG/120px-Acadia_National_Park_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Acadia_National_Park_02.JPG/180px-Acadia_National_Park_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Acadia_National_Park_02.JPG/240px-Acadia_National_Park_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3124" data-file-height="2343" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Acadia National Park</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CarriageRoadANP.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="An Acadia carriage road"><img alt="An Acadia carriage road" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/CarriageRoadANP.jpg/120px-CarriageRoadANP.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/CarriageRoadANP.jpg/180px-CarriageRoadANP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/CarriageRoadANP.jpg/240px-CarriageRoadANP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2120" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An Acadia carriage road</div> </li> </ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frenchman Bay and Porcupine Islands around the town of Bar Harbor viewed from Cadillac Mountain on Mount Desert Island"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg/1000px-Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg" decoding="async" width="1000" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg/1500px-Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg/2000px-Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4542" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Frenchman_bay_and_bar_harbor_from_cadillac_mountain_acadia_np.jpg" title="File:Frenchman bay and bar harbor from cadillac mountain acadia np.jpg"> </a></div><a href="/wiki/Frenchman_Bay" title="Frenchman Bay">Frenchman Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Porcupine_Islands" title="Porcupine Islands">Porcupine Islands</a> around the town of Bar Harbor viewed from Cadillac Mountain on Mount Desert Island</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cadillac_mtn_summit_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Cadillac_mtn_summit_view.jpg/220px-Cadillac_mtn_summit_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Cadillac_mtn_summit_view.jpg/330px-Cadillac_mtn_summit_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Cadillac_mtn_summit_view.jpg/440px-Cadillac_mtn_summit_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>View atop <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Mountain" title="Cadillac Mountain">Cadillac Mountain</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Mount Desert Island is rich in geological history dating back about 550 million years. The earliest formation on the island is the Ellsworth Schist Formation, which was a sea-floor mud deposit created during the <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> period by volcanic ash. During the <a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a> period, the <a href="/wiki/Acadian_orogeny" title="Acadian orogeny">Acadian orogeny</a> — the collision of <a href="/wiki/Laurentia" title="Laurentia">Laurentia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gondwanaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Gondwanaland">Gondwanaland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Avalonia" title="Avalonia">Avalonia</a> — caused the formation to fold, thrust, and lift above sea level, where later layers were eroded away and the schist was exposed. The Bar Harbor Formation, which is made up predominantly of sands and silts, and Cranberry Island Formation, made up from volcanic ash and magmatic debris, occurred under similar circumstances in the <a href="/wiki/Silurian" title="Silurian">Silurian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> periods, and were deposited on top of the Ellsworth Schist. However, due to less tectonic activity at that time, their deformation was less severe.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quarrying of granite was historically an important industry. <a href="/wiki/Orogenic" class="mw-redirect" title="Orogenic">Orogenic</a> activity during the Devonian period gave Mount Desert Island three <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> units: the Cadillac Mountain granite, the fine-grained Somesville granite, and the medium-grained Somesville granite. Surrounding these granites (labeled "DCg" on geologic maps) is a zone of <a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">brecciated</a> material, known as DSz (Devonian Shatter Zone).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most recently, Mount Desert Island was host to the <a href="/wiki/Laurentide_Ice_Sheet" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurentide Ice Sheet">Laurentide Ice Sheet</a> as it extended and receded during the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> epoch. The glacier left visible marks upon the landscape, such as Bubble Rock, a <a href="/wiki/Glacial_erratic" title="Glacial erratic">glacial erratic</a> carried 19 miles (31 km) by the ice sheet from a Lucerne granite outcrop and deposited precariously on the side of South Bubble Mountain in <a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a>. Other examples are the <a href="/wiki/Moraine" title="Moraine">moraines</a> deposited at the southern ends of many of the glacier-carved valleys on the Island such as the Jordan Pond valley, indicating the extent of the glacier; and the beach sediments in a regressional sequence beneath and around Jordan Pond, indicating the rebound of the continent after the glacier's recession about 25,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area around <a href="/wiki/Somes_Sound" title="Somes Sound">Somes Sound</a> was originally categorized as a <a href="/wiki/Fjord" title="Fjord">fjord</a> and was the only one on the East Coast of North America. It has since been recategorized as a <a href="/wiki/Fjard" title="Fjard">fjard</a> due to the lack of an area of de-oxygenated water (dead zone), as well as the fact that the mountains on either side of the sound are not as steep as is typically expected with a fjord.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Excavations of old Indian sites in the Mount Desert Island region have yielded remains of the native mammals. Bones of wolf, <a href="/wiki/North_American_beaver" title="North American beaver">North American beaver</a> (<i>Castor canadensis</i>), deer, elk, <a href="/wiki/Gray_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray seal">gray seal</a> (<i>Halichoerus grypus</i>), "<a href="/wiki/Native_American_dogs" title="Native American dogs">Indian dog</a>", and <a href="/wiki/Sea_mink" title="Sea mink">sea mink</a> (<i>Neogale macrodon</i>) have been uncovered, as well as large numbers of raccoon, lynx, muskrat, and deer.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although beaver were trapped to extinction on the island, two pairs of beaver that were released in 1920 by George B. Dorr at the brook between Bubble Pond and Eagle Lake and their descendants have repopulated it. A large fire in 1947 cleared the eastern half of the island of its coniferous trees and permitted the growth of aspen, birch, alder, maple and other deciduous trees which enabled the beaver to thrive.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Art">Art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cole_Thomas_View_Across_Frenchman-s_Bay_from_Mount_Desert_Island_After_a_Squall_1845.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View Across Frenchman's Bay from Mount Desert Island After a Squall (1845) by Thomas Cole"><img alt="View Across Frenchman's Bay from Mount Desert Island After a Squall (1845) by Thomas Cole" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cole_Thomas_View_Across_Frenchman-s_Bay_from_Mount_Desert_Island_After_a_Squall_1845.jpg/120px-Cole_Thomas_View_Across_Frenchman-s_Bay_from_Mount_Desert_Island_After_a_Squall_1845.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cole_Thomas_View_Across_Frenchman-s_Bay_from_Mount_Desert_Island_After_a_Squall_1845.jpg/180px-Cole_Thomas_View_Across_Frenchman-s_Bay_from_Mount_Desert_Island_After_a_Squall_1845.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Cole_Thomas_View_Across_Frenchman-s_Bay_from_Mount_Desert_Island_After_a_Squall_1845.jpg/240px-Cole_Thomas_View_Across_Frenchman-s_Bay_from_Mount_Desert_Island_After_a_Squall_1845.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="587" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>View Across Frenchman's Bay from Mount Desert Island After a Squall</i> (1845) by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cole" title="Thomas Cole">Thomas Cole</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChurchFredericEdwinFogOff.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fog off Mount Desert (1850), by Frederic Edwin Church"><img alt="Fog off Mount Desert (1850), by Frederic Edwin Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/ChurchFredericEdwinFogOff.jpg/120px-ChurchFredericEdwinFogOff.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/ChurchFredericEdwinFogOff.jpg/180px-ChurchFredericEdwinFogOff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/ChurchFredericEdwinFogOff.jpg/240px-ChurchFredericEdwinFogOff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="526" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Fog off Mount Desert</i> (1850), by <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Edwin_Church" title="Frederic Edwin Church">Frederic Edwin Church</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChurchFredericEdwinNewportMountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Newport Mountain, Mount Desert (1851), by Frederic Edwin Church"><img alt="Newport Mountain, Mount Desert (1851), by Frederic Edwin Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/ChurchFredericEdwinNewportMountain.jpg/120px-ChurchFredericEdwinNewportMountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/ChurchFredericEdwinNewportMountain.jpg/180px-ChurchFredericEdwinNewportMountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/ChurchFredericEdwinNewportMountain.jpg/240px-ChurchFredericEdwinNewportMountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="469" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Newport Mountain, Mount Desert</i> (1851), by Frederic Edwin Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ChurchFredericEdwinBeaconOffMountDesert.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Beacon, off Mount Desert Island (1851) by Frederic Edwin Church"><img alt="Beacon, off Mount Desert Island (1851) by Frederic Edwin Church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/ChurchFredericEdwinBeaconOffMountDesert.jpg/120px-ChurchFredericEdwinBeaconOffMountDesert.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/ChurchFredericEdwinBeaconOffMountDesert.jpg/180px-ChurchFredericEdwinBeaconOffMountDesert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/ChurchFredericEdwinBeaconOffMountDesert.jpg/240px-ChurchFredericEdwinBeaconOffMountDesert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="552" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Beacon, off Mount Desert Island</i> (1851) by Frederic Edwin Church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine (1855) by Fitz Henry Lane"><img alt="Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine (1855) by Fitz Henry Lane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg/120px-LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg/180px-LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg/240px-LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="461" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Entrance of Somes Sound</i>, Mount Desert, Maine (1855) by <a href="/wiki/Fitz_Henry_Lane" title="Fitz Henry Lane">Fitz Henry Lane</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WLA_brooklynmuseum_Fitz_Henry_Lane-Off_Mount_Desert_Island_1856.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Off Mount Desert Island (1856) by Fitz Henry Lane"><img alt="Off Mount Desert Island (1856) by Fitz Henry Lane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/WLA_brooklynmuseum_Fitz_Henry_Lane-Off_Mount_Desert_Island_1856.jpg/120px-WLA_brooklynmuseum_Fitz_Henry_Lane-Off_Mount_Desert_Island_1856.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/WLA_brooklynmuseum_Fitz_Henry_Lane-Off_Mount_Desert_Island_1856.jpg/180px-WLA_brooklynmuseum_Fitz_Henry_Lane-Off_Mount_Desert_Island_1856.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/WLA_brooklynmuseum_Fitz_Henry_Lane-Off_Mount_Desert_Island_1856.jpg/240px-WLA_brooklynmuseum_Fitz_Henry_Lane-Off_Mount_Desert_Island_1856.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="784" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Off Mount Desert Island</i> (1856) by Fitz Henry Lane</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:McEnteeJervisMountDesertIslandMaine1864.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mount Desert Island, Maine (1864) by Jervis McEntee"><img alt="Mount Desert Island, Maine (1864) by Jervis McEntee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/McEnteeJervisMountDesertIslandMaine1864.jpg/120px-McEnteeJervisMountDesertIslandMaine1864.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/McEnteeJervisMountDesertIslandMaine1864.jpg/180px-McEnteeJervisMountDesertIslandMaine1864.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/McEnteeJervisMountDesertIslandMaine1864.jpg/240px-McEnteeJervisMountDesertIslandMaine1864.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="463" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Mount Desert Island, Maine</i> (1864) by <a href="/wiki/Jervis_McEntee" title="Jervis McEntee">Jervis McEntee</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mt._Desert,_Maine_1866_William_Trost_Richards.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mt. Desert, Maine (1866) by William Trost Richards"><img alt="Mt. Desert, Maine (1866) by William Trost Richards" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Mt._Desert%2C_Maine_1866_William_Trost_Richards.jpg/120px-Mt._Desert%2C_Maine_1866_William_Trost_Richards.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Mt._Desert%2C_Maine_1866_William_Trost_Richards.jpg/180px-Mt._Desert%2C_Maine_1866_William_Trost_Richards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Mt._Desert%2C_Maine_1866_William_Trost_Richards.jpg/240px-Mt._Desert%2C_Maine_1866_William_Trost_Richards.jpg 2x" data-file-width="971" data-file-height="537" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Mt. Desert, Maine</i> (1866) by <a href="/wiki/William_Trost_Richards" title="William Trost Richards">William Trost Richards</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Island_Explorer" title="Island Explorer">Island Explorer</a> provides seasonal bus service on and near the island, largely to serve visitors to Acadia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_4:_Far_Harbor" title="Fallout 4: Far Harbor">Far Harbor</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">add-on</a> for the 2015 video game <i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_4" title="Fallout 4">Fallout 4</a></i> is set on a <a href="/wiki/Apocalyptic_and_post-apocalyptic_fiction" title="Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction">post-apocalyptic</a> Mount Desert Island. The module draws its name from the game's settlement of Far Harbor, which is in the same location as Bar Harbor in reality.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acadia_National_Park" title="Acadia National Park">Acadia National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Maine" title="List of islands of Maine">List of islands of Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otter_Cliffs_Radio_Station" title="Otter Cliffs Radio Station">Otter Cliffs Radio Station</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Desert_Island&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/acad/planyourvisit/placestogo.htm">"Acadia National Park Places To Go"</a>. U.S. <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>. August 7, 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 26,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Acadia+National+Park+Places+To+Go&rft.pub=U.S.+National+Park+Service&rft.date=2006-08-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nps.gov%2Facad%2Fplanyourvisit%2Fplacestogo.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMount+Desert+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20200212053659/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=06000US2300902865&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=bar+harbor&_cityTown=bar+harbor&_state=04000US23&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=">"Factfinder.census.gov"</a>. Factfinder.census.gov. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=06000US2300902865&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=bar+harbor&_cityTown=bar+harbor&_state=04000US23&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=">the original</a> on February 12, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Prins and Bunny McBride (National Park Service, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/acad/historyculture/ethnography.htm">NPS.gov</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/acad/historyculture/stories.htm">"NPS history"</a>. Nps.gov<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Boston: Little, Brown & Company. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/storyofmountdese00mori/page/8">8–9</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Story+of+Mount+Desert+Island&rft.place=Boston&rft.pages=8-9&rft.pub=Little%2C+Brown+%26+Company&rft.date=1960&rft.aulast=Morison&rft.aufirst=Samuel+Eliot&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstoryofmountdese00mori&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMount+Desert+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStewart1945" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/George_R._Stewart" title="George R. Stewart">Stewart, George</a> (1945). <i>Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States</i>. New York: Random House. pp. 29, 30.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Names+on+the+Land%3A+A+Historical+Account+of+Place-Naming+in+the+United+States&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=29%2C+30&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1945&rft.aulast=Stewart&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMount+Desert+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Acadia National Park, Maine: Significance of St. Sauveur Mission, Established 1613, Mount Desert Island. Washington, D.C.: Office of History and Historic Architecture, Eastern Service Center, National Park Service, November 1970.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Griffiths,_E_2005._pp._23-24-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Griffiths,_E_2005._pp._23-24_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Griffiths,_E_2005._pp._23-24_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGriffiths2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Naomi_E._S._Griffiths" title="Naomi E. S. Griffiths">Griffiths, N.E.S.</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cG4wSmIlziYC&pg=PP1"><i>From Migrant to Acadian: A North American Border People, 1604-1755</i></a>. McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 23–24. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-2699-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7735-2699-0"><bdi>978-0-7735-2699-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=From+Migrant+to+Acadian%3A+A+North+American+Border+People%2C+1604-1755&rft.pages=23-24&rft.pub=McGill-Queen%27s+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-7735-2699-0&rft.aulast=Griffiths&rft.aufirst=N.E.S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcG4wSmIlziYC%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMount+Desert+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGriffiths2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Naomi_E._S._Griffiths" title="Naomi E. 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Wiggin, published in the January 1972 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Yankee_(magazine)" title="Yankee (magazine)">Yankee</a></i> magazine, determined that the first sunrise in the U.S. occurs at <a href="/wiki/Cadillac_Mountain" title="Cadillac Mountain">Cadillac Mountain</a> in the fall and winter, from October 7 to March 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Winthrop1729" class="citation web cs1">John Winthrop (June 9, 1729). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.colonialsociety.org/sites/default/files/csm-volume27/csm-webandcontentvol27-p294.jpg">"The Making of the Land on the Coast of New England"</a>. <i>Colonial Society</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Colonial+Society&rft.atitle=The+Making+of+the+Land+on+the+Coast+of+New+England&rft.date=1729-06-09&rft.au=John+Winthrop&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.colonialsociety.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fcsm-volume27%2Fcsm-webandcontentvol27-p294.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMount+Desert+Island" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Benjamin Church, Thomas Church, Samuel Gardner Drake. <i>The history of King Philip's war; also of expeditions against the French and Indians in its Eastern parts of New England, in the years 1689, 1692, i696 AND 1704. With some account of the divine providence towards Col. Benjamin Church.</i> p. 261</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicolson2000" class="citation book cs1">Nicolson, Colin (2000). <i>The "Infamas Govener" Francis Bernard and the Origins of the American Revolution</i>. 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