Bar Harbor in Hancock County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)

Bar Island

Bar Harbor, Maine

— The Museum in the Streets —

Bar Island Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 10, 2017

1. Bar Island Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

After being privately owned by several families such as the Rodicks and Pineos, the long period of arguments over its development and ideas to build a bridge to Bar Harbor lasted until John D. Rockefeller, Jr. quietly purchased the half of the island that has the sandbar which provides access to the town. Acadia National Park now owns the entire island which is accessible by foot at low tide. A word of warning. Be sure to check tide charts before you go there; the way across is completely covered by four to eight feet of water at high tide.

Veazie Cottage, the mansard architectural-style building on the corner across the street, was the third summer home built in Bar Harbor. It originally stood where the Bar Harbor Inn is now located, at the end of Newport Drive and was moved to its present site in 1887.

Erected 2013 by Museum in the Streets. (Marker Number 3.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the The Museum in the Streets: Bar Harbor, Maine series list.

Location. 44° 23.436′ N, 68° 12.588′ W.

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Marker is in Bar Harbor, Maine, in Hancock County. It is at the intersection of West Street and Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west on West Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bar Harbor ME 04609, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Mount Desert Island

and in Downeast Maine. It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also Acadia.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Kedge (within shouting distance of this marker); The Bar Harbor Club / La Club de Bar Harbor (within shouting distance of this marker); Bar Island Path (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice (about 600 feet away); Bar Harbor Municipal Building (about 700 feet away); United States Post Office (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cottage Street

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 10, 2017

2. Bar Island Marker

(approx. 0.2 miles away); La Rochelle (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bar Harbor.

More about this marker. An 1883 painting by Maitland Armstrong of “The Bar” appears at the top of the marker.

Marker in Bar Harbor image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 10, 2017

3. Marker in Bar Harbor

The Veazie Cottage image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 10, 2017

4. The Veazie Cottage

This house mentioned on the marker is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2017, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 954 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 21, 2017, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.

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