On U.S. 1 near Benvenuto Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In the 1800s when ship building, quarrying and mining thrived, enterprising businessmen built boarding houses and hotels to house the many laborers. Blacksmith shops, livery stables, grocery and feed stores, and a meat shop flourished as well. . . . — — Map (db m54711) HM
On U.S. 1 near Benvenuto Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
With the help of steamship & train travel in the late 1800s, summer tourism peaked. But within a few short decades, the age of the auto and better roads to Bar Harbor - plus closing mines and quarries - led to decades of gradual economic . . . — — Map (db m54709) HM
On U.S. 1 near Benvenuto Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
All the mountains that you see are part of Acadia National Park
The Age of Sail lingered into the 1900s as sailing ships proved more economical than steamships for carrying heavy cargos such as granite.
Generations of watercraft ply . . . — — Map (db m54707) HM
Bass Harbor Head Light stands at the southern most tip of Mount Desert Island and marks the entrance to Blue Hill Bay and Bass Harbor. Since 1858 it has warned mariners of navigation hazards along this rocky shore.
In the nineteenth century, the . . . — — Map (db m102500) HM
On South Gouldsboro Road (Maine Route 186) at Clinic Road, on the right when traveling north on South Gouldsboro Road.
With deep gratitude and
In memory of those who
Freely gave their live and
Services in the Great War
For Freedom and Democracy
This tablet is placed here.
A.D. 1919 — — Map (db m184637) WM
On Schoodic Loop Road, 2.4 miles south of Route 186, on the right when traveling south.
Directly across Frenchman Bay... the beautiful group of islands, which, like stepping stones, form a connecting line to Mount Desert... Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Summer Excursion Book, 1891 Water was the primary . . . — — Map (db m184514) HM
On Main Street at Harbor Lane, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Wander Winter Harbor and find traces of our past. Our architecture tells a story of seafaring fishermen and traders, 19th century summer rusticators, grand public buildings, and
ongoing adaptation to new opportunities.
1.Channing Chapel . . . — — Map (db m184163) HM
On Main Street at Harbor Road, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Fires were all too common in the days of open flames, wood stoves, candles, and oil lamps. Bucket brigades and hand-pump fire engines were often not enough. Fires reshaped Winter Harbor in 1887, 1891, 1902, 1915, 1922, and 1931. Yet determined . . . — — Map (db m184158) HM
Schoodic Peninsula Acadia National Park
Dedicated to the memory of
John Godfrey Moore
1848 - 1899
A Maine man who loved his native state, wherein he spent with his family, some of the happiest days of his life. He owned Schoodic . . . — — Map (db m184691) HM
Near Farview Drive east of Schoodic Loop Road, on the right when traveling east.
On November 11, 1938,
U.S. Park Ranger
Karl A. Jacobson
was fatally shot while patrolling
the Schoodic District
of Acadia National Park.
His service and sacrifice to the
National Park Service and to
the people of this country
will . . . — — Map (db m184133) HM
On Main Street (Maine Route 186) near Newman Street (Maine Route 186), on the right when traveling east.
Winter Harbor Light (active 1856-1930)
For years the staunch little sentinel beacon on Mark Island guarded the entrance to Winter Harbor Sound, lighting the way for ships and small craft to the safety of snug Winter Harbor. The Coast Guard . . . — — Map (db m184638) HM
As part of a deal brokered by John D. Rockefeller Jr., the National Park Service built this structure in 1935 to house Navy personnel and top-secret radio operations.
In exchange, the Navy moved its base from Mount
Desert Island to make way for . . . — — Map (db m184690) HM
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