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
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
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
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
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
