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ACADIA
Guidebook 1940 |
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Arno B. Cammerer, Director
CONTENTS
Cover (Schooner Head)
The Story of Mount Desert IslandThe Acadian Forest
Geologic History of Mount Desert Island
Schoodic Point
How to Reach the Park
Information
Nature Guide Service
Museums
Free Public Campground
Roads and Bridle Paths
Trails and Footpaths
Accommodations Outside the Park
Historic Events
| 1604 | Mount Desert Island discovered and named by Samuel de Champlain, September 5. |
| 1688 | Island granted to Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac by Louis XIV. |
| 1762 | Island given by Massachusetts to Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts; later, eastern half granted to M. and Mme. de Gregoire, western half to John Bernard. |
| 1855 | First "summer visitors" recorded as vacationing on Mount Desert Island. |
| 1868 | Steamboat service from Boston begun. |
| 1888 | Scenic railway built from shore of Eagle Lake to summit of Cadillac Mountain. |
| 1901 | Charter granted to Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations to acquire and hold in public interest land on Mount Desert Island. |
| 1908 | First gift of land to trustees; donated by Mrs. Eliza Homans of Boston. |
| 1914 | 5,000 acres of land on island tendered to Government as a national park by Hancock County Trustees. |
| 1916 | Tract accepted by Government; proclaimed by President Wilson to be the Sieur de Monts National Monument. |
| 1919 | Act of Congress, February 26, created Lafayette National Park, first national park east of the Mississippi River. |
| 1927 | Jordan Pond Road opened to travel. |
| 1929 | Park name changed to Acadia; Schoodic Peninsula added to park. |
| 1931 | Cadillac Mountain Summit Road completed. |
| 1935 | Schoodic Peninsula and Wonsqueak Harbor Roads completed. Schoodic Naval Radio Station completed and commissioned. |
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