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Tour The Cruise Ports: Maine and Bar Harbor Table of Contents - Maine and Bar Harbor [220629.10.47] Dr. Sidney Soclof, drsidney22@gmail.com, 20 22 Narration by: Dr. Sidney Soclof, Zoe Foe-nemes and Nathan Kol-Tov.
Introduction. This book is a brief, but comprehensive overview of Maine and Bar Harbor for cruise ship passengers and others. Tour the Cruise Ports: Maine and Bar Harbor, and other books in this series are based on the hundreds of destination lectures that I have presented on cruise ships to destinations all over the world. The purpose of these lectures is to add value to the experience of the passengers at the various ports. These lectures are comprehensive overviews of the geography, history, culture, points of interest, and general information about the ports, countries, and regions.
For a more complete discussion of YouTube navigation, please go to this video using the link here. Chapter 3. Maine Here are the New England states. Maine is the northernmost of the New England states. Here is the state of Maine, showing Bar Harbor, Portland, and the state capital of Augusta. Most of the population of Maine resides close to the Atlantic Ocean. Maine is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the northwest, and New Brunswick to the northeast.
Chapter 4. The History of Maine This shows the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 16 30 to 16 91, and its successor as the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 16 91 to 1775. Nova Scotia was split off from the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 16 91.
Later New Brunswick was formed from the mainland part of Nova Scotia in 1784. The Province of New Hampshire was formed in 16 79. Maine was part of the original Massachusetts Bay Colony until 1820. In 1820 Maine voted to secede from Massachusetts, and the secession and formation of the state of Maine as the 23rd state occurred in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise. The Missouri Compromise also geographically limited the spread of slavery, and enabled the admission to statehood of Missouri the following year, while keeping a balance between slave and free states. Where did the name of Maine come from? There is no definitive explanation for the origin of the name Maine. The state legislature adopted
a resolution which stated that the state was named after the former French province of Maine. Other theories mention earlier places with similar names, or claim it is a nautical reference to the mainland. Chapter 5. Bar Harbor Where is Bar Harbor? Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island, off the coast of Maine.
The southern tip of Nova Scotia is directly east of Bar Harbor. Bar Harbor is the departure point for ferries to Nova Scotia, going to Yarmouth. Mount Desert Island is the largest Island off the coast of Maine. Here is the location of Bar Harbor on the northeast coast of Mount Desert Island. Mount Desert Island is only about 15 miles wide, and about 20 miles from north to south. Bar Harbor is a famous upper-class summer colony in the coastal region of Maine. The beauty of
the sea, mountains, lakes, and forest have made this this region well-known as a resort. A principal feature of Mount Desert Island is Acadia National Park. How did Mount Desert Island get its name? In 16O4, French explorer Samuel de Champlain is believed to have run aground at Otter Point on Mount Desert Island. Samuel de Champlain named the island eel day Mon Day-zair meaning, "island of barren mountains, probably because of the bare summits of the hard granite rock mountains. The island is now called Mount Desert Island. This is a satellite view of Mount Desert Island, showing the location of Bar Harbor. From about the 1880s to around 1920, Bar Harbor, like Newport, Rhode Island, became an important resort and vacation area for the very wealthy class in America.
Bar Harbor became the summer home for such millionaires as J P Morgan, Joseph Pulitzer, and John D Rockefeller. The development of both Newport and Bar Harbor around the 1880s was made possible as a result of the easier access by means of the newly established railroad lines. However, World War, the institution of income taxes, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, caused a decline in the fortunes of both Bar Harbor and Newport. Another factor was Henry Flagler, his Florida East Coast Railroad, and his development of the southeast coast of Florida as a resort area. This
now attracted many of the wealthy class to such Florida resorts as Palm Beach. The Florida East Coast Railroad reached all of the way down to Miami by 1896. At about the same time there was the rise of other resorts for the wealthy in other sunbelt regions such as Palm Springs in California, and Scottsdale in Arizona, which led to a further decline in the popularity of both Bar Harbor and Newport. More recently, the development of jet travel further opened the range of vacation venues for the wealthy class. Now, tourism is a mainstay in the economy of Bar Harbor, and to a somewhat lesser extent of Newport. Here is the town of Bar Harbor showing a few of the principal streets. How big is Bar Harbor? The resident population of Bar Harbor is only 5,300.
These are some of the notable summer inhabitants of Bar Harbor: The Astor family, Vanderbilt family, Rockefeller family (It was the birthplace of vice-president Nelson Rockefeller), J P Morgan, banker, James G Blaine, statesman, Julia Child, cook and author, and Charles W Eliot, college president. Notable summer inhabitants of Bar Harbor also include: Edsel Ford, industrialist, Katharine Hepburn, actress, Sir Harry Oakes, gold-mine owner and philanthropist, Joseph Pulitzer, publisher, and Martha Stewart, television personality. There are several historic sites and museums in Bar Harbor, including: the Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum, Bar Harbor Whale Museum George B Dorr Museum of Natural History, and the Mount Desert Oceanarium. Chapter 6. The history of Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island was first settled by a
colony of French Jesuits in 16 13, and was part of the French province of Acadia. The Jesuit colony only lasted for a few years. How did Bar Harbor get its name? In 1763, the area was first settled by Israel Higgens and John Thomas.
In 1796, the community was incorporated as "Eden," after Sir Richard Eden, an English statesman. In 1918, "Eden was changed to "Bar Harbor" after Bar Island which protects the harbor. Here is Bar Island, a short distance offshore from Bar Harbor. It is possible to walk over the sand bar to the island at low tide. Early industries included fishing, lumbering, and shipbuilding. With the best soil on Mount Desert Island, it also developed agriculture. In the 1840s, its rugged maritime scenery attracted the Hudson River School and Luminism artists Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, William Hart, and Fitz Hugh Lane.
Inspired by their paintings, journalists, sportsmen and "rusticators" followed. This is an oil painting of "Sunset Bar Harbor," by artist Frederic Edwin Church. In 1855, the Agamont House, the first hotel in "Eden," was built by Tobias Roberts.
"Birch Point," the first summer "cottage," was built in 1868 by Alpheus Hardy. By 1880 there were 30 hotels, with tourists arriving by train and ferry to Bar Harbor, which now rivaled Newport, Rhode Island. Bar Harbor became synonymous with elite wealth. In 1947, however, Maine experienced a severe drought. Sparks at a cranberry bog in Hull's Cove ignited a wildfire which would intensify over 10 days. Nearly half the eastern side of Mount Desert Island burned, including 67 palatial summer houses on "Millionaires' Row."
Five historic grand hotels were destroyed, in addition to 170 permanent homes. Fortunately, the town's business district was spared, including Mount Desert Street, where several former summer homes within a National Historic District operate as inns. This is the Fire Area of 1947. Over 10,000 acres (40 km ) of Acadia National Park were destroyed. These are some of the burned cottages.
This is the Belmont Hotel after the fire in 1947. Chapter 7. What to See in Bar Harbor. This is Main Street in Bar Harbor. This is a map of Mount Desert Island and Bar Harbor.
This is a map of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. This is a view of Bar Harbor from a cruise ship. It is about a 10-minute tender ride from the ship to the pier at Bar Harbor. The tender pier is very close to the center of town. The principal street of Bar Harbor is Main Street. Local taxis are available on the pier.
This is a view from the tender approaching the pier. This is the pier at Bar Harbor. The Abbe Museum offers innovative exhibitions and programs on Maine s Native American heritage. The Abbe Museum has grown from a small trailside museum, privately operated within Acadia National Park, to an exciting museum in downtown Bar Harbor.
The Abbe Museum is on Mount Desert Street, just turn right near the Village Green by Main Street. The Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum displays photographs of Bar Harbor from the "Gilded Age" of 1880 to 1930. Other exhibits document the great fire that devastated the town and its surrounding areas in 1947. The Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum is up Main Street, one block past the Village Green to Atlantic Avenue, and then turn right for two blocks at 33 Ledgelawn Avenue. It is free entrance, open mid-June to mid-October, Monday through Saturday, 1 to 4 PM.
The George B Dorr Museum of Natural History investigates, interprets and displays the natural world of Maine. All exhibits are designed and produced by students at College of the Atlantic. The Museum is housed in the original headquarters of Acadia National Park, renovated and expanded to provide a unique site for exhibits, programs, and activities. It is located at 105 Eden Street. The College of the Atlantic was founded in 1969. It is a private, liberal-arts college in Bar Harbor. It awards a bachelor's degree and a master's degree solely in the field of human ecology, in a variety of specializations.
The college is small, with approximately 364 students and a full-time faculty of 27, and 15 part-time faculty. The Mount Desert Oceanarium has exhibits on the fishing and sea life of the Gulf of Maine, with extensive exhibits on lobsters. This shows the location of the Mount Desert Oceanarium. This is a walking map of Bar Harbor.
This is a detail of the walking map of Bar Harbor. This is the Bar Harbor Shore Path. Chapter 8. Acadia National Park Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and some adjacent smaller islands off the Atlantic coast of Maine.
The park includes magnificent scenery of mountains, a rugged ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes. This is a map showing some of Verrazzano's explorations of the east coast in 1524. The name Arcadia or Acadie was originally given by Verrazzano to the entire coast from Virginia north to Canada. The origin of the name Acadia is credited to the explorer Giovanni da vay-rahzah-no (14 80 to 15 27), who had the Greek term "Arcadie," meaning land of beauty, written on the entire Atlantic coast north of Virginia on his sixteenth century map. Arcadia was a region in Ancient Greece that was considered to be an idyllic refuge of peace, beauty, and plenty. The 50 square miles of Acadia
National Park occupies a large portion of Mount Desert Island, which is the largest rock-based island on the entire Atlantic coast. The highest peak in Acadia National Park is Cadillac Mountain at 1,530 feet. The summit of Cadillac Mountain is only about 4 miles south of Bar Harbor. This is a view from top of Cadillac Mountain of Bar Harbor and the cruise ship. This is a plaque on Cadillac Mountain. This is the inscription on the plaque on Cadillac Mountain.
Cadillac Mountain was named for Antoine Laumay de La Mothe seer de Cadillac. King Louis XIV of France gave him the all of Mount Desert Island in the late 1600s. The Cadillac automobile was named for Antoine de Cadillac. This is another part of the inscription on the plaque on Cadillac Mountain.
This is the bare granite summit of Cadillac Mountain. Acadia National Park was created as seer de Monts National Monument in 1916, and administered by the National Park Service. In 1919, it became a national park, with the name Lafayette National Park in honor of the markee de Lafayette, an influential French supporter of the American Revolution. In 1929, the park's name was changed to Acadia National Park. On October 17, 1947, a fire began that consumed 10,000 acres, or one-third of the total area of Acadia National Park. The forest fire was one of a series of fires that consumed much of Maine's forest as a result of a dry year. Restoration of the park was supported,
in part, by the Rockefeller family. Regrowth was mostly allowed to occur naturally, and the fire has been suggested to have actually enhanced the beauty of the park, adding diversity to tree populations and depth to its scenery. The Hulls Cove Visitor Center is one of three visitor centers in Acadia National Park. The Hulls Cove Visitor Center houses an auditorium, bookshop, information booth, and rest room.
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