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Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… at the postoffice either at Deer Isle or Mount Desert and was brought to this island when a sail boat chanced to visit those places This was very…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Lobster fishing is the main trade, and islanders continue the tradition of living off the sea that was started when the first human foot hit island…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… then McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount Desert Island), and returned to Swan’s Island in the evening."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"As population grew, the volume of mail increased and more post offices were built. By 1870, Swan’s Island had a population of 570 and was listed for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"The Seawind carried passengers and freight, and the Quarry Wharf became a social center at landing time when islanders gathered to exchange news and…"

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Jesup Memorial Library

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Great Harbor Maritime Museum

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… Francis Bernard, who received a grant of Mount Desert Island from the General Court in 1762, was unable to get his grant confirmed until he had…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Mount Desert Island was a place of environmental diversity and dramatic landscape well before it became a favorite summering place of Indigenous…"

Maine Granite Industry Historical Society

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Abbe Museum

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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… “downeast” towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island; some of them discovered Surry during their travels and several of them purchased…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… collar jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island. Surry Elementary School, which was designated a National Title 1 Distinguished School…"

Acadia National Park

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"St. Sauveur mission, Mount Desert, ca. 1866Maine Historical Society Jesuit missionary Eugene Vetromile (1819-1881), from Italy, ministered to…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… whose community was as tinder dry as Mount Desert Island. Fortunately Surry had no major problems, but the citizens who had been so worried that…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… in grand cottages in places such as Mount Desert Island, Blue Hill and Castine. The Playhouse offered some elegance and culture in a charming…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… a series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip away towards Bangor and Mount Desert Island. Next Page"