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    A Travel Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine
    A Travel Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine
    A Travel Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine
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    A Travel Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine

    By William Howard

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    Bar Harbor is a premiere tourist destination for over three million visitors each year. THis guide covers Bar Harbor as a town, Acadia National Park, accommodations including B&B Inns, cottages, RV parks, campgrounds, hotels and motels. Other areas of interest include museums, restaurants, shopping, art galleries, travel tips and much more.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam Howard
    Release dateJun 7, 2016
    ISBN9781310951084
    A Travel Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine
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    William Howard

    William Howard was born and raised in Colorado. He has been on faculty at Western Michigan University and Northern Michigan University. He holds a Doctorate in Special Education and worked in public education for 26 years. He travels often to Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona.

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      A Travel Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine - William Howard

      A Travel Guide to Bar Harbor, Maine

      William Howard

      Copyright 2016 by William Howard

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      Table of Contents

      Welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine

      Acadia National Park

      Accommodations

      Bed & Breakfast Establishments

      Cottages

      Campgrounds, RV Parks & Summer Camps

      Events & Festivals

      Tours & Local Cruises

      Ocean Cruises

      Shopping

      Art Galleries

      Antiques

      Museums

      Restaurants

      Essential Services

      Transportation

      Bar Harbor Memories

      Welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine

      The summer colony of Bar Harbor is a premier tourist destination for over three million visitors each year. Bar Harbor lies on Mount Desert Island in the down east region of Maine. Its name comes from the sandbar that connect the island to the mainland during low tide, the sandbar is wide enough to drive a car across although cars are not allowed on it.

      The town is composed of large sections of Acadia National Park. Over time it has become a tourist hotspot.

      A nomadic tribe known as the Wabanaki Indians lived at and near Bar Harbor for hundreds of years before the European settlers arrived. The Indians fished, gathered shellfish, hunted and picked berries to sustain life. Around 1604 the French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived at Bar Harbor when his ship ran aground. Local Indians helped with the repairs and Champlain noted the incident in the ship’s log.

      In 1763 the first European settlers arrived and during 1796 named the scenic location Eden after the British Statesman Sir Richard Eden. Agriculture, fishing, lumber and ship building formed the backbone of the island’s early history.

      People soon discovered Bar Harbor as a recreation destination and a place to escape the summer heat of major cities. The first hotel, the Agamont House, was built in 1855 followed by Birch Point, a summer estate in 1868. By the end of the Nineteenth Century, over thirty hotels had been built to meet the tourist demand. Summer residents arrived by train or steamship. Soon Bar Harbor ranked with rival Newport, Rhode Island as a millionaire’s retreat.

      John D. Rockefeller, Jr., J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the Astor family were just some of the millionaires who built estates on the island. The name Bar Harbor became synonymous with the rich and famous. Millionaires tried to outdo

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