HISTORY OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
Though the affluent of the turn of the century came to Mount Desert Island to frolic, they had much to do with preserving the landscape that we know today. It was from this social strata that George B. Dorr came. He devoted 43 years of his life, energy, and family fortune to preserving the Acadian landscape.

Thanks to the foresight of Dorr and others like him, Acadia became the first national park established east of the Mississippi. Located on the coast of Maine, Acadia encompasses 47,633 acres of granite-domed mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline. Such diverse types of habitat make Acadia a haven for wildlife and plants.

	Acadia National Park... a wonderful place to visit... in summer, fall...
or winter! For more information, check out the National Parks official site or another Acadia National Park site