tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9985857961122646142024-03-05T01:32:28.166-08:00ABANDONED TRAILS OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARKAbandoned Trails Of Acadia national Park is a site dedicated to covering lost and abandoned hiking trails in Acadia. We cover old ghost trails as well as phantom trails, offering visitors to our site more trail listings, more trail details and more maps than any other online site. We regularly update the site and add newly discovered information as it becomes available. J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-68174519222482590223019-01-07T03:34:00.023-08:002020-12-13T02:05:54.296-08:00QUICK LINKS TO OUR BLOG POSTS<h2>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-great-cave-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank">THE GREAT CAVE </a></b></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/08/lost-duck-brook-stairway-located.html" target="_blank"><b>LOST DUCK BROOK STAIRWAY LOCATED</b><br /></a></span>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-hanging-steps.html" target="_blank">THE HANGING STEPS</a></span></b><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/09/upper-section-of-green-mountain-railway.html" target="_blank">UPPER SECTION OF GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILWAY LOCATED</a></b><br /></span>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/tilting-rock-in-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank">TILTING ROCK</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/03/duck-brook-rapids-path.html" target="_blank">DUCK BROOK RAPIDS PATH</a></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-green-mountain-railroad-trail.html" target="_blank">GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILROAD TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2015/12/lower-section-of-green-mountain.html" target="_blank"><b>GREEN MT. RAILWAY LOWER SECTION</b></a></span><br />
<b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2016/04/compass-harbor-and-old-farm.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">COMPASS HARBOR AND OLD FARM</span></a></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/anemone-cave-devils-oven.html" target="_blank">ANEMONE CAVE - THE DEVIL'S OVEN</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2016/05/abandoned-house-of-eagle-lake.html" target="_blank">THE STONE ARCHES OF EAGLE LAKE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-singing-waterfall.html" target="_blank">CADILLAC MOUNTAIN'S HIDDEN WATERFALL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/01/dorr-mountain-crevice-cave.html" target="_blank">DORR MOUNTAIN CREVICE CAVE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/11/secret-park-ranger-trail.html" target="_blank">SECRET PARK RANGER TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-bear-cave-of-champlain-mountain.html" target="_blank">THE BEAR'S DEN</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/09/lost-george-b-dorr-bicycle-path.html" target="_blank">GEORGE B. DORR BICYCLE PATH</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-magical-stones-of-little-hunters.html" target="_blank">LITTLE HUNTER'S BEACH</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/05/exploring-bar-island-in-acadia-national.html" target="_blank">BAR ISLAND GLACIAL TRAIL </a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/05/abandoned-duck-brook-trail.html" target="_blank">ABANDONED DUCK BROOK TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/abandoned-bass-harbor-lighthouse-trail.html" target="_blank">BASS HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-lighthouse-keepers-trail.html" target="_blank"><b>THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S TRAIL</b></a></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-lost-rudolph-brunnow-trail.html" target="_blank">RUDOLPH BRUNNOW WORK CREW TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/07/lake-wood-acadia-national-parks-secret.html" target="_blank">LAKE WOOD</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/09/another-abandoned-trail.html" target="_blank">OLD LAKE WOOD ROAD</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-caves-of-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank">CAVES OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2016/05/abandoned-witch-hole-pond-trail.html" target="_blank">WITCH HOLE POND MARSH TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-old-cadillac-mountain-survey-road.html" target="_blank">CADILLAC MOUNTAIN SURVEY ROAD</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/old-water-pipe-trail.html" target="_blank">OLD WATER PIPE TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/schooner-head-road-unmarked-paths-there.html" target="_blank">SCHOONER HEAD ROAD UNMARKED PATHS</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-gurnee-trail.html" target="_blank">THE GURNEE TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/09/kebo-mountains-lost-stairway-located.html" target="_blank">KEBO MOUNTAIN'S LOST STAIRWAY LOCATED</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-bear-brook-quarry.html" target="_blank">BEAR BROOK QUARRY PATH</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/bear-brook-jackson-lab-connector-trail.html" target="_blank">BEAR BROOK - JACKSON LAB CONNECTOR TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/great-hill-bracken-trail-acadia.html" target="_blank">GREAT HILL - BRACKEN TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-stone-tower.html" target="_blank"><b>THE STONE TOWER</b></a></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/abandoned-section-of-cadillac-north.html" target="_blank">ABANDONED SECTION CADILLAC NORTH RIDGE TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/sunset-hill-trail-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank">ABANDONED SUNSET HILL TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/05/abandoned-crash-site-cedar-swamp.html" target="_blank">CEDAR SWAMP MOUNTAIN CRASH SITE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/09/witch-hole-pond-trail.html" target="_blank">OLD WITCH HOLE POND TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/sunset-hill-trail-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank">SUNSET HILL GHOST TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/11/park-headquarters-short-cut-path.html" target="_blank">ABANDONED CARRIAGE ROAD ENTRANCE TO POND</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/11/bar-harbor-horse-shows-and-robin-hood.html" target="_blank">ROBINHOOD PARK</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/08/another-abandoned-trail-located.html" target="_blank">OLD OTTER CLIFFS RADIO STATION ROAD</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/06/old-ski-slope-of-mcfarland-mountain.html" target="_blank">MCFARLAND MOUNTAIN SKI SLOPE PATH</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-great-hill-summit-trail-acadia.html" target="_blank">GREAT HILL SUMMIT TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/exploring-brewer-mountain.html" target="_blank">EXPLORING BREWER MOUNTAIN</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/captain-kidds-lost-treasure.html" target="_blank"><b>CAPT. KIDD'S LOST TREASURE</b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-abandoned-gost-trail-discovered.html" target="_blank">ABANDONED GOAT TRAIL LOCATED</a></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/schooner-head-road-unmarked-paths-there.html" target="_blank">SCHOONER HEAD ROAD'S UNMARKED PATHS</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2015/08/exploring-bar-island.html" target="_blank">EXPLORING BAR ISLAND</a></b></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/09/huguenot-head-in-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank">HUGUENOT HEAD TRAIL</a></b></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/abandoned-fern-trail-acadia-national.html" target="_blank">THE OLD FERN TRAIL</a></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/green-mountain-today-named-cadillac.html" target="_blank"><b>GREEN MOUNTAIN CARRIAGE ROAD</b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2018/10/locomotive-on-move.html" target="_blank">LOCOMOTIVE ON THE MOVE</a></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/storm-beach-cottage-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank">STONE BEACH COTTAGE</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-anne-m-archbold-estate.html" target="_blank">THE ANNE M. ARCHBOLD ESTATE</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/07/duck-brook-swimming-hole.html" target="_blank">DUCK BROOK SWIMMING HOLE</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/06/abbys-retreat-less-of-mystery-today.html" target="_blank">ABBY'S RETREAT - LESS OF A MYSTERY TODAY</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/09/first-foundation-at-duck-brook-is-old.html" target="_blank">FOUNDATION BY DUCK BROOK</a></b></span></div><div><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/09/cleftstone-roads-odd-foundation.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>CLEFTSTONE ROADS ODD FOUNDATION<br /></b></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-building-of-arts.html" target="_blank">BUILDING OF THE ARTS</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/05/abandoned-seal-cove-ship-wreck.html" target="_blank">ABANDONED SEAL COVE SHIP WRECK</a></b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-fish-house-road-acadia-national.html" target="_blank">THE FISH HOUSE ROAD</a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/red-rock-spring-located.html" target="_blank"><b>RED ROCK SPRING LOCATED</b></a></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/barberry-ledge-estate.html" target="_blank">BARBERRY LEDGE REMAINS</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/thirlstane-bar-harbors-vanishing-castle.html" target="_blank">THIRLSTANE - BAR HARBOR'S VANISHING CASTLE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/04/roads-dont-just-disappear-but-back-when.html" target="_blank">THE OLD EAGLE LAKE ROAD</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/located-far-below-towering-cliffs-of.html" target="_blank">SPOUTING HORN CAVE AT SCHOONER HEAD</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/old-eagle-lake-ice-house.html" target="_blank">BREWER ICE HOUSE AT EAGLE LAKE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/sand-dune-beach-this-is-small-sand.html" target="_blank">SEAWALL'S SMALL HIDDEN BEACH</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-southwest-harbor-causeway-dam.html" target="_blank">THE SOUTHWEST HARBOR CAUSEWAY DAM</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/remains-of-jack-perkins-estate-bar.html" target="_blank">REMAINS OF JACK PERKINS ESTATE - BAR ISLAND</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/06/ship-harbor-to-wonderland-acadia.html" target="_blank">SHIP HARBOR TO WONDERLAND</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/06/seawall-campground-and-hio-road-trail.html" target="_blank">SEAWALL CAMPGROUND AND THE HIO ROAD</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/06/seal-cove-coolest-spot-on-mount-desert.html" target="_blank">SEAL COVE - COOLEST SPOT ON THE ISLAND</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/07/great-hill-water-reservoir.html" target="_blank">GREAT HILL WATER RESERVOIR </a></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-old-potters-shop.html" target="_blank"><b>THE OLD POTTERS SHOP</b></a></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/07/scotts-hill-bar-harbor-water-company.html" target="_blank">SCOTT'S HILL & BAR HARBOR WATER COMPANY</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/abandoned-picket-mountain-path.html" target="_blank">OLD PICKETT MOUNTAIN PATH</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/03/1.html" target="_blank">BAR HARBOR'S HISTORIC ESTATES</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/12/sieur-de-monts-spring-wonder-of-nature.html" target="_blank">SIEUR DE MONTS SPRING MYSTERY</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-bar-harbor-nurseries.html" target="_blank">THE MOUNT DESERT NURSERIES</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/11/cadillac-mountains-real-summit.html" target="_blank">CADILLAC MOUNTAIN'S REAL SUMMIT</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-homans-trail-lost-no-more.html" target="_blank">THE HOMANS TRAIL - LOST NO MORE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/09/a-tragedy-on-newport-mountain.html" target="_blank">A TRAGEDY ON NEWPORT MOUNTAIN</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-meteorite-of-witch-hole-pond.html" target="_blank">THE METEORITE OF WITCH HOLE POND</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-secret-cave-of-flying-mountain.html" target="_blank">THE SECRET CAVE OF FLYING MOUNTAIN</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/11/schistostega-cave-of-bald-porcupine.html" target="_blank">"Schistostega Cave." of Bald Porcupine Island</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-deer-brook-trail-and-pet-cemetery.html" target="_blank">DEER BROOK TRAIL AND PET CEMETERY</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-rockerfeller-boathouse.html" target="_blank">THE ROCKERFELLER BOATHOUSE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/08/throughout-acadia-national-park-as-well.html" target="_blank">THE STONE BARN NATURE TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/05/kebo-mountain-granite-mining-site.html" target="_blank">KEBO MOUNTAIN GRANITE MINING SITE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-great-hill-water-tower.html" target="_blank">GREAT HILL WATER TOWER</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-high-seas-haunted-still.html" target="_blank">THE HIGH SEAS - HAUNTED STILL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2015/08/man-o-war-waterfalls.html" target="_blank">MAN OF WAR WATERFALL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-orange-and-black-trail.html" target="_blank">ORANGE AND BLACK TRAIL</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/04/abandoned-youngs-mountain-trail.html" target="_blank">YOUNG'S MOUNTAIN TRAIL EXPLORED</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">LOOSE ENDS</span></b><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://historymountdesertisland.blogspot.com" target="_blank">EARLY HISTORY OF MOUNT DESERT ISLAND</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/03/via-roads-and-paths-committee.html" target="_blank">V.I.A. ROADS AND PATHS COMMITTEE REPORTS</a></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><div><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/07/is-this-final-resting-place-of-wauwinet.html" target="_blank">IS THIS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE WAUWINET?</a></b></div><div><b><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2020/07/fawn-woods-road.html" target="_blank">FAWN WOODS ROAD</a></b></div></span>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/02/stephen-perrin.html" target="_blank">STEPHEN PERRIN REMEMBERED</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-miniature-precipice.html" target="_blank">THE MINATURE PRECIPICE - REAL OR MYTH?</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/12/1896-description-of-trails.html" target="_blank">1896 DESCRIPTION OF TRAILS</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/11/newest-e-book-is-now-ready-for-download.html" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD FREE TRAIL E-BOOK HERE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/10/trail-talk.html" target="_blank">TRAIL TALK</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-memorial-to-those-who-have-died.html" target="_blank">MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIFE HERE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-acadia-you-havent-seen-by-matthew.html" target="_blank">THE ACADIA YOU HAVEN'T SEEN - VOL 1</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/05/do-you-see-one-rock-or-two.html" target="_blank">BAR HARBOR HISTORIC SHORE PATH</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://oldmapsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/06/acadia-national-parks-most-dangerous.html" target="_blank">ACADIA NATIONAL PARKS MOST DANGEROUS CAVE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://oldmapsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2016/11/maps-of-abandoned-and-lost-trails-in.html" target="_blank">FREE PUBLIC DOMAIN MAPS</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://oldmapsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-devils-triangle.html" target="_blank">MOUNT DESERT ISLAND'S DEVIL'S TRIANGLE</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://oldmapsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2016/11/old-maps-collection.html" target="_blank">OLD MAPS OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK</a></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2019/07/plane-crash-lands-at-kebo-golf-course.html" target="_blank">PLANE CRASH LANDS ON KEBO GOLF COURSE</a></span></b><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://abandonedtrailsofacadianationalpark.blogspot.com/2019/07/death-in-acadia-national-park.html" target="_blank"><b>DEATH IN ACADIA - A BOOK REVIEW</b></a></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-birth-of-jackson-memorial-laboratory.html" target="_blank">THE BIRTH OF JACKSON MEMORIAL LABORATORY</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2019/03/eliza-homans-and-first-gift.html" target="_blank">ELIZA HOMANS AND THE FIRST GIFT</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-turrets-1895.html" target="_blank">THE TURRETS - BAR HARBOR'S REMAINING CASTLE</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2019/01/ship-wreck-at-sand-beach.html" target="_blank">SHIP WRECK AT SAND BEACH</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2018/12/bar-harbors-jesup-memorial-library.html" target="_blank">BAR HARBOR'S JESUP MEMORIAL LIBRARY</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://acadianewsstories.blogspot.com/2018/10/green-mountain-summit-road-blown-up.html" target="_blank">GREEN MOUNTAIN ROAD BLOWN UP</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>_______________________________________</u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqW_j9fjpnQ" target="_blank">ABANDONED TRAILS OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ON VIDEO</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV_BUozWZ4k" target="_blank">RED ROCK SPRING EXPLORED</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY19ajaYu1E" target="_blank">Duck Brook Revisited</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpGqBiIPs0g" target="_blank">Bracken Ghost Trail</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP12CgnR0PE" target="_blank">Abandoned Fern Trail</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgMOYMvozzc" target="_blank">Green Mountain Railway Path</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MRLNm8a5Gc" target="_blank">Eagle Lakes Stone Arches</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWoo8Ui9ys" target="_blank">Anemone Cave (The Devil's Oven)</a></u></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P2J42v316U" target="_blank">The Gurnee Trail</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOWfHtB_RUg" target="_blank">Secret Park Ranger Trail</a></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvn-fIOM8hU" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ann Archbold Estate Remains</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H81uYTbraGI" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cadillac Mountain's Hidden Waterfall</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT6rXM4Zwo4" target="_blank">The Old Bear Den</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rRduGlYGps" target="_blank">Duck Brook - Walking The Rapids</a></u></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuK8_UR8s5k" target="_blank">Deaths In Acadia National Park</a><br /></u></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akjEEas0hj0" target="_blank">Witch Hole Marsh Trail</a></u></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gO-VmZCcMA" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Abandoned House Video</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GW9zr6dBSE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Stone Tower</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8wdZ5mP2l4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">GREAT HILL RESERVOIR</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2IrfbUozLE" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Sunset Hill</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7t8dcSseQ" target="_blank">Schooner Head Road Ocean Path</a></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdskO5ocksU" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">GREAT HILL PHANTOM TRAIL</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWCZTlGdc_A" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">FIRST GREEN MOUNTAIN CARRIAGE ROAD</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<u><br /></u></div></div>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-41910009386167549642020-11-16T12:00:00.003-08:002020-11-23T20:30:00.125-08:00VANDALISM IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK<p> We do not support defacement of any sort in the National Parks, including Acadia National Park, there simply is no place for it, period. The types of vandalism I have been reading about online has to stop, there is no justifiable excuse anyone can make for carrying on such behavior and clearly the full weight of the law needs to be applied when the subject is caught. The person randomly spray painting both abandoned trails as well as official trails needs to be brought to justice and I strongly encourage anyone witnessing such behavior to immediately report it to the National Park Service at (207) 288-3338 or by waiving down a Park Ranger; be the eyes and ears of the Park Service that helps bring this illegal activity to an end.</p><p>I would also encourage you to report any illegal activity involving illegal camping within the park, a few years ago i came upon an illegal tent site on Sunset Hill, took down the GPS of the location and reported it, and years earlier I located an illegal tent site along the Park Loop road and reported it as well. While at first it may not seem that big of a deal, illegal camp sites can lead to littering as well as fires caused by careless handling of a illegal camp fire; any illegal activity should be reported in a timely fashion.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNngRErvsbGpDTDCRIcbXs7E7CP6gzCrz1vuYdARrPS5bWazZfnMHK2FHuSyBSF1W34eKqlS-As78Pano2UcNqadgPgSEaibm2arVBpcqoKKC2dQiHO0z2rNInYwczz3faoOVlUbXyH9A/s2048/44180511_2142123639139721_1062282361628000256_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNngRErvsbGpDTDCRIcbXs7E7CP6gzCrz1vuYdARrPS5bWazZfnMHK2FHuSyBSF1W34eKqlS-As78Pano2UcNqadgPgSEaibm2arVBpcqoKKC2dQiHO0z2rNInYwczz3faoOVlUbXyH9A/s320/44180511_2142123639139721_1062282361628000256_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Illegal Tent Site I Discovered On Sunset Hill<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://acadiaonmymind.com/2020/09/rash-acadia-national-park-vandalism-illegal-blazes-painted-rocks/?unapproved=88148&moderation-hash=977d1812538f8dd30077404837d45814#comment-88148" target="_blank">Rash of Acadia National Park vandalism: </a></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Acadia National Park</p><p>(207) 288-3338 </p><p>207-288-8800 TTY</p>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-59804607496534169872020-11-15T08:33:00.004-08:002020-11-16T18:49:04.655-08:00THE SECRET BEHIND SIEUR DE MONTS SPRING<p> One day I happened upon an old letter that was printed in the local paper in the "letters to the editor" section of the paper, and in that letter was some ground shaking revalations and which seemed to shed new light on Sieur de Mont Spring. That letter writer made a startling claim that sieur de Monts Spring was not a natural wonder as many had hyped it as for many long years, but in fact was man made, created with human hands in a ploy to make the spring a cash making enterprize. Rediculus and absurd many will say at first, but it was not just any man making this claim, it was an outstanding figure in the community and a man of the cloth, and according to him, only three people knew of the sccret at the Spring and two of those people took their secret to the grave with them.</p><p>More on the man making this claim in a bit, for to fully understand what really took place at Sieur de Monts spring, you need to know the rest of the story that led up to the surrounding events at the Spring. John H. Prescott was the owner of a large area of land known locally as Prescott's Farm. Mr, Prescott lived on the farm with his sister and not far from the farmstead was a spring. Mr. Prescott and his sister were hard up for money and Mr. Prescott came up with a plan, he would turn his spring into a Spring Water and soda bottling business and set to work enlarging his little spring, digging it much deeper and wider and squaring off its walls upon which he placed tiles. Around the spring he placed large granite blocks to frame the spring and named it Red rock Spring. A bottling plant was constructed and soon Mr. Prescott was producing bottles of spring water and bottled soda, and for a time the business was doing well, in part because of the salesman Mr. Prescott proved he could be. He told the papers his site was like that of Eden and claimed his spring water was unlike any of the other spring waters out there because unlike their water, his spring water passed through miles of sand which acted as a natural filter. He would also make claims that his spring water was better for you because it could cure you of certain ills, but in truth other spring water companies back in the day also made such untrue claims in an effort to boost sales. The problem Mr. Prescott faced was just that, others were making many of the same claims he was making, and over time business began to slow, and once again Mr. Prescott and his sister were facing finacial troubles, he had to act, but how?</p><p>Mr. Prescott recalled how there was two springs on the other end of his property and decided to take a bold move and pull off, if successful, one of the biggest scams ever pulled back in those days. He went to work secretly digging one of those springs deep and made it much wider, but this time Mr. Prescott had learned his lesson from the first spring, and made certain this spring would be so large it would be called a wonder of nature. But Mr. Prescott ran into an unexpected problem, while in the process of enlarging this new spring, two people walked upon his work, passing through the area looking for a place to fish, and this encounter took place in the summer of 1907.</p><p>Charles S. Mitchell and a relative approached Mr. Prescott and inquired as to what he was doing, and Mr. Prescott confided in them and laid out his plans, stating that he was making one spring deeper and wider and plugging up a second nearby spring to force its waters into the first spring. He would keep the walls and floor of this spring rough and claim it was a wonder of nature and use that as a selling point for a new spring water and soda company he was going to erect on the site. That story would stay with Charles S. Mitchell for the rest of his life, as for Mr. Prescott, he did exactly what he laid out that day and soon people were not only coming to the area for spring water and bottled soda, but they were also arriving to view this new spring dubbed an Act of Nature and a wonder to behold.</p><p>George B. Dorr and others who wanted to see a National Park created here one day kept an eye on this property, because if they could obtain the land it would be a huge boost to their efforts to establish a National Park. One can not fault George B. dorr or any of the others back in the day for continuing to promote Sieur de Monts Spring as a Wonder of Nature, because in truth that is exactly what they believed it to be, and Mr. Prescott was not about to tell anyone the truth behind the spring he himself had created.</p><p>Acadia National Park began as Sieur de Monts National Monument in 1916 after 5,000 acres in the Sieur de Monts Spring area were donated to the federal government. In 1919, it became Lafayette National Park, the first national park east of the Mississippi. In 1929, the park name changed to Acadia. On January 19, 1929, Lafayette National Park was renamed Acadia National Park by an act of Congress.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a newspaper article on Red Rock Spring;</p><p><br /></p><p>Bar Harbor Record</p><p>July 2, 1902</p><p><br /></p><p>Prescot's Farm Promises To Be A Center Of Attraction</p><p><br /></p><p>Another commercial enterprise has started at Bar Harbor. Commercial enterprise, while perfectly correct, is rather a misnomer for the Red Rock Spring Company for that term usually precludes the picturesque, unique and artistic, all of which the surroundings of the Red Rock Spring Company are.</p><p>Have you ever been out to Prescott's Farm? If not you have missed seeing one of the prettiest places on Mount Desert Island. It is a smaller edition of Robin Hood Park where the horse shows is held and the picturesque beauty of that is and the picturesque beauty of that is famous now the world over. Prescott's Farm has the same grassy fields surrounded by the same beautiful hills, and it has what Robin Hood Park has not, a crystal spring of pure water charged with a natural gas which causes big glassy bubbles to gather constantly on its sandy bottom and rise slowly in clear, colorless globules to the surface.</p><p>The situation of this spring is ideal. Tall silvery birches bend their carcessing branches above it and the hills all day, throw their protecting shadows over it. Mr. Prescott has always known of the existence of this spring and jealously guarded it. It was only the recent financial reverses that have overtaken him and his sister that have induced them to convert it to commercial uses.</p><p>When Mr. Prescott once puts his shoulder to the wheel he never turns back, and having made up his mind to make his spring yield him an income he stopped at nothing that would tend to make the business of the Red Rock Spring Company complete in every way. All his machinery and mechanical devices are the latest.</p><p>On Mr. Prescott's farm there is a red granite quarry, from a solid block of this has been fashioned an immense trough which has been placed in the building house. It is this red rock trough which gives the spring its name. The red granite is used also as the curbing of the srping itself, but this is as yet in state of incompleteness. In fact the whole business is an embryonic state and its success problemmaticical, althrough there seems to be no imperfections in the equations and a correct solution may be confidently expected.</p><p>At the bottling house the water is got ready for the market which already handles the goods. It is either put up pure and plain from the spring or charged by the carbonator and made into a sparkling drink. By mixing with a pure syrup and charging the water is converted into the twinkling of an eye into all sorts of soft drinks, delicious to the palate and perfectly free from all impurities. If we must drink let us drink from the Red Rock Spring.</p><p>If you visit the spring Mr. Prescott will tell you of the pains he has taken to preserve the sanitary condition with which nature had surrounded the place. The spring has been dug out the depth of nine feet and tiled up with pale blue tiling five feet square, a translucent body of water through which the bubbles before alluded to are continually rising. Outside this tiling is a layer of cement and than a wall of red granite. The ground beyond this has been excaved to the depth of the spring twelve feet in all directions and filled in with screened gravel, over this gravel flagging of the granite will be placed and the curb of the spring will also be of red rock.</p><p>An attractive well house with big windows is being built, and perhaps "Maud" will be there later to stoop where the cool spring bubbles up to fill for the "Judge" her small tin cup.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's to the Red Rock Spring</p><p>drink her down, drink her down,</p><p>It's the purest spring in town</p><p>drink her down, drink her down.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for that all important letter sent to the local paper, it is as follows;</p><p><br /></p><p>BAR HARBOR TIMES</p><p>JULY 21, 1960</p><p><br /></p><p>To the Editor;</p><p>Visitors at Sieur de Monts Spring may at times wonder about the early history. One standing on the large flat rock in the brook and watching the water bubble and gorgie from beneath it may think he is beholding a natural event, when in fact, he is looking at the result of human planning and effort.</p><p>In the summer of 1907 John Prescott, owner of the property developed the spring at the upper end of the Harding Farm, so called, which was originally known as Red Rock Spring, and later, Mt. Kebo Spring, undertook to do the same thing with what is now the Sieur de Monts Spring.</p><p>I learned this quite by accident. One day in the summer above mentioned I was walking with a friend of my parents through the woods in that section. As a boy I had fished in the brook that flowed out of the meadow - now known as the tarn - and I knew that area very well.</p><p>Near the brook at that time was a small boiling spring with a much larger one several yards away.</p><p>As we came into the path off the Seal Harbor Road we heard from the valley below us the sound of horses and a stone drag. Coming into the clearing at the foot of the hill we found Mr Prescott with a team of horses dragging a large flat rock towards the smaller spring, and learned that he was planning another bottling plant similar to the one at Red Rock (Mt. Kebo). He told us he was setting that flat rock over the smaller spring in the attempt to force the water back into the larger one which he planned to deepen and enlarge.</p><p>The bottling plant, as such, did not prove to be the success had hoped, and in course of time the property passed to other hands and now has been developed into the beauty spot we have today. But that rock is the same one we saw put in place over 50 years ago.</p><p>What we see today is not a freak of nature but a deliberate attempt to improve on what nature has provided.</p><p>I can vouch for this as I am the only living person who was present when that stone was set in its present position.</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Rev. Charles S. Mitchell, DD</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did some research which follows on who Rev. Charles S. Mitchell, DD was;</p><p><br /></p><p>WHO WAS THE REV CHARLES S. MITCHELL</p><p><br /></p><p>A piece I found in an article in the Bar Harbor Times dated August 2, 1922 states in part;</p><p>"Mr. Charles S. Mitchell served Long Island till cold weather, than he moved his family to Bar Harbor and spent the winter assisting in special services at Cranberry Isles, Matinitus, and other places. It seemed best to locate Mr. Mitchell at Corea where he can be of help in the town of Gouldboro, as there is not a minister in the town."</p><p>In the December 6, 1922 Bar Harbor Times, upon the passing of Rev. A.P. MacDonald, who had been the head of the Sea Coast Mission. A piece in that same paper was written by the Rev. Charles S. Mitchell, whose title states the following;</p><p>"Rev. A.P. MacDonald; A word of appreciation by Rev. Charles S. Mitchell, who was for some time associated with Mr. MacDonald as Assistant Missionary."</p><p>In a copy of the Bar Harbor Times dated July 26, 1922 an article begins with the following;</p><p>"BAR HARBOR MAN IS ORDAINED AT COREA</p><p>Charles S. Mitchell after service in Sea Coast Mission is now Baptist Minister.</p><p>A council of churches of Hancock County, was called by the church at Corea Wednesday, July 19th, to set apart by ordination to the Baptist ministry, Charles S. Mitchell who has been serving this church for the past two months, after nearly two years in the Sea Coast Mission work."</p><p>An article from the Bar Harbor Times in 1915 states that "Charles S. Mitchell expects to enter Gordon Theological School in Boston the middle of next month."</p><p><br /></p><p>So the question remains, was Sieur de Monts Spring an act of Nature or an Act of Man? For me the evidence I have seen to date overweeningly show that Mr. Johm H. Prescott could of easily have pulled this off, and if he did it would be one of the grandest hoaxs ever pulled off concerning a National Park, after all, Sieur de Monts Spring was and continues to be one of the center pieces of Acadia National Park. </p><p>We know what became of Sieur de Monts Spring, regardless of which events you believe, as for Red Rock Spring, it is to this day still in a field, surrounded by brush, its tiled walls gleaming in the sunlight, the large granite blocks still frame the spring, though over time they have slipped from where they once were and one is close to falling into the spring. The large granite trough mentioned in newspaper articles is still near the site with several holes where pipes ran in and out of it, no article I have found to date states exactly what the purpose of the trough was for but its massive weight would require a major effort to move it today. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_1cWv3wLYE9YCndoV17XVFVK07HU6Kvmd7T6Mmn4tV_cHFgqtSmiMasLU3fP14XXem-t4ra4faI7aIeBu8BcIFvW_TLGXyIfV3BWHJXSXBVg-v5TJ4UgJEfNsBp_CQLIE_9sJhOXkAg/s1600/image_2020-11-15_111540.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_1cWv3wLYE9YCndoV17XVFVK07HU6Kvmd7T6Mmn4tV_cHFgqtSmiMasLU3fP14XXem-t4ra4faI7aIeBu8BcIFvW_TLGXyIfV3BWHJXSXBVg-v5TJ4UgJEfNsBp_CQLIE_9sJhOXkAg/s320/image_2020-11-15_111540.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;">Sieur de Monts Spring</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-33733275610030548462020-10-29T14:15:00.009-07:002020-11-22T21:04:51.710-08:00THE DIFFERENT TRAIL TYPES - SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE<p>One inquiry I get inquired of over and over is what is the distinction between a abandoned trail and a phantom trail, so I chose to do a post trying to clarify the diverse sort of trails there are in Acadia National Park.</p><p>Official trails are an incredible beginning point, these are trails that are very much kept up by the National Park Service and have trail head signs which as a rule contain the name of the path and the distance the path covers. Men like George Bucknam Dorr, Rudolf Ernst Brünnow, Waldron Bates and others helped build many of these trails and when you climb one of these noteworthy routes you are literally following in their footsteps. In Bates case he would go out and walk the forested areas and mountain sides searching out the best course for the path he wanted to create, and an assistant would go with him blazing the path so trail laborers could come in later and develop the real path, we realize this is the manner by which he worked in light of an old article concerning trail routes Bates was investigating during his stay at Currin House by the shores of Eagle Lake.</p><p>Rudolf Ernst Brünnow developed the absolute most challenging trails on Mount Desert Island, trails like the Beehive and Precipice which will test even the most advanced hiker. Brunnow was, in many eyes, an expert path designer whose abilities can not be questioned, he had the vision to build an arrangement of supporting trails to help draw adventurers to a portion of the islands most difficult trails, which he achieved by exploiting a site that was for many years notable to local people as the Great Cave, Brunnow marked out a course to the Great Cave, which was known as the Great Cave Loop, it started at a lower part of the Precipice Trail, advanced toward the Great Cave, at that point proceeded up over the cave along a long series of stone steps, advancing toward the upper segment of the mountain where a little metal scaffold was placed to conect one section of ledge with another before the Great Cave Loop rejoined the Precipice Trail at a spot higher up. Old stories recount local people advancing up to the Great Cave to have picnics inside the cool cavern to escape the heat of summer days and the territory over the Great Cave may of been the area of an unfortunate passing during the 1800's when two school girls fell from a cliff, one becoming pinned under a boulder died several hours later, the others life was spared by landing in the tiop of a large tree, though she suffered cuts and broken bones.</p><div><div>The Great Cave is an appropreate spot to start discussing abandoned trails inside Acadia National Park, which were once official trails, very much well maintained, and later abandoned, the most celebrated of these deserted trails being the Great Cave. For a long time the location of the Great Cave remained a mystery, but through old maps and articles the mountain began to reveal its secrets.</div><div>David Schortmann was the first to locate the site and produce photographs of the Great Cave, days later Matthew Marchon would find the cavern and produce the very first video of the Great Cave and Nick Thorndike gave us the area of a nearly shrouded flight of stairs which revealed the other portion of the Great Cave Loop. Zhanna Galas visited the Great Cave and gave us the primary GPS directions to the Great Cave and we are extremely grateful for that data and all the data the followers of our site provided, in light of their endeavors the Great Cave is not, at this point lost to time. So as should be obvious in this example, as a rule our supporters take an interest in the documentation process and are an essential participant in our endeavors. </div></div><p>Those who walk along Rudolf Ernst Brünnow's Orange and Black Trail, so named for his school colors, do so believing they have covered the entire trail, but nearly half of the original trail was abandoned for unknown reasons, which included the historical Hanging Steps, huge granite slabs that seem to hang in mid air, a feat created by use of hidden iron rods. For many years the location of these Hanging Steps, along with the location of the Great Cave, were known to but a very few, thankfully an unnamed source came forward and provided key information for which we are very grateful.</p><p>Nobody appears to know precisely why large numbers of once mainstream trails were deserted, all of the trails that once lay between Lake Wood and Great Hill were abandoned following the Great Fire of 47, such historic trails as the Great Hill trail system. the Bracken Trail, the Fern and Royal Fern trail, the Fawn Pond Trail, the Witch Hole Pond trail and others.</p><p>Today there are a number of popular online sites dedicated to keeping the memory of these abandoned trails alive. The National Park Service can, and does contact map makers to have sites it no longer wants us to find removed from future maps, sites like the Great Cave and more recently Anemone Cave, it was not by accident that one of the most famous and popular caves in all of New England suddenly vanished from maps.</p><p>Somebody once asked me what a Ghost Trail is and I can pretty much guarantee you they are not trails that are haunted by ghosts. A true Ghost Trail can show up before you and be easy to follow and suddenly disappear before your eyes; with a little searching the trail once again picks up only to vanish once again, an ideal case of a Ghost trail would be the Bracken Trail, where the only hint of a ghost you will encounter is an old truck hood leaning up against a tree.</p><p>A few trails never began as being trails, instances of these are the Stone Arches of Eagle lake, which is more a path then a trail, and the route the Green Mountain (presently Cadillac Mountain) cog train once took. It was only natural for locals to reclaim the mountain side once the train company went out of business, and for a good number of years it became a popular route to hike. I have documented most of the route and have posted GPS figures and done a few videos and it remains one of my favorite hikes, not because of the scenery, but the treasures one encounters along the way, the iron railroad spikes still sticking up out of the granite the long section of built up railway bed, and the only surviving section of rail about two thirds of the way up the mountain side. I would classify this as a Ghost Trail as well.</p><p>We can not talk about trail types without a word on Phantom Trails which were never an official trail, but a trail created by one or more people, and this can not be stated strongly enough, the construction of such trails is illegal and getting caught constructing your own trail can earn you a date in Federal Court.</p><p><br /></p><p>Example of an abandoned trail;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P2J42v316U" target="_blank">THE OLD GURNEE TRAIL VIDEO</a></p><p>Example of a Ghost Trail;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpGqBiIPs0g" target="_blank">BRACKEN GHOST TRAIL VIDEO</a></p><p>Example of a Phantom Trail</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdskO5ocksU" target="_blank">GREAT HILL PHANTOM TRAIL VIDEO</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmxl2jp7o8WTE5MJczQVv97XgqBbuLsPCrLvcEsc0_MLULnyzrsY1ntpXx10VIwl5HoZyGB8-JioWLwxaj4CkvDYI8-ZsUvv96m6UxOz_Do-lwNZA9fVCsc1FIigsV9jwDo3YrwLKdvY/s400/great+cave+photo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-51343352426241254122020-09-09T20:58:00.002-07:002020-11-23T20:33:07.962-08:00CADILLAC MOUNTAIN GOVERNMENT INSTALLATION<p> As you driving along the Cadillac Summit Road, and approaching the summit, you come to a dirt road on the right with a strange post with the large numbers, 11, 12, 13 on the post, located a locked gate. If you walk a short ways up that dirt road, the one to the left, (the one to the right is a dead end) you come to a government instillation with antenna towers and various buildings located in a well fenced in and locked area. The reason I even stumbled upon this location was because the Green Mountain Railway route passed close to this area. I did come across another find, but I will not post about it, as I am pretty certain the Park Service would not like it as it is not fenced in.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJ5Zf5kB0fCps-4clElOcbbKpqgmXZpVXc4uAPAKrv616LyubzsspTNUT91-qg7n3UWPE1nzAVZ_IGJ0rwL5ESjTygknZEsdKiIzefl68XPDeyApDLL41eRsI6ARRuuSMZHnL4xgMNik/s2048/sign.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJ5Zf5kB0fCps-4clElOcbbKpqgmXZpVXc4uAPAKrv616LyubzsspTNUT91-qg7n3UWPE1nzAVZ_IGJ0rwL5ESjTygknZEsdKiIzefl68XPDeyApDLL41eRsI6ARRuuSMZHnL4xgMNik/s320/sign.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEw5mVzR0s0-5gkN0Xq-S2eWMP9vXDEx5E2YgjYoIIroO4CBYwxE36LDCNrNe15DwxDQT6Zlh-bEd4UbrikS_Gv_FTNS5VJFXGbl-Y_W2iIHqZkvf2YHsOmtqndmpXpUxvRNwyAgN4a-U/s2048/one.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEw5mVzR0s0-5gkN0Xq-S2eWMP9vXDEx5E2YgjYoIIroO4CBYwxE36LDCNrNe15DwxDQT6Zlh-bEd4UbrikS_Gv_FTNS5VJFXGbl-Y_W2iIHqZkvf2YHsOmtqndmpXpUxvRNwyAgN4a-U/s320/one.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The map below shows the site as viewed from the sky;<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFfMwz1hZ5NLZVXuUtQBsgusmChln0eC67I3DRfzTNjj_TUc50rpYD4eJFuG8ghQ9UGv1OAayX-297EzPK15vMSxxyma0mrrUvrC_biI8KJ7twDPEZKkkKKlNv4RUMkkuqQ18okxOxiE/s1111/top+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1111" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFfMwz1hZ5NLZVXuUtQBsgusmChln0eC67I3DRfzTNjj_TUc50rpYD4eJFuG8ghQ9UGv1OAayX-297EzPK15vMSxxyma0mrrUvrC_biI8KJ7twDPEZKkkKKlNv4RUMkkuqQ18okxOxiE/w462-h348/top+1.JPG" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2ab4vWmj7fK4Kp9Lmk6eF_Db8DL7gqHxvLcU-XhLfXLeOu87yOoz2PHrabI1E517H6I0fSlbKIdSkvTMX6GSuROKlNyTsE2Ix0hEIcRe8dz7xW3_pW1GxiYGeQAJ58_vJxRX6HaFbjI/s1111/top+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1111" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2ab4vWmj7fK4Kp9Lmk6eF_Db8DL7gqHxvLcU-XhLfXLeOu87yOoz2PHrabI1E517H6I0fSlbKIdSkvTMX6GSuROKlNyTsE2Ix0hEIcRe8dz7xW3_pW1GxiYGeQAJ58_vJxRX6HaFbjI/w505-h379/top+2.JPG" width="505" /></a></div><br /><div>In the photo above you see there are not one, but two roads behind the closed gate, the second road, marked narrow paved road, runs down through the woods a ways before suddenly ending, and where the road ends is a well worn path continuing onward down the mountain side and has the feel of being an old abandoned hiking trail, the further we followed it the ground seemed to get rougher - not sure where it led as we began losing out light. At one point an official trail does cross this road as well. the path at the end of the road is not part of that trail.</div><div>To the right of the old paved road is a shallow ravine filled with huge sections of granite, some had the tell tale cut marks on them.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRAbURTb3gkEg51nR5U0kqbrrcS3u_d0zcFvzVg4G6Kt9AIP4zpaX7tsEm1AZcPEASI0phG6S6JUdRpjf39FYUnuCBejZPQ6pxqYvWmLOKtDV3vvzLH4X1qNB6BYxwWV9ArHym9Y5nOc/s2048/gate+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRAbURTb3gkEg51nR5U0kqbrrcS3u_d0zcFvzVg4G6Kt9AIP4zpaX7tsEm1AZcPEASI0phG6S6JUdRpjf39FYUnuCBejZPQ6pxqYvWmLOKtDV3vvzLH4X1qNB6BYxwWV9ArHym9Y5nOc/s320/gate+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-41282397513282740502020-09-09T20:18:00.001-07:002020-11-24T07:43:10.035-08:00UPPER SECTION OF GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILWAY LOCATED<p> Today we finally located the final stretch of the Green Mountain Railway, but not without some effort. The newly discovered section picks up from where the middle section of the trail leaves off, a few yards across the Cadillac Summit road hidden in the woods lies a pile of rusting railroad spikes, and several yards across the brook along the bank one discovers what appear to be railings from the cog train. While it is true more research needs to be done on this upper most section of the route the train once carried passengers along, we were able to wander about the woods and find enough spikes in the ground to arrive at the upper section of the Summit road. About five feet from the roadside a spike sticks out of a section of granite, directly across the roadway, concealed in very thick brush are a good number of other railroad spikes which stretch upward to flat ground where the spikes come to an end. We continued straight ahead and passed close to one side of the government installation and exited the woods, an examination of the open granite revealed what appears to be the final railroad spike, cut off even with the granite surface but still very much visible. As much as we have documented and uncovered, we recognize there is still work to be done before we can b=label this complete.</p><p>The railroad spike pile very close to the Cadillac Summit Road is at N 44 21.272 - W 068 13.782</p><p>The train parts are at N 44 21.264 W 068 13.782</p><p>Spikes behind large granite block side of Summit Road</p><p>N 44 21.148 W 068 13.622</p><p>Here the spikes follow a gully on the other side of the road for a ways, before stopping. Straight ahead you come out on open granite where the last spike can be found, the spike has been cut off even with the granite but can still be easily seen, it is at</p><p>N 44 21.083 W 068 13.583</p><p>The Summit House was located only yards away from this final spike.</p><p>I have documented this route the cog train took pretty good and this will be my last visit to this location. I would of loved to been able to do a gopro of this upper most section of the route, however, the brush is thick, the ground rough, and working a camera and getting quality footage would be near impossible. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7d_PQP2v5JrqHJ6sx7WdFah0JVJktHPtH7lfMOKicnG8K6hzlrEuNqguooqxCS_8Mt-nH9qU8N0W2sfPEa4AH5ZD5twij2CBb_5zWwF5SGgHdjcIJLWKXlSmnTTA_Ve8_IWGsFpwBZkI/s2048/train+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7d_PQP2v5JrqHJ6sx7WdFah0JVJktHPtH7lfMOKicnG8K6hzlrEuNqguooqxCS_8Mt-nH9qU8N0W2sfPEa4AH5ZD5twij2CBb_5zWwF5SGgHdjcIJLWKXlSmnTTA_Ve8_IWGsFpwBZkI/s320/train+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSBhsoQGFT2JHVWRRe5_wnZQXwKra-kA8QxfqXCbI4RLgdJBozhqfiI9Jfq-JtUY8DDhgulMsr04qiYRnRzvsYTM4sHQIiyf1Vnp_dsMLdKqkBonCtmVF3Xz62OW1y76mWKFF1ZNdveE/s2048/train+44.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSBhsoQGFT2JHVWRRe5_wnZQXwKra-kA8QxfqXCbI4RLgdJBozhqfiI9Jfq-JtUY8DDhgulMsr04qiYRnRzvsYTM4sHQIiyf1Vnp_dsMLdKqkBonCtmVF3Xz62OW1y76mWKFF1ZNdveE/s320/train+44.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnW_yfF8r0C4h040Ailv09BVD6MxLIV_2IxRw0838W_-2dko9hyCVhSwJSuw-BgCsPzjFTpdSms6vgSuy9kQTqGoZdN6GFb0Gh8Dr1ZW5Rfrp37PBcafElTxlRhS9suYaLWqtFJwbsXw/s2048/train+33.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnW_yfF8r0C4h040Ailv09BVD6MxLIV_2IxRw0838W_-2dko9hyCVhSwJSuw-BgCsPzjFTpdSms6vgSuy9kQTqGoZdN6GFb0Gh8Dr1ZW5Rfrp37PBcafElTxlRhS9suYaLWqtFJwbsXw/s320/train+33.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkeDs9oYWn3gI6TCcbW0eJezNJR5Jb6wZdDV9e521xj5-6lmywVMXYN15ltm6q-dBTSqs4sd6z-ViLZTTbeu_cAyA4nLz8Vd9i52IBm53QeF9KS_1wTiGHgFWIRjLcAKECmWXyI3atA4/s2048/train+55.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkeDs9oYWn3gI6TCcbW0eJezNJR5Jb6wZdDV9e521xj5-6lmywVMXYN15ltm6q-dBTSqs4sd6z-ViLZTTbeu_cAyA4nLz8Vd9i52IBm53QeF9KS_1wTiGHgFWIRjLcAKECmWXyI3atA4/s320/train+55.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNvbKaFUqN_a5o3nLkTTcJHD_jt89YRJ8_E2hgs9_b0pOiDqa8GNcqGcuclI-9GCo5aRO4e74Ky1y7BRVQqJOR5j2lSgV59a-J3B5uQ0KwBjf0dN6ceKHz3_vRw3NCcnhniet7lw4SxY/s2048/train+66.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNvbKaFUqN_a5o3nLkTTcJHD_jt89YRJ8_E2hgs9_b0pOiDqa8GNcqGcuclI-9GCo5aRO4e74Ky1y7BRVQqJOR5j2lSgV59a-J3B5uQ0KwBjf0dN6ceKHz3_vRw3NCcnhniet7lw4SxY/s320/train+66.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib76ofrC3sxE9GeYHyV6ytzm5j6OLK-4Q7UhXs185baCOKg7xZM-xWhwOfifEibY2jkg6CeWLDZa84Ybi76czr-K-8Szm0Gic3EcUhkR3lFQI8Lh61B2BdqC4xSP9LmvJTSET7jWugEaE/s2048/last+spike.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib76ofrC3sxE9GeYHyV6ytzm5j6OLK-4Q7UhXs185baCOKg7xZM-xWhwOfifEibY2jkg6CeWLDZa84Ybi76czr-K-8Szm0Gic3EcUhkR3lFQI8Lh61B2BdqC4xSP9LmvJTSET7jWugEaE/s320/last+spike.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The final spike, cut off flush with the granite.<br /><p><br /></p>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-70571461626804664932020-09-08T18:32:00.001-07:002020-09-08T18:32:43.255-07:00CLEFTSTONE ROADS ODD FOUNDATION<p> Cleftstone Roads odd foundation is easy to locate but not so easy to explain. Back in the day one of the paths up Great Hill passed right through that area of woods and whatever was located there was once landscaped and had gardens, or so the surrounding ground below the old rock foundation suggests. And clearly whatever structure once stood there, it was not a large structure, for the small hill with its steep banks would only support a small structure, so what was located here?</p><p>I refer to this as the odd foundation of Cleftstone Road because the narrow dirt road, in the woods just as you enter Acadia National Park off of West Street Extension, does a half circle through the woods, one end of the dirt road beginning just past the entrance into the park, on the left, and the other end of the half circle coming out almost across the road from the Duck Brook Road, and I do believe at one time the end closest to Cleftstone Road may of once connected to that road, but evidence was destroyed when The new entrance in to the park was constructed, because up to a point there was no West Street Extension, and the main entrance into the park from town was by way of the abandoned entrance into the park which I have written about and documented. In fact, I believe the other end of the dirt road once connected to that old entrance into the park, in any case the old stone foundation does appear to date back to a time before West Street Extention was built. There is suppose to be a couple newspaper articles talking about the structure that once stood here, but I have not been able to find them as yet.</p><p>At this point I will tell you how to locate this odd foundation, the easiest way is to drive into the park along West Street Extension and park at the blocked off end of Duck Brook Road. Across the roadway is a granite hill, and just to the right woods where an old dirt road is located. Follow the road as it moves upward through the woods, and watch that granite hill now to your left, you will be looking for an area of stones that form one side of a foundation, with a path that leads up to the top of the hill. From there you can now view the other side of the hill where another wall of the foundation is located. The second way to locate the odd foundation is by driving up West Street Extension, as soon as you approach the entrance into the park, pull over and walk up the left hand side of the road a short ways, looking down the banking for a well defined dirt road, and follow the old road through the woods to the foundation. </p><p>I do believe I have an old hand drawn map that shows the structure, it is a small structure on a hill, with Great Hill rising up behind it, the location fits perfectly. I was walking through the woods one day recently in search of deer to photograph and ran into two individuals who shed light on exactly what it was that once stood on that small hill, it was a tea house. From the old map I found the small structure pictured would seem to be about the size of a small tea house. But as is often the case, one mystery opens the door to another, and in various places in the woods there I have seen golf balls.....anyone have any clue why golf balls are in the woods off of Cleftstone road?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOa6sb7Fd7OPr8ylBgH7Gkn_DlIBQNbtUdrUwXkBt9TIlKgqpyePYOjjWRoFnpxzQoBCPnjtKDR8MFd-S5VmdmRkmLoZXW9oKnY3Nw08G5TYPKa0NGSQT4UzBs_rT_YbrzovEq8Uve93I/s1162/flume.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="1162" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOa6sb7Fd7OPr8ylBgH7Gkn_DlIBQNbtUdrUwXkBt9TIlKgqpyePYOjjWRoFnpxzQoBCPnjtKDR8MFd-S5VmdmRkmLoZXW9oKnY3Nw08G5TYPKa0NGSQT4UzBs_rT_YbrzovEq8Uve93I/w625-h458/flume.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjFsHKeN8Q1jdstwcA_I10pTBr052XoAU22bKRwBOlKWJSUhnO-VWAbErTSEishSrJJlBTHqMgngy1yB7unULw3XuoSwLpp7r8rNc9fm80l9n7M8hUXLooOAgPuUi6tBTmmPmisUd7do/s1562/flume+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1562" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjFsHKeN8Q1jdstwcA_I10pTBr052XoAU22bKRwBOlKWJSUhnO-VWAbErTSEishSrJJlBTHqMgngy1yB7unULw3XuoSwLpp7r8rNc9fm80l9n7M8hUXLooOAgPuUi6tBTmmPmisUd7do/w625-h344/flume+2.png" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUW4zDLoGuUGw27HGh2JHE4y_F3g9tKUPxIhWjUrN1TGKggpPAonafAteOA5h_aK3HKVTBpUqMzZHFf7aniByOo3si8IfSbkFydIKLj64lRWE03Qgcn6Ut0tJi-V520OwtTNvzHWC0bHE/s400/mappp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="383" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUW4zDLoGuUGw27HGh2JHE4y_F3g9tKUPxIhWjUrN1TGKggpPAonafAteOA5h_aK3HKVTBpUqMzZHFf7aniByOo3si8IfSbkFydIKLj64lRWE03Qgcn6Ut0tJi-V520OwtTNvzHWC0bHE/s320/mappp.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp4EvhCjHIIjjgxk8ZpaTgFnlhWvZQGMf-36lhP34d20Lp1XBHWMn82eppqYE0x0gYNsC3fOcRaEEjqetXM3lp7rmtXWz1uaIHWEppJYwbq7ar4ersNF8Jejeo_50wIJVqDS6UEL9bag/s400/wall+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp4EvhCjHIIjjgxk8ZpaTgFnlhWvZQGMf-36lhP34d20Lp1XBHWMn82eppqYE0x0gYNsC3fOcRaEEjqetXM3lp7rmtXWz1uaIHWEppJYwbq7ar4ersNF8Jejeo_50wIJVqDS6UEL9bag/w625-h416/wall+%25281%2529.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseaflFyw3b2EKdoRI523IaCdlKodELZo530F5gDPD7EkGxnE53pWk9MblMCi2WPObzaSVoIulcugAVxRgnZ-GwuJkzzfG52NFtuvNu49tJI1JcPpxphyphenhyphenPUIvBj1eRPwZJJ6WXn9SaqD8/s400/wall+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseaflFyw3b2EKdoRI523IaCdlKodELZo530F5gDPD7EkGxnE53pWk9MblMCi2WPObzaSVoIulcugAVxRgnZ-GwuJkzzfG52NFtuvNu49tJI1JcPpxphyphenhyphenPUIvBj1eRPwZJJ6WXn9SaqD8/w625-h416/wall+2.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPffPpLvqeMYhI5Y3LK43ZSRiUkdKpIic-LLVwv3PzvfKMvDGGuAh9H3y6V045JjebeBBjQIEKmBe_ynePYqtTqzz_KTj9SFn-30USz6mfQpTICQ5t9hHQVJjkYK-jjaJyHWtUwYhaOxU/s400/wall+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPffPpLvqeMYhI5Y3LK43ZSRiUkdKpIic-LLVwv3PzvfKMvDGGuAh9H3y6V045JjebeBBjQIEKmBe_ynePYqtTqzz_KTj9SFn-30USz6mfQpTICQ5t9hHQVJjkYK-jjaJyHWtUwYhaOxU/w625-h416/wall+3.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-61088096739158628422020-09-06T18:44:00.007-07:002020-11-24T08:01:21.583-08:00FOUNDATION BY DUCK BROOK<p> The first foundation at Duck Brook is an old foundation I stumbled across nearly 30 years ago, hidden not far in the woods by the Duck Brook Paradise Hill road bridge. The foundation has several rooms, one room off of which was clearly the kitchen is flooded with water, and the ground was very wet leading up the banking away from the foundation. I followed the wet area which led me to a small pipe like the ones that go to a faucet, sticking out of the ground it still has water gushing out of it after all these years. An old road almost from the corner of the large triple arch bridge runs uphill into the woods, the more you follow the road the more defined it becomes, leading to the area of the foundation, another nearby road runs through the woods and circles back toward the bridge but further below the bridge, this may of been a service road put in place when the large stone bridge was being built.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm0n4g7FHs5X2ey-dK2pf1SD7gxDctWvAC3dZ3_8gqqD2ik74G16IKRG7ecO9DoTi80d0pH3peirZD2D-CC4PsfSCkIFdq9p5mHDZzQUnKR1qBx1WhfS3FWiRZnoTq3aoVbc8b-xwUzs/s2048/bridge+2+with+pullover.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMm0n4g7FHs5X2ey-dK2pf1SD7gxDctWvAC3dZ3_8gqqD2ik74G16IKRG7ecO9DoTi80d0pH3peirZD2D-CC4PsfSCkIFdq9p5mHDZzQUnKR1qBx1WhfS3FWiRZnoTq3aoVbc8b-xwUzs/s320/bridge+2+with+pullover.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">N 44 23.920 - W 068 13.842</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1bxNhM5FBamRMFbIrIr-v3ciR6Lou0jKGoF4cMMEZG2HL6bBxKhHgEkhoHKz7znte9TqHi8cmwxWwGnbWknRSpSKKCnHh0oa-91zhOtPcsprR-jgsfnZu24P0i6s3TfZ6O3AnBn34fI/s2048/rock+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1bxNhM5FBamRMFbIrIr-v3ciR6Lou0jKGoF4cMMEZG2HL6bBxKhHgEkhoHKz7znte9TqHi8cmwxWwGnbWknRSpSKKCnHh0oa-91zhOtPcsprR-jgsfnZu24P0i6s3TfZ6O3AnBn34fI/s320/rock+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">N 44 23.883 - W 068 13.838</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3fMxacgojGvJnkipWqmyfan4WPWCEVyGIiJueYqnJTNKMhD3PIE4uT50mknrLiuHd49DmF3-3aDA5kYvXAeT8QxyMVKqqvEXTG97PUbJIu-dI4epKJh7wKT9k1J8dEfocYvbCX1jfPd0/s2048/rock+5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbln8LuRyuNp12eFe8DOmQVJrxPmbv_bGunbdvFPvP0iKdeFOF3gtkwuWhd3R073Piow8GbFj5lI7eeYTF0NpK2k5Kj0lgXEFUD_wRxd2ZMmkDwRHS5jNtvkRk0I4Oy0vZa6Dg5nYlcE/s2048/rock+8.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbln8LuRyuNp12eFe8DOmQVJrxPmbv_bGunbdvFPvP0iKdeFOF3gtkwuWhd3R073Piow8GbFj5lI7eeYTF0NpK2k5Kj0lgXEFUD_wRxd2ZMmkDwRHS5jNtvkRk0I4Oy0vZa6Dg5nYlcE/s320/rock+8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div> Water gushing out of a faucet size pipe</div><div><br /></div><div> N44 23.880 - W 068 13.828</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JZ06_Vr9KbqAUbyXPlCXMBUkxY4U1nirpEK8xHWPrKf2jYwOWDnUUmYzk-G71vhdyaHdkLMaBmKG4_H8eC2Y1Gj7rGLlaAcQW0JbaQSpKAU-KnnqGNQnzChNgaY96d_aXlLTwtsTiRE/s320/circle+4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>At the top of the banking above the old foundation is the old Bar Harbor Water pipe, which runs through the woods to this area from the Eagle Lake Road.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6UNXlmJ56YlhuWoGU6FJOhDnIz3epbqOxUH2rX_gfsx-9PIkMvcGAzNO09EuATKuYdLmZiCuqpvAji9j8Pi5u6FkO9SQzuu-hT8utCGEPOryEDnt7vPLYYTNsajTWAkAUgLLDyJOlKs/s2048/water+pipe.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6UNXlmJ56YlhuWoGU6FJOhDnIz3epbqOxUH2rX_gfsx-9PIkMvcGAzNO09EuATKuYdLmZiCuqpvAji9j8Pi5u6FkO9SQzuu-hT8utCGEPOryEDnt7vPLYYTNsajTWAkAUgLLDyJOlKs/s320/water+pipe.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>In foundation 2, I was told to check out this site by a tip, who believed one of the Bar Harbor Water Company reservoir's might of been located there. It was fairly easy to find, though I am not certain it was an old reservoir, that said, there was a couple large pieces of broken water pipe at the site, and clearly a very large circular structure was once located there. An old road appears to have made its way to the site, way before the Paradise Hill Road bridge was built, and a nearby tree is deeply scarred from where a chain grew into the side of the tree, most likely placed there to block cars from reaching the site. Nearby in the woods with a fallen tree over it is a deep small hole going down into the earth, maybe an old well, not sure. If you have any more information on this second foundation, or the first, drop me a line at fendermail56@yahoo.com</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-efy6HvTJr-PWaY7hQylDGOPPTAHw_IQJwjekVQDVNM4caZ-f825v4E5trnj7LzIKpvbU9d9l9-fD4Z2iXI3SSCud_IdCBF1J0nBHX5T-1pqZGgUbXdWtwTTttGyp19EQU3LR04aZqoI/s2048/duck+brook+foundation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-efy6HvTJr-PWaY7hQylDGOPPTAHw_IQJwjekVQDVNM4caZ-f825v4E5trnj7LzIKpvbU9d9l9-fD4Z2iXI3SSCud_IdCBF1J0nBHX5T-1pqZGgUbXdWtwTTttGyp19EQU3LR04aZqoI/s320/duck+brook+foundation.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eozIYoEatmjY2tsg_yozEjxQhEigdUbYi_PFiJo9e6cxU9dF40VSkBorG31i_HC9Dfa6_9P5ZW78buzl_jI8H2ucB7TsMkxzsdJPhBt5R1cZ80wTH80rwVGi21aDujkx9cS23J7XL-c/s2048/circle+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eozIYoEatmjY2tsg_yozEjxQhEigdUbYi_PFiJo9e6cxU9dF40VSkBorG31i_HC9Dfa6_9P5ZW78buzl_jI8H2ucB7TsMkxzsdJPhBt5R1cZ80wTH80rwVGi21aDujkx9cS23J7XL-c/s320/circle+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sxK55dJFNYEkpyFdohyhYfNxfNKSdz5BTp2FlfdD2tm2TWe5ZyjmwOe-JSnKV_XinonHSIIMyjjuXcw3KlcBZ5-zcNIlvKAsQHStIv4mJTYQC8K3YXHBoHu_J4w-EV9JTKb6h9C6iYQ/s2048/circle+2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sxK55dJFNYEkpyFdohyhYfNxfNKSdz5BTp2FlfdD2tm2TWe5ZyjmwOe-JSnKV_XinonHSIIMyjjuXcw3KlcBZ5-zcNIlvKAsQHStIv4mJTYQC8K3YXHBoHu_J4w-EV9JTKb6h9C6iYQ/s320/circle+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRglSW90pDWTCKvUtUp_Btz1Z4QAi5bx_H-rdSUk5YBcuqBtI15hNdak6LRhn0h-Or9keMzkbgvmukS054JjSEqWTIgz5IIF2rQx9jIwzpIBzs6Pj3FuHOcf9FttXhj2-F-J7T5tyOnA/s2048/circle+3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRglSW90pDWTCKvUtUp_Btz1Z4QAi5bx_H-rdSUk5YBcuqBtI15hNdak6LRhn0h-Or9keMzkbgvmukS054JjSEqWTIgz5IIF2rQx9jIwzpIBzs6Pj3FuHOcf9FttXhj2-F-J7T5tyOnA/s320/circle+3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">N 44 23.938 - W 068 13.866</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCfUD-s3mzZl-FRWWI6yDw6m8VrJVXl9oJYIFFuWcfRsUmJ4WvzSGoU7X9XPL3w0w9tevKZ5Ekz99Nxc0HFuvfCStJ1xCrdth8TIeWVq5mArm_Io_dkA-t-Qq2WRXYkJjlW9KeWoRP8M/s2048/pipe.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCfUD-s3mzZl-FRWWI6yDw6m8VrJVXl9oJYIFFuWcfRsUmJ4WvzSGoU7X9XPL3w0w9tevKZ5Ekz99Nxc0HFuvfCStJ1xCrdth8TIeWVq5mArm_Io_dkA-t-Qq2WRXYkJjlW9KeWoRP8M/s320/pipe.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Section of large broken water pipe<br /><p><br /></p>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-79315115804778509342020-08-23T13:34:00.003-07:002020-11-24T09:29:20.109-08:00LOST DUCK BROOK STAIRWAY LOCATED<p> Years ago I came across an old newspaper article that mentioned how two stairways had been constructed from Duck Brook Trail up the steep banking, today we located one of those stairways, incredibly most of the steps remain in place. Long before the current bridge spanned Duck Brook and its gorge, a much smaller bridge crossed the brook upstream., near where a dam was once located. </p><p>The accidental discovery of the stone stairway came as an unexpected surprise, as this was not the prize we were seeking out; which was signs of the old flume. The stairway is accessible from the brook, the first steps appearing along a well worn path which may be a section of the forgotten Duck Brook Trail. The steps move upwards, moving to the right as they do so and conclude a short distance from the shoulder of Duck Brook Road, where a faint path serves to connect the route to the road. These steps may of been very effective guiding hikers from the brook to the road above years ago, but today the steep sides of the gorge along with loose debris makes for an interesting climb that some may want to steer clear of. I highly recommend this stairway be approached from below, moving upward.</p><p>Directly across the brook from this stairway is another slightly worn path which veers left in the direction of Duck Brook Bridge which towers over the narrow brook. The further you follow it the more defined it becomes, but ends where a rock slide appears to have destroyed that section of trail. This is a nice find but be warned, loose debris and steep sides does add an element of danger.</p><p>GPS - steps begin by brook at</p><p>N 44 23.524 - W 068 14.125</p><p>slightly worn path begins by Duck Brook Road</p><p>N 44 23.492 - W 068 14.126</p><p>Photos were taken as I made my way up the stairway from the brook;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5XhxsMkl9LgVRu-o7_qJi_uti-e7h83dkVYXMytEB5uXaD9DHm2dgGHqovudbrz3eRk5NLe0riizv4VD2rBGAC91ZgycL67UyXnalFH4X_KG4703DLgbjuadBjX5nkzqwWulCirbHZE/s2048/steps+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5XhxsMkl9LgVRu-o7_qJi_uti-e7h83dkVYXMytEB5uXaD9DHm2dgGHqovudbrz3eRk5NLe0riizv4VD2rBGAC91ZgycL67UyXnalFH4X_KG4703DLgbjuadBjX5nkzqwWulCirbHZE/s640/steps+1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>These three large stone steps mark the start of the stairway by the brook.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidO5bBDYl91jV3ZB6CeczWNRWSEgXx1LFqdKwmrKSpGqE8JQ6vllOG4YqAYOaP0fnSnuk963bL4bfYwHvPFqXkVMpp3CUhsmGsecANQN3uqVQLftftz4h1PwiSmkHpD3MwLRTOsoSfJJk/s640/steps+3.JPG" /></a></div><p>This is a section of the old Duck Brook Path, as taken from the first three stones of the stairway.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4cjScp3z2y0Mib1a0VeGbMGdqXozyejgjxY_yyFlHSay83-Fia0mq89HLXaMCrhyphenhyphenaXtebcQXXW1RhJD4kohB0QkEwRAiRJ3QrT6hW81x5FfnW4JCIUaGcsuBb79P7cN6iN6QX3918As/s1040/mapp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1040" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4cjScp3z2y0Mib1a0VeGbMGdqXozyejgjxY_yyFlHSay83-Fia0mq89HLXaMCrhyphenhyphenaXtebcQXXW1RhJD4kohB0QkEwRAiRJ3QrT6hW81x5FfnW4JCIUaGcsuBb79P7cN6iN6QX3918As/s640/mapp.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-79704901102366550762020-07-04T19:08:00.002-07:002020-11-24T10:26:59.802-08:00IS THIS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE WAUWINET?Hidden beneath the calm waters of Eagle Lake a ghost vessel of sorts lies at rest on the lakes murky bottom, a vessel with the unusual name of Wauwinet, Considering the size of the lake, the Wauwinet was a pretty large vessel capable of ferrying 100 passengers across the lake. How such a massive vessel arrived at the lake is a story in itself, it had to be slowly dragged to the shores of the lake from a pier in Bar Harbor, with the progress being painfully slow. The arrival of the vessel to its new home was vital to the future success of the Green Mountain Railway Company, which was to operate a cog train from the shore of the lake to the summit of Green Mountain, today named Cadillac Mountain, and to reach the vessel one journeyed out to the large on large horse drawn buckboards, where the buckboards would slowly fill with anxious customers as they made their way from one hotel to the next.<br /><br /><br />Books and old newspaper accounts describe different accounts of how the Wauwinet ended up in a watery grave, one account states the vessel was stripped down and moved into Nick's Cove where it was sunk, and that today, on a clam day, you can take a boat out on Nick's Cove and look down into the water and see some of the timbers of the vessel.<br /><br />But there are two other accounts of what happened to the Wauwinet and both accounts place the vessel not too far from the wharf the Wauwinet called home. One says the vessel was hauled a short ways out on the lake and sunk, while another account paints a more dramatic picture, with the vessel becoming surrounded by ice as it made its way to the pier, the pressure from the froming ice on the lake wrecking havoc with the sides of the vessel and sending it to its current resting place.<div>I am not a detective but I do like pouring over old maps and it dawned on me, if I used Google Maps, could I find evidence of where the large vessel lay on the lake bottom? Two things jumped out at me as soon as I brought up the map, first there is an outline of a pier under water, in the same area the pier for the Wauwinet was located in, why would the pier be under water is a fair question one might ask, with an easy answer. Back in the Day, the Bar Harbor Water Company needed to stabilize the water level of the lake, this was done by building up the shoreline in certain areas and constructing a dam which raised the level of the lake, drowning sand beaches and piers along the edge of the lake, lawsuits followed from angry landowners whose acreage was reduced by the rising waters of the lake.</div><div>The next thing that jumped out at me was a large object which resembles a large vessel, a short ways out from shore, about at the spot two articles placed it at. <br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On the map I marked the only spot on the lake in that area that appears to be an underwater wharf. I also marked an object under water, not far from the wharf, that looks like it might be the remains of a large vessel. How large was the Wauwinet, large enough to carry about 100 passengers. And in an old newspaper article a fisherman states he was out on the lake on a calm day and could see sections of the vessel under water.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;">As for the story of Nick's Cove, at least on Google and Bing maps I have not discovered any evidence of a vessel at the bottom of the lake in that location. Nick's cove got its name from Nick Currin who owned and operated Currin House by the shore of the lake. 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From Bar Harbor, drive up West Street, at the bottom of Main Street by the town pier. You will come to a stop sign at Eden Street, continue straight across Eden Street, heading uphill along West Street Extension. You will come to signs saying you are entering Acadia National Park, and just ahead on the right is a small area to park at the start of the Duck Brook Road. Follow the road on foot or bike, you will soon pass under a stone arch bridge, a little further ahead near a small curve is a old pull over with a well worn path, go past that, just ahead is a very sharp curve, as you approach the curve look on the right hand side of the road for a rough path leading down the embankment and toward the woods. Also, from the roadside looking toward the woods there is a darker shadow where the path runs downhill through the woods a short ways, the path then goes right, by now you should hear the roar of Duck Brook Falls. There will be a very narrow path on the left that drops steeply downhill, avoid that path as it is very steep and leads to a section of white water above the falls. Continue straight ahead you should be seeing the towns water pipe by now, and you will come to one, then two and then three locations where you can go down the banking to the brook, the first spot is higher and steeper, the next two locations are much closer to the water and not as steep. By now, over the roar you should be able to see the white water as it plunges downward into the large calm pool of water.<br />
Back some years ago a woman whose son died from cancer told the story about this secret swimming hole along Duck Brook her son use to love to go to and swim, he would stay there for hours, and I have since been told that Duck Brook Falls was his secret swimming location. Since learning that a few of our followers have also sent me messages about that location.<br />
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-41578891704955987842020-07-02T03:22:00.001-07:002020-08-23T09:28:10.260-07:00FAWN WOODS ROAD<br />
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named this area of the woods Fawn Woods and for good reason, on
almost any day you can walk through these quiet woods and spot deer,
some times up to six or seven, and some times with their new born
baby fawns, in fact some of my best deet photos were taken here.
There are traces of old roads that criss cross these woods but the
main road is well defined and easy to follow. Drive up West Street
Extension and park by the entrance to Acadia National Park. Walk
along the left hand side of the road a short ways and you will see a
old dirt road down the banking, it does a wide loop through the
forest, rejoining the Park road further up the hill.</span></span></div>
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your walking along the road, you will see where another road once ran
off to the left through a field, there are usually deer in that
field. Just beyond that, on the right, is another road, more
defined, which runs through an opening and up onto a high section of
branite where a very large bolt is bolted into the granite, with a
very large piece of chain in it, have no idea what that was used for.
Further along, on the right, is signs of one or two more roads and
for some reason the ground has been built up here with a large amount
of small stones, and towering over this flat open area is a small
hill of towering granite, the tallest section has the remains of
either an old foundation or a built up area of many stones on both
sides of the towering granite, yet the top section of the hill is
small, most likely too small for even a small size house – could
this area have been a support for a section of flume that might of
run from there over to the Eagle Lake Road?</span></span></div>
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there the road beings a right hand turn, with the remains of a road
heading left toward private property. The road makes its right hand
turn and now you can begin to see a good number of tire ruts where
most likely truck</span></span></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: "yu gothic ui semibold", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">tires
sank down into the muddy ground. The road goes up hill a bit and
levels off and once again you can now see the other side of that hill
of granite with the built up section made up of many stones., lining
the hill side as neat as a tall wall, and right there, running up
along the wall of stones and making its way to the top of the granite
hill, a well worn path. From the top, looking out toward Bar Harbor
you are treated to some nice views, but beware, there are drop offs
all around, one wrong step could result in a very nasty fall. Beyond
you can follow a path along the top of the granite hill, to where you
come out at a drop off directly across from the Duck Brook Road, with
a path to the left leading down to the road, or you can go back down
the path you came up and continue to follow the old road to where it
does a deep drop downward before leveling out and making its way
toward the Park Road.</span></span></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: "yu gothic ui semibold", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Back
before West Street Ext. was built, when the entrance to the park from
town was off of the Bloomfield Road, this upper section of dirt road
would of run over toward that abandoned entrance road, andf the first
section of dirt road would of run over to one end of the nearby
Bloomfield Road.. Because of all the deer traffic this section of
woods and fields are sure to be ripe with ticks, just keep that in
mind.</span></span><br />
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<span face="" style="font-family: "yu gothic ui semibold", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is worth noting that one old map I saw years ago showed a Great Hill Path to the summit that began by the corner of Cleftstone and West Street Ext, and ran right up through this area, and it is interesting that both sides of the hill further back from the road, with built up sides of stones, might of played a role in that old Great Hill path.</span></span></div>
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<span face="" style="font-family: "yu gothic ui semibold", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="" style="font-family: "yu gothic ui semibold", sans-serif;"><span>UPDATE;<br /></span></span>
<span face="" style="font-family: "yu gothic ui semibold", sans-serif;"><span><br /></span></span></span></b><span face="" style="font-family: "yu gothic ui semibold", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I was out looking for deer the other day, following what I like to call the Fawn Woods Road, simply because of all the great deer photos I have taken in that area, when I ran into two individuals who were also walking the old dirt road. They had some new information on exactly what those remains are of up on a small hill along the road, it was once a tea house. This makes sense because old maps show a path leading from about where the corner of West Street Extension and Cleftstone Road are today, and making its way to Great Hill and the summit. Back in the late 1800's and early 1900's it was popular to place these tea houses along hiking trails, and one was planned for Newport Mountain (today named Champlain Mountain), and one was located along the Schooner Head Road over by Great Head. People today don't realize how important of a role Great Hill played on the path system in this area of the park, but once many trails either began or ended at Great Hill, trails like the Fern Trail, The Royal Fern Trail, the Bracken Trail, Fawn Pond Trail, the Duck Brook Trail, with several once official trails along the base of Great Hill and up to its twin peaks. According to one old article plans were in the works for extending the Carriage Road system up over Great Hill, with the new section of carriage road running down along where West Street Extention is today, but those plans were never carried out.<br /></span></span>
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-5359622434295422422020-06-22T22:55:00.000-07:002020-06-23T19:47:09.502-07:00ABANDONED ENTRANCE INTO ACADIA NATIONAL PARKToday visitors to Bar Harbor can easily reach one of the major entrances into Acadia National Park by turning left at the end of Main Street and driving up West Street, crossing Eden Street and continuing up West Street Ext. right into the park, but that was not always the case. Before West Street Ext. was constructed, the main entrance into Acadia National Park would of been more complicated, You would have to drive out onto Eden Street, turn up onto Highbrook Road, drive past How's Park, turn onto Champlain Road and finally arrive at a four way intersection. Directly ahead was the entrance into the park, which passed through a short section of forest before coming to a right hand turn, where todays Duck Brook Road is today, the section closed to cars. That curve or corner was well known as Reservoir Corner, because just a short ways down the road, up on the hill side, sat the Bar Harbor Water Company water reservoir, whose huge foundation and walls still stand today.<br />
At the intersection of Champlain and Highbrook Roads there is a stop sign, directly across from Champlain Road there is usually a large storage container or dumpster, behind the storage container is a worn path that follows the edge of the woods, not far along the path turns into a road, and at different areas of the road you can still see the old pavement.<br />
If your looking for the easiest way to locate this section of abandoned road, drive up West Street Ext. into the park, just ahead on the right is the blocked off end of the Duck Brook Road, park there. Walk along the road, not far, following the large granite stones along the right side of the road until they end, the abandoned section of road can now be seen. It is a short walk and easy to follow.<br />
Over toward one corner of the woods, shown on the map, is the remains of an old structure.<br />
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DUCK BROOM ROAD</td></tr>
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-56759136041064764392020-06-17T01:05:00.006-07:002020-12-15T19:51:42.949-08:00ABBY'S RETREAT - LESS OF A MYSTERY TODAY<div>A fascinating mystery of sorts began to unfold one day while pouring over old maps, when my eyes fell upon two words - Abby's Retreat," which led me to my next body of research, what was 'Abby's retreat? A nursing home? A home for recovering alcoholics? A private club where the wealthy gathered? This name fascinated me from day one and I began diving through old records in search of an answer. My research led me to an old treasure of a book titled "Sherman's Bar Harbor guide" - a book loaded with gems from cover to cover, and what follows was taken straight from its pages;</div><div><br /></div><div>THE HIGHBROOK ROAD<br /><br />The Highbrook Road winds gracefully over the hills with many noble views of the bay and mountains. Two of the chief cottages are close together on high ground, with prospects of amazing grandeur. The larger of these is Mossely Hall, belonging to William B. Howard, a celebrated railroad king of Chicago. It is said to have cost upwards of $100,000. Not far distance is Stanwood, the summer place of the Hon. James G. Blaine, with rich flower beds and shrubberies, and fine views of Frenchman's Bay and its islands and Green Mountain. On the crest of the hill stands the handsome red granite house built by McKim, Mead and White, in 1887-88, for Capt. George M. Wheeler, USN. The hill was bought by Capt. James B. Eads, the engineer of the Mississippi jetties, and Capt. Wheeler, and on Capt. Eads death his portion was added to the Wheeler estate. For fifteen years this noble and sea-viewing eminence has borne the name of Abby's Retreat, in memory of a dear old island lady who for many years use to visit its summit (then her own property), to look out over the ocean and dream long dreams of the past. ( We are presented with an older woman looking back on her life and dreaming of its recollections, and perhaps what might of been, the sea spread out before her with sky and birds above, her dreams richer then any of the views before her with perhaps a few conflicted feelings now and then, of regrets of having sold the property her heart found so much comfort in). In the white winters of her fourscore years she asked the rich Bostonian who bought the place to give it her name and with gentle courtesy he did so.<br />To the westward of Abby's Retreat is Woodbury Park, with the new cottage built by W.R. Emerson for H. Le Barre Jayne of Philadelphia</div><div><br /></div><div>The book reveals Abby's Retreat was both a person as well as a intriguing place, but one ghost the book never gives up is exactly who Abby was. The property that made up Abby's Retreat was owned by Capt. George M. Wheeler, USN. and Capt. James B. Eads. , and in an age when homes had names, we are not provided with one here, but we do learn the home in question was a handsome red granite house built by McKim, Mead and White, and Stanwood, the summer place of the Hon. James G. Blaine, was nearby. And while Abby herself may forever remain anonymous, we are teased with the fact that she was "a dear old island lady who for many years use to visit its summit (then her own property), to look out over the ocean and dream long dreams of the past. "</div><div>Now if you have a nose for such things and experienced at digging through old deeds, you might be the one who finally reveals Abby's full name, a task I will leave to others to follow up on. The insightful aspect to this story is that even after Charles T. How obtained the property it would continue to be recognized as Abby's Retreat.</div><div> The Bostonian who ended up buying the place most likely was Charles T. How, as he owned some 100 acres in that general area at one time and he was from Boston, a lawyer and real estate dealer. We also are treated to the fact that Woodbury Park is located Westward of Abby's Retreat, this would place it in the area of the Hampton Inn and the edge of the cliffs by the Blue Nose Inn, as it is near the summit but on the crest of the hill. Sometimes history can be a stubborn guidian of her past and it just may prove Abby's true identity will remain a mystery, poking her head out from old maps and books every now and then amazed at the effort we give to the chase, but as for Abby's Retreat, it is much less of a mystery today and one can only believe with its inns and hotels, Abby would find comfort in the fact that people travel from near and far to do as she once did, take in priceless views and dream.</div>
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In the old map below the roads run differently then they do today, West Street Ext hasn't even been built yet. On the map, Woodbury Park is the tiny triangle just above its name, and just above that is the name Abby's Retreat, which would suggest its location might be just above its name.<br />
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So I just came across this piece in the Bar Harbor Record which now gives us the name of the estate before it became known as Abby's Retreat;<br />
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November 6, 1895<br />
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LIKES BAR HARBOR<br />
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Major George M. Wheeler, of the United States Engineering Corps and Mrs. Wheeler have returned to Washington. They went in the drawing car Whitcomb. Major Wheeler has been beautifying the grounds about <span face=""roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Avamaya</span><span face=""roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"> </span>, his summer home here and delights staying in Bar Harbor until the snow flies.<br />
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Bar Harbor Historical Society on their Cottages section says this was latter named Blair Eyrie, was later torn down and Summit House built, which also was torn down to make room for the Hamption Inn.<br />
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Walter Paris, the celebrated artist, is spending a few days in Bar Harbor sketching the scenery. Mr. Paris is preparing sketches from the tower of Avamaya, the summer home of Major George M. Wheeler on Highbrook Road which when transferred to canvas will make a panorama view about seven feet in length. Mr. Paris like all other artists who visit Mount Desert Island is delighted with the scenery.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Bar Harbor Record</div><div>August 8, 1896</div><div><br /></div><div>Miss Shaw's concert at the residence of Mrs. George M. Wheeler, "Avamaya," Norman and Highbrook Roads, crest of Abbie's Retreat Hill, kindly tendered Miss Shaw for the purpose, is to take place Saturday morning at eleven o' clock. Miss Geraldine Morgan's artistic playing on the violin is a rare treat always, and Mrs. Perkins has a beautiful, pure soprano voice, and sings with artisic style and musicial taste.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxjdjGGGWvdpxEPH8KfAKew8faeuQBILgdaAt-RRez3FVpxc-1SaCqmDHMhaGzJhtvYePuUS2ZX5E9tRevYFvy-RAkzG6CjhmtWGlvO7fp1TtqEDau7SlOKKQiwqd_EuVQnkKd8apu2I/s738/retreat+ad.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="563" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxjdjGGGWvdpxEPH8KfAKew8faeuQBILgdaAt-RRez3FVpxc-1SaCqmDHMhaGzJhtvYePuUS2ZX5E9tRevYFvy-RAkzG6CjhmtWGlvO7fp1TtqEDau7SlOKKQiwqd_EuVQnkKd8apu2I/w360-h472/retreat+ad.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>
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Bar Harbor Times</h2><div>September 15, 1920</div><div><br /></div><div>Mr. Charles T. How is making a very pretty place of the cottage on the Abby's Retreat Road, which he purchased of Mr. James Eddy last autumn. Its grounds will form a delightful preface and pleasing introduction to the beauties of Woodbury Park.</div>
</div>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-63135468037445260932020-06-11T00:42:00.002-07:002020-11-15T06:43:19.361-08:00THE FERN TRAIL - ACADIA NATIONAL PARKThe old Fern Trail, or path as they were once called, began off of the old Gurnee Trail, I have not been able to find that small section of trail from the Gurnee Tail up to the Park Loop Road, but from the Park Loop Road over to the wet land area of the Witch Hole Pond Carriage Road I had documented a number of years ago, it is well worn and easy to follow. Today I explored a section of woods in and around the area of the Wet Lands and located where the Fern Trail picked up again, and was surprised at just how well worn the trail was as well as in good shape, it was clear the trail gets traveled often. The easiest way to locate the Fern Trail is at the Duck Brook Bridge where the Carriage Roads begin, cross the bridge and straight ahead is a worn path entering the woods, the trail comes out close to the wet land area, as I exited the woods there I could not help but notice a line of rocks stops right by where the trail comes out onto the carriage road by the wetlands. The line of rocks leads left toward the wetlands and directly across from the start of the open area of the wetlands, to the right, the Fern Trail picks up again as it leads through the woods to the Paradise Hill - Park Loop Road. Back in the day a well worn path across the roadway would of led down to the Gurnee Trail.<br />
So back at the Duck Brook Bridge, where did the Fern Trail go to from there? The Fern Trail would crossed a bridge in the area of the duck Brook Bridge and entered the woods across the Duck Brook Road, and run left along the side of Great Hill, until it came to the area of the Great Hill Reservoir, where the Fern Trail would of joined the Royal Fern Trail. The Royal Fern Trail began at How Park and ran up to the Great Hill Reservoir and from there up to the summit of Great Hill. AA number of Old newspaper articles state that the Royal Fern Trail was not a pleasant Trail to hike, it was often wet or muddy and the ground uneven and rough with rocks and roots.<br />
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Near the end of the trail where it comes out at the Park Loop Road, just to the right, facing the mro9ad, is a small foundation, I enclosed one photo of it.<br />
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Start of Trail;<br />
Cross Duck Brook Bridge,<div>unmarked trail straight ahead behind sign<br />
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Middle of path<br />
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N 44 23.904<br />
W 068 14.078<br />
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starts again across from wetlands<br />
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W 068 14.101<br />
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Path at Park Loop Road End<br />
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N 44 24.123<br />
W 068 14.078<br />
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N 44 24.079<br />
W 068 14.055<br />
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</div>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-12927131237707626522020-06-09T20:25:00.000-07:002020-06-09T21:19:44.656-07:00THE OLD PARADISE HILL ROADThe old Paradise Hill Road lies on Paradise Hill, and has a carriage road, the Paradise Hill Carriage Road, which loops around the hill. To locate the old road, starting at Duck Brook Bridge carriage Road off of Duck Brook Road, cross the bridge and go right, this will take you to Witch Hole Pond, at the first carriage road signs, go left, turn right at the next carriage road signs, (post #2) you will be heading for the section of carriage road with a sign "Hull's Cove Visitor's Center" (post #1). Directly across from post #1 climb up the hillside on the other side of the road until you come in sight of what will look like an old stone wall, this is actually payers of stones that built up the side of the roadway. It is nearly impossible to get lost here since Paradise Hill is completely circled by a marked Carriage Road.<br />
Carriage Road intersections have numbered posts so you know where your at at all times. The map does not show the old road, only the direction you want to go to reach it.<br />
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As you can see from the photos, you can use the stones along the side of the road as a guide, and in long sections you don't even need a guide, a couple times we did lose sight of the road but quickly picked it back up again.<br />
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-7968390938996241942020-06-04T23:23:00.003-07:002020-11-17T21:12:24.387-08:00IN SEARCH OF THE FLUMEIN SEARCH OF THE FLUME<br />
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Some people have asked me a number of questions about the flume and the route it may of taken, would there still be any evidence of it today. The answer is though we don't know the exact route the flume took, there are clues out there is you look for them. One question I got a few times is do I think any of the boards would of survived all these years, the clear answer is yes, we have to look no further than the site of the Water Reservoir itself for proof of this, which is where I will begin at, since this site was part of the flume operation, find timers or boards here and there are bound to be more out there somewhere.<br />
The first photo is of boards located in the far left rear of the Reservoir, with wire attached to them, which may or may not of been part of a fence at one time.<br />
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Board two we discovered as we examined the rear of the Reservoir from along the top rear of the site, I had seen that years ago and at the time, with leaves on it, thought it to be part of an old tree, but a closer look revealed it is actually a long timer.<br />
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In the next photo this board was not too far from the first, and a good deal of the section of timer is under dirt and leaves. So now we have answered if wood could of survived all these years in the outdoor elements, it could.<br />
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From here we moved to the base of the mountain behind the Reservoir and followed it a ways before moving up to the next level where there was a good deal of flat open granite, I had walked through this area many times over the years, but never from this angle, and there sticking up about a foot and a half was a metal rod, kinda like the rods you see sticking up out of the ground along the Green Mountain Railroad route up the side of Cadillac Mountain, but here, on the side of Great Hill, on flat granite, why? This rod is not too far from the Reservoir and highly likely to be connected to it and perhaps the flume itself. The GPS location of this rod is at N44 23.576 Wo68 13.895<br />
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It was threatening to rain but we pushed on, making out way to a wet land area where a tiny brook flows out of, its pretty much dry right now, so we followed the brook to the Duck Brook Road where a storm drain was near by. Up the road to my right was where the side of the road was blocked off by a concrete barrier, and for some reason I moved across the roadway and looked down the embankment almost across from that brook we followed and told my son, wow, look at that nice section of cut granite down there. He looked and replied, yeah, and look at that long old board between the trees behind it. How was it I never saw that long board, I have no idea but there it was, propped up between some trees.<br />
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The board above is down the embankment but easy to see along with the cut granite stone in front of it. GPS for the top of the banking along duck Brook Road is N 44 23.600 W 068 14.441, the banking is not too steep there and you can go all the way down to Duck Brook where a nice section of the old Duck Brook path is, but unless your experienced at this type of exploration you may be better off just viewing the board and stone from the roadway.<br />
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I had brought a zoom lens with me so I was able to get a nice photo of it, we then realized the banking in that one area was not too steep, and slowly made our way down to the board - looking for maybe some writing on it, no luck, but we left the board undisturbed. It is just a short ways further below the site of the board that you come to Duck Brook, the section where a nice stretch of the old Duck Brook path can still be seen, but by now it had began to rain a bit so we headed back up the banking to the road above. Because of the rain I totally forgot to get the GPS of this site but will try and get it and post in here sometimes this weekend.<br />
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Some Native American art going on here as well found this tee pee inside the Great Hill water<br />
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No one said this was going to be easy...we found this - the remains of an old iron chair, three fourths of the way up the hillside behind the Reservoir - very strange find<br />
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Check out Google map below of the Great Hill reservoir, is that crazy or what, its sticking out like a sore thumb, I did the exact search on Bing map but it lacked detail.<br />
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I keep going back to the fact that Scott's Hill was the site where the flume ended its journey near the top of the hill by what was Mrs. Scott's cottage. Today an abandoned mansion sets at about that location, and most likely no trace of the wooden reservoir still exists, but there are two suspicious locations near the top of what is now Schoolhouse Hill that I would love to know what they are. The site to the left appears to be a very large structure with walls but no roof, maybe a third the size of the mansion I am guessing by comparing the two, what is it? No road appears to go to it.<br />
The second site is to the right and when I first saw it years ago I had no idea what I was looking at, it has a really large wooden cover with spacing between the boards, way too large to be a well, yet it appears to be some type of super well, really large and deep and appears to have a large amount of water in it. I have never found much on the Scott's Hill reservoir other then the fact that it was near the top of the hill and constructed of wood, could this mysterious deep structure be an underground reservoir? If not, what is it?<br />
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I have taken a couple looks at this site above and it does appear to be a very large underground water storage of some type, newspaper articles state the reservoir on Scott's Hill was built of wood, but does not state if it was above ground or under ground, and this structure does appear to be built of wood.<div><br />
In the History Of The Bar Harbor Water company, it states two things which were not known when that publication was written, but which, from old newspaper reports, are now known. The first thing it states is that the reservoir on Scott's Hill was most likely built of stone, this was not the case and several articles state that the Scott's Hill Reservoir was built of boards. The publication also states that the location of Scott's Hill is unknown, again, old newspaper articles tell us exactly where Scott's Hill was located, and over the years that hill has gone by several names including; Scott's Hill. Malden Hill, Hamilton Hill and Schoolhouse Hill. The map below is of that hill, showing property owners at the time the map was made.<br />
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If you read the newspaper article below you will notice that the names of property owners corresponds with the property owners on the above map.<br />
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This from the Bar Harbor Record, the section of the news story that describes the water reservoir;<br />
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It is constructed with three distinct walls which insure against breakage or leakage, the otter or retaining wall being of stones of various sizes laid without mortar. The second or masonry core wall from bed rock to level being of large stone laid in mortar. The inner slope is paved with selected stones laid as closely together as practicable in a cushion packing of broken small stones.<br />
The lining is of cermet concrete put on in layers, introducing a waterproof system which is very effective in the shape of a waterproof lining which is placed between the layers of concrete. Some fifty or sixty men have been employed during the spring, and a steam drill and stone crusher have played an important part. About 3,000 feet of 16 and 20 inch pipe have been laid from the reservoir to the village at a large expense. The reservoir will be filled by the main pipe which leads from Eagle Lake about two miles distance, and capable of holding some 800,000 gallons. When completed Bar Harbor will have one of the finest water systems in the country. The contractors from the above work were Taylor and Tylee of Boston, Mr. F.C. Coffin of Boston being chief engineer, and Mr. S.S. Bunker of Bar Harbor resident engineer. Mr. J.F. Fifield of Boston is general superintendent of the entire work.<br />
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(The actual site of this reservoir is only mentioned in general terms, with the reservoir being located beyond How Park along the Bracken Path, to the best of my knowledge the Bracken Path only ran along one side of Great hill, the end the furthest away from the Great Hill Reservoir, coming out on the Duck Brook Road in two places, with one path continuing on the other side of the road, making its way past Brewer Mountain and ending by the Breakneck Ponds. This story appears to be about the Great Hill Reservoir.)<br />
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The Bar Harbor Water Company was organized in the seventies at a time when some system of water works was absolutely necessary to any further progress of Bar Harbor as a watering place. Too much credit can not be given to Messrs Fountain and Serenus Rodick for their courage in building the plant with practically no assistance and with but little apparent income from such an outlay as was necessary. The initial system was a crude affair, the water being taken from New Mill Meadow, over a mile below Eagle Lake, carried in a wooden sluice part of the way and part of the way running in an open ditch, it was brought to a wooden reservoir located near the lot now occupied by Miss Saunders cottage (owned prior by Mrs. Scott) on the Eagle Lake Road. From this humble beginning there has been developed one of the best water works systems in the state. In 1893 the Rodicks sold their stock to the present owners, who are mostly of the summer colony. A pipe line had previously been laid from Eagle Lake to the town and in 1895 a new pipe line was brought from New Mill Meadows costing some $25,000. A year or two later, an 8 inch main was constructed to Hulls Cove, making a permanent supply of water to this suburb of Bar Harbor.<br />
A dam has been built at Eagle lake to ensure the holding back of a sufficient amount of water to supply Bar Harbor and Hulls cove during the severest drought. In 1900 a reservoir was built on the hill back of How's Park with a capacity of 700,000 gallons, in order that the pressure might at all times be sufficient in case of fire. These, with various other improvements in the pipe line system have cost many thousands of dollars. The company is still further improving its plant at the present time by the erection of a filter under the engineering supervision of Freeman C. Coffin of Boston.<br />
The directors of the water company are Mr. John S. Kennedy, Mr. David B. Ogden, Mr. W.H. L. Lee of New York, Dr. Robert Amory of Boston, and Mr. Fred C. Lynam of Bar Harbor. The latter is president of the company, and Mr. Edward B. Mears Secretary and treasurer Mr. A.H. Grlnfle is the ellicienl superintendent of the water company.<br />
The management of the water company has been most progressive, meeting with promptness and efficiency the problems forced upon it by the requirements of a rapidly growing community.<br />
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I added the note (owned prior by Mrs. Scott) because in other stories it clearly states that Mrs Scott sold her property to Miss Saunders. Old maps clearly show that Mrs. Scott's cottage was located on top of what is today known as Schoolhouse Hill, but also went by several other names as well over the years.<br />
What I find most interesting is the reason behind the building of the Great Hill reservoir, it was built in case of a bad fire. Also of interest is that this is yet another account that states the reservoir on Scott's Hill was a wooden one.<br />
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This photo below is a very interesting photo, I believe it came from the book 'Sherman's Bar Harbor Guide" which I located on Google books, but I could be wrong(map was from Southwest Harbor Public Library digital online site). I at first was convinced what I was looking at was an extremely long and highly elevated bridge, but it made no since, why build a wooden bridge in that area at all, let along make it so high, than I realized it looked strangely familiar, much like the Bar Harbor Water Company flume that crossed Duck Brook. I have already shown that Scott's Hill was indeed what we today call schoolhouse Hill, and this structure runs right toward Schoolhouse Hill.<br />
The Brook runs down along today's West Street Ext., not yet built when the map was made, in fact one end of West Street had also not yet been built. The brook I believe is called Eddie Brook, and clearly this is not Duck Brook, Holland Ave. is not far from one end of the brook. In the book #5 was identified as 'Abby's Retreat' but first known as Avamaya, about the location of where the Summit House was located and today's Hampton Inn. So that places this section of flume like structure west of Highbrook Road crossing Eddie Brook.<br />
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So tonight I happened across yet another old newspaper article on the flume, and unlike the others that named School House Hill by other names it was known as, such as Malden Hill, Hamilton Hill, Scotts Hill and such, this writer, A.L. Higgins actually names the hill where the wooden reservoir was constructed as School House Hill, so we are actually making some progress.<br />
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"An open spruce wood flume was started at a convenient place near the Eagle Lake. The bottom of said flume was of a board eight inches wide by one inch thick; cotton wicking was trailed along either edge and the two side boards were then nailed on securely; the sides were boards in the rough, six inches wide by one inch thick. As I remember it, after surveying the route, measuring the distance to and getting the elevation of this beautiful body of water, Mr. Fountain Rodick and Mr. Desisle started their 'box flume' at a convenient position near the lake, and giving it as near as possible an approximate grade of one inch to one foot, they succeeded in completing it that winter to the Eagle lake Road near Central Avenue, where it was carried under the surface of the street by the cyphon principle, and I am quite sure that not a single foot of iron or other metal piping was used in any of this work, until the water flowed in abundance into the new wooden reservoir which had been already constructed on the summit of 'School House Hill' that spring of 1873.<br />
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Not only does this confirm the reservoir was made of wood, and its true location, School House Hill, we now know where on School House Hill, the summit. This brings me back to that really huge well that drops deep into the earth, it lies on the summit not far from that mansion with a very large wooden cover, between the boards you can peer down and see just how deep and wide it is, I can't help but believe that is the reservoir, build of wood and placed in the ground. Sadly, we may never know, a ton of blasting has been going on and heavy equipment is pushing and moving earth everywhere up there, even neat the summit - as of a few weeks ago the huge oversize well was still there, but sections of the Castle had already had earth bulldozed over sections of it, there will be little left to find once they get done up there.<br />
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The Bar Harbor Record<br />Jan. 16, 1895<br /><br />I visited the Italian encampment last week and found it quite a settlement. These sons of sunny Italy are working like beavers on the line of the Bar Harbor Water System, and accomplishing a vast amount of work. When I drove up to the encampment I was fortunate in finding Mr. Savage there, who took me into the camp and explained their method of living.<br />One big camp contains their bunks with accommodations for about 80. The store room is at the end, in charge of an intelligent looking Italian who portions off the edibles to the others. The room was redolent with the fumes of garlic.<br />Scattered about the big camp are dozens of smaller huts or wigwams built in all manner of styles. In these different huts cliques get together and cook their rations over a fire built in the center, right on the ground.<br />It is a picturesque scene though not particularly attractive.<br />Accompanied by Mr. Savage, I walked the length of the trench from How's Park, where about twenty-five local laborers are at work, to duck Brook, and saw the Italians digging away all along the line. Mr. Cusker, the contractor, was giving his personal attention to the work, which must be progressing to his satisfaction.<br />
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We will be updating this post from time to time as we make any other discoveries.</div>J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-38498214008568231772020-05-29T16:39:00.000-07:002020-05-30T00:22:25.461-07:00ACADIA NATIONAL PARK ATTRACTIONS - Schooner Head ROAD Ocean PathThere are a number of secret locations within Acadia National Park, areas of the park they don't promote or mark in any way, such as Anemone Cave, the Cadillac Mountain Waterfall and Compass Harbor to name a few. Compass Harbor features a nice nature trail along with two beaches, yet for unexplained reason it just doesn't get promoted.<br />
Much like Compass Harbor, parking at the Schooner Head Road Ocean Path is very limited, at a single small dirt parking area just before High Seas, property of Jackson Labs. At the very start of this path, in front of the parking area and to the left are foundations and further to the left an unusual stone well, now filled. You followed the unmarked road, now reduced down to a path, down through the woods where it turns to the left and runs parallel to the ocean which you can usually see through the trees. At any spot along here one can venture off the worn path and make their way directly to the ocean, but if you continue along the worn path you will come to a well worn path which leads to the ocean and a long rough beach. Off to the left is a small bald island that is almost certain to be covered with birds, straight ahead is another, more distant island, home to the Egg Rock Lighthouse. If you have a camera with a zoom you can get a pretty decent photo of the lighthouse from this beach, the photo I took and will include below was taken with a 300 mm lens.<br />
You will usually find one or two people along the waters edge looking for sea glass, drift wood or sea life in the left behind seaweed. There are two small cliffs, one to the far right and one to the far left where ocean waves come crashing in against while on the beach you get that classic coastal sound of water washing over stones than making that sucking sound as the water recedes back out to sea and I find it very relaxing there.<br />
Now if you did not turn left and head toward the ocean, the main path continues to road 3 on the map, left takes you out to the Schooner Head Road, while right takes you to a nearby cliff where the ocean can be viewed through the trees. To the left of the cliff in the woods are foundations. Also to the right, but you have to work your way through brush to reach them.<br />
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-71006688919869996322020-05-26T21:56:00.001-07:002020-05-26T21:56:31.303-07:00THE ODD COTTAGE OF MALDEN HILLMalden Hill, also known as Hamilton Hill and Schoolhouse Hill as well as Scott's Hill. This odd cottage was located not far from where the remains of the castle are located. <br />
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Perched on the ridge of Malden Hill, to the southward of Mrs. Scott's house, is a pretty but odd looking cottage with a tower on its southern corner. It is the property of Col. Francis W. Lawrence of Brookline, Mass.. To approach it we take the hill on the right of Kebo Street, opposite St. Silvia's Church, and follow the road until we come to a driveway which leads us directly to the end of the piazza, on the western side of the building.<br />
We enter the house from this side through a Dutch doorway which opens into a vestibule 20 by 8 feet. To the left are the kitchen, china closet, pantry and laundry, and a little room which is termed 'the den,' probably the owners study. On the right, at the other end of the vestibule, is an octagon-shaped parlor and, opening off it, is the dining room. The floors of these rooms are bordered with ash the center being white pine. Curtains are to be used in them in place of doors and the mantel-pieces extend from floor to ceiling. The cornice of the parlor is very peculiar, consisting of a breadth of about nine inches of rough plaster set with mussel shells, with a gilded molding below.<br />
In the vestibule opposite the main door is the entrance to the structure, a beautiful piece of trellis-work. A peculiarity, of which we will see more further on, begins to show itself here. Some of the woodwork has been left rough just as it came from the saw, and bordered with molding of the most exquisite finish, apparently to show the contrast between the coarse and the fine arts. In a niche which opens from the staircase into the dining room, we notice what at first sight seems to be the end of a flight of stairs, but on closer inspection turns out to be only a set of brackets over the side-board in the dining room.<br />
At the head of the stairs, on the second story, are the parlor-chamber and a chamber over the dining room, each with a fine dressing room attached. Off this story is a balcony 22 by 6 feet. Off the hall are the servants quarters, linen closet and a large bath room.<br />
In the third story are two rough chambers and a chamber in the tower over the parlor chamber in the second story. This chamber is lighted by two large oval windows, one looking on the water and the other toward the mountains. A Bannister of carved work surrounds the head of the stairs, and on one side are large water tanks with a capacity for about 1500 gallons, surrounded by a row of seven small round windows, somewhat resembling the dead lights of a vessel. The woodwork and rafters on the inside of the roof have been left in their rough state and stained, making the same contrast with the bannister as we remarked on the ground floor.<br />
From the third story we reach the top chamber of the tower by a curious little flight of outside stairs. This chamber is an octagon with a diameter of twenty feet and lighted by fourteen windows, about two feet square. Each window consists of nine panes and when open can be let down out of sight. The woodwork in this room is also rough and stained, and a hook is set in the centre of the room from which to suspend a large lantern. When this is lighted at night it will give the tower the appearance of a large light-house. The room will be very convenient for a billiard hall and may, perhaps, be used as such. The extreme height of the tower is 65 feet, and it commands a magnificent view not only of the sea but of the mountains. In fact the view of The Gorge and its surroundings is the finest to be obtained in Bar Harbor.<br />
A piazza 103 feet long by 12 feet in width surrounds the entire main part of the house; the halustrade around it is made in basketwork panels. These large French windows open on it and are so placed that with curtains on the piazza, the whole space; including parlor and dining room can be converted into one large reception room.<br />
The house is built on the ledge and supported with heavy brick piers. The cellar is lighted by seven large windows and contains an ice room, wine closet and coal bin. The woodwork throughout is of choice selection and beautifully finished; and that which has been purposely left in its rough state only enhances the appearance of the remainder. Messrs, Rotch, and Tilden of Boston are the architects, and Mr. George Barron the contractor, and though this is by no means such a large undertaking as Mrs Bowler's residence, yet it speaks volumes for their combined skill.<br />
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-77719082059478052172020-05-18T12:10:00.002-07:002020-05-30T00:23:54.048-07:00ABANDONED TRAILS OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK VIDEOS<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du7t8dcSseQ" target="_blank">SCHOONER HEAD ROAD OCEAN TRAIL</a></b><br />
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-43731259201384727262020-04-29T05:06:00.001-07:002020-04-29T05:06:09.484-07:00THE CREATURES OF HAMILTON HILLIf you were to tell someone who is not from this area that a grand Castle once stood atop Hamilton Hill in Bar Harbor, their reaction would probably be "A Castle! In the woods in Bar Harbor! Not exactly the kind of castle a prince would take his lady to, its a bit rough around the edges, lets say.<br />
Now tell that same person that a mystical mysterious dragon makes its home on Hamilton Hill and they might very well ask what you been smoking. Yet for us who call Bar Harbor home, we all know of this dragon, and as far as dragons go, the dragon of Hamilton Hill is a fairly tame dragon, at least to the best of my knowledge it hasn't eaten any of the nearby villagers or visitors from afar. As far as mystical creatures go, the dragon is not alone, as some report as having seen a fleeting white deer in the woods of Hamilton Hill and those that thought they captured it on camera go back to view the evidence only to see trees and brush. Elvis may of indeed left the building but the elusive all white deer continues to elude any efforts to capture it on film.<br />
Lions - yes indeed, Hamilton Hill has lions, huge stone creatures that guard the woods of Hamilton Hill and keep the smaller creatures that reside there safe. Now the dragon may be of a friendly sort but those lions, they do not appear to be cowardly in the slightest, and actually look well fed. As for the nay sayers who don't believe in such things, it has all been very well documented as the photos below reveal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mysteical Dragon Of Hamilton Hill</td></tr>
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Trust me - when I took the photo above that all white deer was standing right there in front of that large tree, once again it has eluded capture on film.<br />
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-86788894381257017782020-03-27T20:01:00.003-07:002020-04-14T20:21:41.720-07:00DUCK BROOK RAPIDS PATHHere we go, another year and another find, this one we are calling the Duck Brook Rapids Path and for good reason, the shot path follows Duck Brook close to the water's edge. A dam use to be in here and you can see remains of it here and there. Even though the path is close to the water, there are a few places along the path where you can easily get right up beside the rapids, which was pretty cool. The path brings you below the towering triple arch bridge where it meets up with the bottom of the narrow stone stairway leading up the side of the bridge.<br />
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Locating the path is fairly easy, from Eagle Lake Road - route 233, turn onto the Duck Brook Road and follow it to where the cars park for the Duck Brook Bridge Carriage Roads, see alternative route below.<br />
By the nearby small building there is a short driveway next to the building, and a dirt drive way which makes its way behind the building. From the short driveway on the right of the building, looking straight ahead, you will see a very large thick pine tree not far from the brook behind it, to the right of the pine tree is a worn path, also to the left of it is another path but not as worn, both lead to the main path which is very well worn.<br />
A short section of path goes down into a dry gully and back up again onto the other side of the gully, from here forward you are very close to the brook. By the water look to the left upstream for signs of the old dam.<br />
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Alternative directions;<br />
Due to the shut down of the park due to the virus, you can get here by bike from the Eagle Lake Road, but an alternative route is to follow West Street from the bottom of Main Street in Bar Harbor, cross Eden street, route 3 and continue straight up along West Street Extension, which will bring you to one of the entrances to Acadia National Park. The park is closed this year to cars, so park and walk into the park and not far you will come to the Duck Brook Road on the right, follow it to Duck Brook Bridge where the Carriage Roads begin. You will see the small building, follow directions above.<br />
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Now on our discovering of this path the rapids were really alive.<br />
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Duck Brook Rapids Path<br />
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Signs Of A Old Dam<br />
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<br />J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-69312588975939866882019-09-15T18:38:00.001-07:002020-11-24T14:32:21.531-08:00KEBO MOUNTAIN'S LOST STAIRWAY LOCATED<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kebo Mountain for many years has kept an incredible secret, and I am not making reference to the origin of the mountains name, I am referring to the myth of the mountains lost stairway...or is it a myth? Like a dog chasing its own tail, I have run in circles over the years determined to locate this hidden gem which articles referred to but maps kept hidden. I was not along, a number of experienced trail detectives have gone forth in search of it and fallen short. I approached my search the same way I had done to find other abandoned trails, searching the base of the mountain with the objective being to find some stone steps and from what I have read I was not the first to take this approach. As it turned out, I was not the one who located this thrilling discovery, that honor would go to Jennifer Maher Galas, her approach being to seek out signs of the lost stairway from the top of the mountain. and it paid off big time.</div><div>The trail itself is not far from the summit, where it starts out as a dirt trail, loosely concealed by a pile of dead tree branches, a guaranteed sign something the Park Service did not want you to find was in that area. The trail moves downward and to the left where the impressive granite stone steps begin. The steps themselves have not fared so well over the years, but a good section of the stairway is intact as they lead you down an increasingly steeper side of the mountain before they end. The mountain side here is pretty steep and some of the steps may of simply slid off down the mountainside, but at this point you simply make your way straight down to flat ground, where the Stratheden path becomes accessible. Follow it right to reach the Sieur de Monts Spring area, go left to come out on the One Way section of the Park Loop Road across from the Gorge Trail.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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And there it was, sticking out like a sore thumb at a turn in the Kebo Mountain official Trail, one nicely stacked pile of tree branches serving to block the start of the lost Kebo Mountain Stairway trail.<br />
As soon as I spotted that pile of tree branches I knew it was the start of the abandoned trail and stepped over them, following what to this day is a pretty good clearing where the path ran. As I progressed I spotted those unique rock signs, one tiny rock on a much larger one, and within minutes we were at the stone steps.<br />
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Acadia National Park - Kebo Mountain</td></tr>
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Kebo Mountain lost Stone Steps Trail - Acadia National Park</td></tr>
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Acadia National Park</td></tr>
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From the Park Loop Road where the official Kebo Mountain Trail begins by the middle of a long curve in the road, follow the trail to the right, the Kebo Trail is steep so bring water and take rests as needed. You will come to the summit of Kebo Mountain, marked by a pile of rocks and a wooden sign. Continue to follow the trail which at one point will begin to go downhill before it straightens out. This is a saddle between two peaks, follow it and at one point the main trail takes a right hand turn, and that turn, to the left and along the side of the trail is a neat pile of tree branches that look out of place, as if they were placed there to block something, that is the start of the lost Kebo Mountain Stairway Trail. If you go past that spot, the trail begins to climb again, so the abandoned trail is just before the main trail begins to go uphill again.<br />
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Trail Begins behind pile of tree branches;<br />
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small rock on large<br />
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stone steps beyond tree<br />
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trail near base of mountain<br />
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rock on rock<br />
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J.R. Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16305356706483274874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998585796112264614.post-54993329519134743092019-07-28T19:43:00.003-07:002020-11-24T15:59:59.248-08:00LAKE WOOD - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK'S SECRET BEACHIf I was to tell you hidden in the woods off of the Crooked Road there was an absolutely stunning lake, that it fell within the boundaries of Acadia National Park, and the National Park Service did all it could to keep it an undiscovered area in the park, you might think I was crazy, but it does exist and for some unexplained reason, they do not promote this incredibly beautiful body of water.. So how does the National Park Service keep this accessible body of water a secret, several ways; they don't promote it, the only sign marking the site is a common street sign and the road leading up into deep woods is a narrow dirt road which at first leaves one with the feeling they are driving across private property. In fact, the only sign you are about to enter National Park property is the long metal gate off to one side of the road, the same type of gate you see throughout the park.<div>I am not one to go around carrying a thermometer or taking the temperature of a lake, but I have read blogs that claim the Waters of Lake Wood are some of the warmest waters on all of Mount Desert Island, and judging by all the locals that frequent the lake, they may be right. Over the years the Lake earned a reputation of being the place to seek out for skinny dipping and many claim that practice continues today on the furthest end of the lake. The beach area is quickly filled with young children on hot summer days, while teens to adults head down along either side of the lake to their favorite swimming area, with the ultimate destination along the shore is a nice open ledge above the water used for diving from. this diving area is reached by a path near the first parking area, when the path reaches the shore the diving area is to the right.</div><div>If you have an old map or know where the trail is you can also access Fawn Pond from Lake wood by way of the abandoned Fawn Pond trail. That blue street sign is very misleading, it reads "Lake Wood Pond Rd. PVT. " which is a bit of a mystery sine the road is not private and is very much accessible to the public. Like I stated earlier, the National Park service would prefer you not discover this location.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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<br /> The first or upper parking lot has an unmarked path across from it, with a simple sign, no alcoholic drinks, the path does have a couple places with rocks and roots sticking up in the path, but overall is fairly an easy walk. The path is easy to follow and gets you much further up the side of the lake, where the path reaches the waters edge, to the right not far away is a ledge people like to dive off of and some nice areas to sit along the shore. On this day, despite the sign of no alcohol, a group of eight were walking along the path with one guy carrying a 30 pack of beer - oh well, maybe he was from another country and didn't read English. In all I would estimate there was between 30 to 35 people of all ages at Lake Wood Pond today, about 12 of them at the sand beach at the head of the pond, the little ones were having a blast in the warm water.<br />
The sand beach can be reached from the lower parking lot further in, where their is a path with a gate across it leading to the small beach. The sand beach may be small considering the size of the pond, but the more than inviting warm waters of the pond more than make up for it, and for the kids, inflatable pool toys are welcome. Once you step around that gate, several yards past the gate look for a path leading through the woods on the right, the path becomes more worn the further you follow it and ends where the Park Property ends and the property of Iris Farms begins. That unmarked path was once the other half of the Lake Wood Pond Road, abandoned today, the open and well worn path makes for an enjoyable walk through the woods with a brook to the left of the path. When the park property ends the path comes to a no trespassing sign, and just beyond the path comes to a field behind Iris farm.<br />
If this pond, as large and beautiful as it is were located any other place other than Acadia national Park, any city or town would consider it a gem and put it on display for all to see, but clearly the National Park Service seems content to hide it away in hopes not too many people discover it. I do have to add this one note, I find the street sign to the place a bit confusing - Lake Wood Pond Rd. PVT. - what to hell is up with the private label, Lake Wood is open to the public and should not be listed as a private road - just saying, wake up National Park Service. And yes, the pond is a favorite swimming hole with the locals.<br />
We ended up not going into the water, but really today there was no need for that, simply finding a spot under the trees along the shore of the lake was enough, it was so much cooler at Lake Wood with Young's Mountain rising in the background.<br />
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How to locate the nearly unmarked entrance to Lake Wood;<br />
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From Hull's Cove, turn onto the Crooked Road and follow it about .7 miles, once you come to the Public Works area with dirt piles, begin watching the left hand side of the road for a distinct blue street sign, Lake Wood Pond Rd. PVT. The narrow dirt road is not very long and you will soon come to the first parking area. Continue to follow the dirt road to the second parking area if your heading to the beach, which is not one of the larger sand beaches on the island. Also note the sign as your entering, this is a day area only and you must leave at dusk..<br />
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Acadia National Park<br />Lake Wood Pond Rd. PVT. </td></tr>
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Acadia National Park<br />
Hull's Cove, Crooked Road</td></tr>
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Acadia National Park<br />
Hull's Cove - Crooked Road</td></tr>
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