George Dorr
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George Bucknam Dorr was an American preservationist. Known as the "father of Acadia National Park," he spent most of his adult life overseeing the park's formation and expansion.
Dorr on the Beachcroft Path at Huguenot Head in the first part of the 20th century
Dorr's rock and spring canopy at Sieur de Monts
George Dorr and Charles W. Eliot on the shore of Jordan Pond
Mount Desert Island
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Mount Desert Island is the largest island of Maine, United States. Lying in Hancock County off the north-central coast, it has an area of 108 square miles, making it the sixth-largest island in the co
George Dorr
…Public Reservations in 1901, but it was Dorr's vision that ensured the lands would be protected and preserved for future generations. Dorr first visited Mount Desert Island as a fifteen-year-old in 1868, on a vacation with his parents. On that visit they decided to buy oceanfront property at Compass Harbor, just outside…
Bass Harbor Head Light
View of the coast near Southwest Harbor
Somes Sound, site of the first French mission in North America
Rock Inn, Northeast Harbor c. 1908