Downeast Maine -- Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, & nearby islands

Mount Desert Island, which includes Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Southeast Harbor, Bass Harbor, Seal Harbor and additional villages, and Acadia National Park (indicated by the green shading on this map).	Welcome to Bar Harbor, Maine!		Bar Harbor Marina
			Lobster is king along the coast of Maine
			The following photos were taken at various points around Acadia National Park.	Frenchman Bay
Bar Harbor
		Sand Beach in Acadia National Park		The rock-bound coast of Maine in Acadia National Park
		Thunder Hole -- a cleft in the rock that creates water sprays during periods of high wave action.	Check out the facial profile in the rock.
	The village of Seal Harbor
Cadillac Mountain is the highest promontory on the Atlantic coast north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and must have been spotted by the Norse explorers around 1000 AD. It was noted by Verrazano, the Italian explorer sailing in service to France, in 1500, and it was he who coined the term "Acadia", based on an Abenaki Indian word. Champlain discovered the island in 1604, naming it Mount Desert because of it's bald peaks.	The view from the summit of Cadillac Mountain, which is the highest point along the Atlantic coast. The off-shore islands of Sutton, Great Cranberry, and Islesford (aka, Little Cranberry) are in the center of the picture.
Cadillac granite forms the rocky basis of the mountain.	Cadillac granite is igneous rock (formed by volanic action) and the three primary crystals composing it -- feldspar (pink), quartz, and hornblende -- are clearly visible. The light gray and green patches are lichens.	Frenchman Bay with Bar Harbor and Bar Island near the center of the photo.	Bar Harbor and Bar Island. The sandy rock bar connecting the island to the shore can be walked across at low tide but is completely submerged at high tide.	Bar Harbor and Bar Island in Frenchman Bay
	Sutton Island and Great Cranberry Island	Northeast Harbor -- this village is where you get the mail boat to the off-shore islands of Sutton, Islesford, and Great Cranberry.	Northeast Harbor	Lobster traps piled up and ready for use.
			"Sea Queen" -- the scheduled boat that delivers mail, supplies, and passengers to Sutton, Islesford, and Great Cranberry islands
The crew unloads supplies at Islesford.	Passengers board, including two Newfoundland dogs.	Lobster traps -- Cadillac Mountain can be seen on the horizon.	Cadillac Mountain on the horizon in the center of the photo. Dock at Great Cranberry Island.	Sea Queen docked at Great Cranberry Island.
Great Cranberry Island seashore	Harbor at Great Cranberry Island		Main Street, Great Cranberry Island	The following photos were taken on Great Cranberry Island
		Congregational Church, Great Cranberry Island
Low tide at Great Cranberry Island
		Sea Queen returns
Lighthouse at Bass Harbor				Bass Harbor lighthouse

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