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    Mount Desert Island (MDI; French: Île des Monts Déserts) in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest island off the coast of Maine. With an area of 108 square...
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    Mount Desert is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,146 at the 2020 census. Incorporated in 1789...
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    Bar Harbor, Maine (category Mount Desert Island)
    Bar Harbor is a resort town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 5,089. The town is...
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  • Mount Desert Island High School (MDIHS) is a public high school in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. It was established in 1968 and is part of the Mount...
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    Acadia National Park (category Mount Desert Island)
    Head Light Cadillac Mtn. Bar Harbor Schoodic Point Isle au Haut Mount Desert Island    Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located...
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    Cadillac Mountain (category Mount Desert Island)
    Cadillac Mountain is located on Mount Desert Island, within Acadia National Park, in the U.S. state of Maine. With an elevation of 1,530 feet (470 meters)...
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    just off Northeast Harbor and south of Mount Desert Island. Bear Island Light sits on the western end of the island. It was built in 1889 and staffed until...
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    Mount Desert Light is a lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock, a small island about 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) south of Mount Desert Island, in the U...
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    Somes Sound is a fjard, a body of water running deep into Mount Desert Island, the main site of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. Its deepest...
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  • The MDI Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), formerly known as Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is an independent non-profit biomedical research institution...
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    Indians: Settlers in North America Before 1492 connects Straumsey to Mount Desert Island in Acadia National Park, Maine, United States, and consequently Straumfjörð...
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    Northeast Harbor, Maine (category Mount Desert Island)
    Northeast Harbor is a village on Mount Desert Island, located in the town of Mount Desert in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The village has a significant...
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    Bar Island (44°23′54″N 68°12′24″W / 44.39833°N 68.20667°W / 44.39833; -68.20667) is a tidal island across from Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine...
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    Matinicus Island, Monhegan Island, Mount Desert Island, Isles of Shoals, Boston Harbor Islands, Prudence Island, Conanicut Island, Aquidneck Island, Elizabeth...
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    mainland at the head of Frenchman Bay, Hancock has commanding views of Mount Desert Island. It was first settled in 1766 by Philip and S. Hodgkins from Georgetown...
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    Harald E. L.; McBride, Bunny (2007). Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki People at Mount Desert Island 1500–2000 (PDF). Acadia National Park Ethnographic...
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    uninhabited smaller islands in Potagannissing Bay, and their estimated combined area is not more than four mi2. "Mount Desert Island". Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    wide. Access to the island is provided by ferry from either Northeast Harbor or Southwest Harbor, both located on Mount Desert Island. Many islanders also...
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  • many cottages on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, including ten known projects in Seal Harbor (now known as Mount Desert). For these cottages...
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  • College of the Atlantic (category Mount Desert Island)
    Atlantic (COA) is a private liberal arts college in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine. Founded in 1969, it awards bachelors and masters (M.Phil...
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    Opal Curless (category People from Mount Desert Island)
    was a member of the school team during her secondary education at Mount Desert Island High School in her hometown, and was named Maine Gatorade Player...
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    islands. It is the fourth-largest island on the US east coast, surpassed only by Long Island, Mount Desert Island and Martha's Vineyard. Johns Island...
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    town of Cranberry Isles. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Mount Desert Island, which is the site of Acadia National Park. As of 2013, the year-round...
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  • Kaiser died of brain cancer on July 15, 2020, at his family home on Mount Desert Island, Maine. He is survived by his wife, Rosemary Corbett, whom he married...
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    Southwest Harbor, Maine (category Mount Desert Island)
    Harbor is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Located on Mount Desert Island, the population was 1,756 at the 2020 census. The municipality contains...
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    1093/nq/s4-vii.167.227d. ISSN 1471-6941. "ASTICOU'S ISLAND DOMAIN: WABANAKI PEOPLES AT MOUNT DESERT ISLAND 1500-2000" (PDF). National Park Service | U.S. Department...
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  • destroyed a total area of 17,188 acres (6,956 ha) of wooded land on Mount Desert Island and 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) statewide. Collectively, the fires...
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    Prins, Harald E.L., and McBride, Bunny, Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1500–2000 (Vol.1., pp. 40–42. Boston: National...
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    George Dorr (category Mount Desert Island)
    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...
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    first homes, which were inspired by Stewart's homes in New York and Mount Desert Island in Maine, were completed in early 2006. Ultimately, 650 homes are...
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