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Portfolio Archives: Bodies of Water

Schoodic Peninsula, Acadia National Park
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Schoodic Peninsula

Bodies of WaterBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 5, 2018

Across Frenchman Bay to the east of Bar Harbor, Schoodic Peninsula sticks out into the Gulf of Maine south of Maine Route 186.

Seawall, Acadia National Park
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Seawall

Bodies of WaterBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 5, 2018

The Seawall area, along Route 102A as it circles between Bass Harbor and Southwest Harbor, provides Acadia National Park visitors their access to the ocean on the western half of Mount Desert Island.

Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island
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Somes Sound

Bodies of WaterBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 5, 2018

The five-mile-long body of water that divides the eastern and western halves of Mount Desert Island, like the town of Somesville at its northern end, is named for Abraham Somes, one of the first settlers on the island.

Echo Lake in Acadia National Park
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Echo Lake

Bodies of WaterBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 5, 2018

The 237-acre Echo Lake, nestled in a scenic wooded area at the base of the Beech Mountain cliffs, has an average depth of 66 feet.

Eagle Lake, Acadia National Park
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Eagle Lake

Bodies of WaterBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 5, 2018

The 437-acre Eagle Lake is the largest ‘pond’ wholly within the boundaries of Acadia National Park.

Frenchman Bay, Mount Desert Island, Maine
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Frenchman Bay

Bodies of WaterBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 5, 2018

One cruising guide calls Frenchman (not Frenchman’s) “Maine’s most dramatic bay.”

The Gulf of Maine
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Gulf of Maine

Bodies of WaterBy visitacadiaadminSeptember 5, 2018

The Gulf of Maine, a unique ‘sea within a sea’ up to 1,500 feet deep, is sometimes called “New England’s own ocean.”

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