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Dec 21, 2023 · George Dorr and Charles W. Eliot, two influential figures in the founding of Acadia. Courtesy National Park Service/Acadia National Park. After the colonization of Mount Desert Island and the subsequent settlers were joined by rusticators (wealthy summer residents and tourists), the communities of Mount Desert Island (MDI) and the surrounding ...
George B. Dorr, a tireless spokesman for conservation, came from this social strata. He devoted 43 years of his life, energy, and family fortune to preserving the Acadian landscape. In 1901, disturbed by the growing development of the Bar Harbor area and the dangers he foresaw in the newly invented gasoline-powered portable sawmill, Dorr and ...
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— George B. Dorr, 1916, Acadia National Park: Its Origin and Background (1942), pp. 53 and 55 Congress redesignated the national monument as Lafayette National Park on February 26, 1919, [2] the first American national park east of the Mississippi River [35] and the only one in the Northeastern United States .
On February 26, 1919, Mount Desert Island became a national park. It was eventually named Acadia, the French word for "heaven on earth." George Dorr was immediately named superintendent; he...
While Lafayette National Park was established in February 26, 1919, the name change to Acadia occurred on January 19, 1929. For some insights into how the National Park Service viewed Acadia in 1931, check out this story from Traveler's archives.
The population of Acadia included the various indigenous First Nations that comprised the Wabanaki Confederacy, the Acadian people and other French settlers. The first capital of Acadia was established in 1605 as Port-Royal.
