“Acadia National Park, the vistas are phenomenal, the odors like breathing in a room full of flowers, the sound of the surf, and the food is to die for,” John A. from Nashua, N.H. “Magical place ...

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 ...