Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-04-28
MT. DESERT ISLAND.
Attractive Summer Resorts Along
the south Shore.
From the Lewiston Joarnai.l

nue., lts mountains, lakes and woods and
picturesque drives, the island OF Mt.
Desert is the ideal place upon which to
spend summer vacation. Far and near
the fame of the island has been spread,
but not in the way it should have gone
abroad. Bar Harbor, to the average man
or woman who has never been on the
island, constitutes the entire available
outing place there. This is wrong. Bar
Harbor, while the greatest summer resort
In Maine and one OF the greatest in the
country in point OF wealth which sum
mers there, is but an incident to Nit.
Desert, and there are a number Of places
on Mt. Desert equally as desirable for an
outing as Bar Harbor.
Had present-day vacationist been
able TO plan out the details of the crea-
ton OF this island he could not have de-
signed more favorable place in which to
forget all care and to recuperate after the
fatiguing labors Of the winters social sea-
son in the large cities.
Because Bar Harbor is the largest and
best known OF all the many places on the
island it is, as suggested, frequently de-
cided by those unacquainted with the
facts, that it is the entire island. To it
must be added the towns OF fremont,
Southwest Harbor and Mt. Desert. Each
OF these has number OF summer colonies
which include people OF great wealth from
all parts of the country, and in them the
society is fully as exclusive as at Bar Har-
Dor or as at any of the great social centres
OF the country.
On this island is Northeast Harbor.
"Were 1t not for Bar Harbor," said man
who knows the island asa book, "North-
east would be the big summer resort of
Name"
In this he is unquestionabiy right. In
many respects the place is better situated
than is the big resort. Already it has q
clientele Of the best people OF the country.
For years they have been coming there.
For years they will continue to come.
But that isn't all. Around the point, so
to speak, from Northeast, is another place
where you find millionaires hobnobbing
together on the hotel veranda, or playing
golf and tennis on the links, and making
afternoon calls at one another's cottage
where you can find the smartest things in
women's gowns and the most beautiful
ladies Of which the country boasts. That
is Seal Harbor.
To one who is looking for the rough and
the rugged OF nature, who likes steep sea
walls and breakers dashing many, many
feet below, who wants the seascape which
stretches out before him dotted with
small islands and great rocks, on which
when the gale blows the sea lashes and
roars with all its fury, then it is to Seal
Harbor that he should go.
Like its neighbor around the point, Seal
Harbor is delig htfully located. 1t has the
same big, rocky hills which Bar Harbor
boasts, it has the nice drives and the mag
nificent cottages. 1t is, every way, fine
summer resort.
II at Northeast you become tired and
seek change, at the same time dislike the
annoyance of plotting your craft around
to Seal Harbor, then put the helm hard
down and head ACROSS the mouth OF Somes
Sound to Southwest Harbory 1t is like
the place which you have left in many re-
spects, yet it has an individuality which
interests and makes you glad that you
came.
Southwest Harper proves to you, il you
have not already been convinced, that Mt.
Desert island is a place where there should
be nothing but summer resorts. To look
at Southwest Harb Dor, either from land or
sea, one must say to himself: "Why, this
was intended for vacationists and nothing
else"
After you have viewed these places over,
there are others. There is Bass Harbor,
with its interesting lighthouse; Manset,
with its many beauties; Seal Cove, too, is
an enjoya BILE spot at which to find ones
self settled down for good old Maine
summer. There one will find that in order
to have an enjoyab BILE vacation it isn't at all
necessary to be at a great hotel, where it
costs dollar minute to live.
About the time, however, that you have
reached that decision you will start peek
ing around in another direction and then
you will have new awakening.
Still adhering to the view that the
island was intended for but one thing,
and that the caring for summer visitors,
you will say to yourself: 1.-THE people
here have other ideas"
They do a lot OF business around this
selfsame, rocky island, besides entertain
ing rich folks from the big cities. The
fishing Interests of the island are remark
able for their extent. Take it right here
at Bar Harbor, and there are number OF
men who make business, the year round,
of fishing for ground fish. They are
trawlers, and the catches which they bring
into port are Of good size. They fish from
dories, leaving home every morning and
returning at night. The money which
they bring in helps the business of the
town amazingly.
1t is the same at all the other points
around the island. Every boat which
leaves the island has as part of its cargo