Bar Harbor Maine Bed and Breakfasts - B&B's in Bar Harbor ME

	About Bar Harbor Maine....
	Aysgarth Station Our charming two-story home is on a quiet side street downtown Bar Harbor, located conveniently close to Bar Harbor's busy waterfront shops and restaurants, the classic Art Deco movie theater and winding Shore Path walk; which wraps around the oceanfront and the remaining ‘cottages’ from days gone by
	Ann's Point Inn & Spa An elegant and conveniently located bed and breakfast on the shore near Bar Harbor and the other villages of Mount Desert Island and very near the entrance to Acadia National Park.
	Hearthside Bed & Breakfast Victorian B&B, is quietly located in Bar Harbor, Maine near Acadia National Park. This Bed & Breakfast features antique furnishings, fireplace rooms, three rooms with whirlpool tubs and all rooms air conditioned.
	Open Hearth Inn Bed and Breakfast suites, motel rooms, cottages, and efficiency apartments. Located eight miles from Bar Harbor, Maine and Acadia National Park
	Graycote Inn An historic 1881 Victorian B&B located in the village of Bar Harbor, Maine, an easy stroll to everything, and 1 mile to Acadia National Park.
	Atlantean Inn A beautiful Bar Harbor bed and breakfast, the Atlantean Inn is located only minutes away from Acadia National Park. Relax and enjoy the comfort and elegance of this splendid Bar Harbor, Maine, inn.
	The Holland Inn Bed and Breakfast Within one mile of Acadia National Park and is walking distance to the ocean.
	Inn at Bay Ledge Atop an 80 foot cliff, amidst towering pines and overlooking Frenchman Bay, sits the Inn at Bay Ledge. Literally clinging to the cliffs of Mount Desert Island with 79 steps to our private Maine stone beach is one of the most breathtaking panoramas that you will ever experience.
	Mira Monte Inn An Elegant and Conveniently located bed and breakfast in town Bar Harbor and the other villages of Mount Desert Island and very near the entrance to Acadia National Park.

About Bar Harbor Maine (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2000 census, it population was 4,820. A port of entry for Bay Ferries from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Bar Harbor is a famous upper-class summer colony in the Down East region of Maine. Situated between Frenchman's Bay and Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor is home to the College of the Atlantic and Jackson Laboratory, in addition to Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory at the village of Salisbury Cove. At the end of each May, the community hosts The Warblers & Wildflowers Festival, a celebration of Bar Harbor nature and scenery.

Abenaki Native Americans called the island "Pemetic," meaning "sloping land." Here they fished, hunted and gathered berries. In 1604, French explorer Samuel de Champlain is believed to have run aground at Otter Point, where he met members of the Abenaki tribe. He would name the island "Isles des Monts Desert," meaning "island of barren mountains" -- now called Mount Desert Island, the largest in Maine.

First settled in 1763 by Israel Higgens and John Thomas, the community was incorporated in 1796 as "Eden," after Sir Richard Eden, an English statesman. Early industries included fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding. With the best soil on Mount Desert Island, it also developed agriculture. In the 1840s, its rugged maritime scenery attracted the Hudson River School and Luminism artists Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, William Hart and Fitz Hugh Lane. Inspired by their paintings, journalists, sportsmen and "rusticators" followed, and in 1855 the Agamont House, the first hotel in "Eden," was built by Tobias Roberts. "Birch Point," the first summer "cottage," was built in 1868 by Alpheus Hardy.

By 1880, there were 30 hotels, with tourists arriving by train and ferry to the Gilded Age resort that would rival Newport, Rhode Island. The rich and famous tried to outdo each other with entertaining and estates, often hiring Beatrix Farrand to design landscaping. A glimpse of their posh lifestyles was available from "Shore Path," a walkway skirting waterfront lawns. Yachting, garden parties at the Pot & Kettle Club, and carriage rides up Cadillac Mountain were popular diversions. Others enjoyed horse-racing at Robin Hood Park-Morrell Park. President William Howard Taft played golf in 1910 at the Kebo Valley Golf Club. On March 3, 1918, "Eden" was changed to "Bar Harbor," after Bar Island which protects the harbor. The name would become synonymous with elite wealth. It was the birthplace of vice-president Nelson Rockefeller.

In 1947, however, Maine experienced a severe drought. Sparks at a cranberry bog in Hull's Cove ignited a wildfire which would intensify over 10 days. Nearly half the eastern side of Mount Desert Island burned, including 67 palatial summer houses on "Millionaires' Row." Five historic grand hotels were destroyed, in addition to 170 permanent homes. Fortunately, the town's business district was spared, including Mount Desert Street, where several former summer homes within a National Historic District operate as inns.

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