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Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Bar Harbor, Maine Lodging, Real Estate, Travel & Visitor Information
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Bar Harbor is located on the east side of Mt. Desert Island and surrounded by Acadia National Park, one of Maine's most popular tourist attractions.
Bar Harbor is only a short distance to other famous attractions such as Campobello Island, Franklin Roosevelt's summer home, the Schoodic Peninsula, the mainland part of Acadia National Park, and other islands, coastal attractions and nature-based attractions.
The town of Bar Harbor was first settled by Israel Higgens and John Thomas in the 1760's which they named the town Eden either after Richard Eden, an English statesman or after the area's great beauty.
The name Bar Harbor came from Bar Island. "Bar" described the Island for its great sand bars.
