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Mount Desert Island (dĭzûrt`), c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), largest island off the coast of Maine; separated from the mainland by Frenchman Bay, Mt. Desert Narrows, and Western Bay. The island's rugged topography is a result of glacial action. It is almost equally divided into east and west halves by Somes Sound. A chain of rounded granite peaks dominates the island, culminating in Cadillac Mt. (1,532 ft/467 m high). The peaks were named Monts Deserts, meaning "wilderness mountains," by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain Champlain, Samuel de , 1567–1635, French explorer, the chief founder of New France.

After serving in France under Henry of Navarre (King Henry IV) in the religious wars, Champlain was given command of a Spanish fleet sailing to the West Indies, Mexico,
..... Click the link for more information. , who landed on the island in 1604. The first French Jesuit mission and colony in America was established there in 1613; the first permanent English settlement began in 1762. The island developed as a fishing and lumbering center, and by the end of the 19th cent. it had become a famous resort area. A forest fire in 1947 damaged much of the eastern half of the island. The main towns are Bar Harbor, whose downtown and coastline homes were spared by the fire; Southwest Harbor, which manufactures yachts; Northeast Harbor; and Bass Harbor, a fishing community. The major part of the island is in Acadia National Park Acadia National Park, 48,419 acres (19,603 hectares), SE Maine, on the Atlantic coast; est. 1919. The park occupies a major portion of Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut and several smaller islands, and the southern tip of Schoodic Peninsula.
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No references found			Deborah Gangloff: Greetings from Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine. In memory by Harbor, Bar / American Forests Since then, the pair have been inseperable at the Kisma Preserve on Mount Desert Island, off the coast of Maine in the US. BIT OF A HOWLER by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) He was ordained a Congregational Minister that year and joined the larger parish of Mount Desert Island, Maine as his first call. The Rev. Goldwin Smith Pollard by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)			Mounana mounce mound mound bird Mound Builders Mound Key Archeological State Park Moundou Mounds State Park Moundsville Mounet-Sully, Jean Mounier, Emmanuel mount Mount Airy Forest & Arboretum Mount Allison University1 Mount Apo Mount Aspiring National Park Mount Badon Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Mount Blue State Park Mount Cameroon Race Mount Carmel Mount Ceahlau Feast Mount Clemens Mount Cook Mount Cook National Park Mount Desert Island Mount Diablo State Park Mount Everett State Reservation Mount Fuji Mount Gilead State Park Mount Grace State Forest Mount Greylock State Reservation Mount Hagen Show Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke Range State Park Mount Hood National Forest Mount Hood Scenic Byway Mount Hopkins Observatory Mount Isa Mount Isa Rodeo and Mardi Gras Mount Jefferson State Natural Area Mount Kenya Mount Kosciusko Mount Lofty Mount Magazine State Park Mount Marx Mount McKinley National Park Mount Mitchell Mount Mitchell State Park Mount Mushketov Mount Nebo State Park			Mount Charleston Mount Cheam Christian School Mount Chessica Mount Chessica Mount Chikurachki Mount Circeo Mount Clear Secondary College Mount Clemens Mount Clemens Farmers Market Mount Clemens General Hospital Mount Clemens Ice Arena & Fitness Center Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center Mount Clemens, Michigan Mount Communism Mount Community Concert Band Mount Cook Mount Cook Airline Mount Cook lily Mount Cook National Park Mount Corcovado Mount Corcovado Mount Cuba Astronomical Observatory Mount Damavand Mount Damavand Mount de Sales Academy Mount Denali Mount Desert Elementary School Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Mount Desert Island High School Mount Desert Island Water Quality Coalition Mount Desert Island, Maine Mount Desert Island, Maine Mount Device Request Mount Diablo Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club Mount Diablo Base and Meridian Mount Diablo Beekeepers Association Mount Diablo Hospital Foundation Mount Diablo Interpretive Association Mount Diablo Observatory Association Mount Diablo Peace Center Mount Diablo Pilots Association Mount Diablo Silverado Council Mount Diablo State Park Mount Dora Center for the Arts Mount Dora Golf Club Mount Dora High School Mount Dora Library Association Mount Dora Yacht Club Mount Durmitor Mount Ebeko Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex