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HUNTER PUBLISHING, INC,
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732-225-1900; 800-255-0343; Fax 732-417-1744
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© 1999 Earl Brechlin
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This guide focuses on recreational activities. As all such activities contain
elements of risk, the publisher, author, affiliated individuals and compa-
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for any loss or damage caused by errors, omissions, misleading informa-
tion or potential travel problems caused by this guide, even if such errors
or omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause.
Cover photo: Acadia National Park shorleine, Bob Thayer
All other photos by author, unless specified.
Maps by Kim André, © 1999 Hunter Publishing, Inc.
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About the Author
A registered Maine Guide who designed and built his own energy-
efficient home, Earl D. Brechlin lives in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert
Island. He is an avid hiker, backpacker and whitewater paddler and
author of several guidebooks to Acadia National Park.
During winter he enjoys snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in Acadia
and snowmobiling near his vacation home in Greenville on Moosehead
Lake.
Brechlin has been the editor of the Bar Harbor Times , a weekly newspa-
per, for 15 years. He is a past president of the Maine Press Association, a
former Journalist of the Year in Maine, and is on the executive board of
the New England Press Association.
Dedication
To those who have come before.
To those who will follow.
Live the adventure.
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Contents
Introduction
1
Discovering Maine
1
A Land of Fire & Ice
4
Minerals
4
Granite & Stone
5
Glaciers
6
Heaths
7
The Sea
8
Coastal Sentinels
9
Lobster Lore
13
Climate
18
Seasons
19
Tides
21
Beating the Tide
21
Fauna
22
Feathered Friends
23
Woodland Creatures
24
Calls of the Wild
25
Tracks & Other Evidence
27
Whales
27
Flora
29
Wildflowers
29
Alpine Flowers
29
Wild Berries
30
Forest for the Trees
31
Fall Foliage
34
Things that Go Bump in the Night
35
Insects
35
Reptiles
37
Mammals
37
At Sea
38
Plants
38
Two-Legged Varmints
38
History
40
Native Americans
40
Europeans
40
Modern History
41
Industrial Growth
43
Tourism
44
Political People
44
Ghosts & Legends
45
What’s In a Name?
47
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