Lafayette National Park East’s Unique Scenic Heritage
A United States park profile of Lafayette on Mount Desert Island Maine detailing its status as the only east of the Mississippi, its landscape blending mountains lakes and sea, its origin from public-spirited gifts led by George B. Dorr and Charles W. Eliot, and its evolution from Sieur de Monts Monument to a growing national park with future road plans and visitor statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afayette National Park
Mount Desert Island
Maine
National Park System
Secenie National Park
Mississippi
National Park North
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Congress
Hot Springs Reservation
Lafayette
George B. Dorr
Bar Harbor
United States
Dorr
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations
Washington
Lane
Interior Department
Muir Woods National Monument
California
William Kent
Sieur de Monts National Monument
Wilson
National Park
Dignity
Worth
Lafayette National Park
Great Lakes
Everglades
Oketinokee
Eliot
Secretary of the Interior
National Park Service
Archer M. Huntington
New Mexico
Estes Park
Somes Sound
Newfoundland
Lar Harbor
Frenchman’s Bay
Seal Harbor
Ocean Shore
Atlantic
Rockies
Sierras
Scenic West
Penobscot
Mount Desert
Champlain
Henry I
France
Sieur de Monts
Province of
Arcadia
Port Royal
Cadillac
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Acadia
Detroit
Louisiana
Louis XIV
Henry TV
Norumbega
St. Sauveur
Robert Mansell
Council
New England
Bernard
Sir Francis Bernard
Massachusett S Bay
America
Massachusetts
Jordan Pond
Bubble Pond
Eagle
Echo Lakes
Adirondacks
Parkman Mountains
Robert Sterling Yard
National Parks Association
Japan’s Yezo and Saghalien Northlands Revealed by Flyers
The Northland of Japan includes Yezo and Saghalien, with Kurile islands to the north. Yezo’s development followed American engineering and private initiative, turning it into a frontier-like region with logging and new construction. Saghalien remains largely forested with fishing and crab industries driving the economy, while Kurile is harsh for navigation and limited to fishing settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Japan
Hokaido
Yezo
Cuba
Saghalien
Siberian
Russia
Kuriles
Yero
Hakodate
Otaru
Sapporo
America
Saghallien
Kurile Islands
Portsmouth
Otomari
Mauka
Toyohara
Karafuto
Kurile
Kunashiri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lafayettesignal Park
John Dickinson Sherman
Isle Des Monts Deserts
Newport Mountain
Green Mountain
Jordan Mountain
Parkman
Little Brown's Mountain
Brown Mountain
Robinson Mountain
Dog Mountain
Mansell
East Peak
Western Mountain
West Peak
Saghalien’s Fish Industry