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Mount Desert is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,146 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Incorporated in 1789, the town currently encompasses the villages of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor , Somesville , Hall Quarry, and Pretty Marsh.
Somesville is the oldest village of the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island in southeastern Maine, United States. It is located on the north end of Somes Sound . [ 2 ] The village was established by Abraham Somes who was the first European settler on the island. [ 3 ]
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The Maine Coastal Island Registry (CIR) catalogs 3,166 of these coastal islands, along with some notable inland freshwater islands, such as Frye Island in Sebago Lake. According to the most recent CIR data, 1,846 islands are registered to private owners, while 204 islands, which contain four or more structures, are exempt from registration.
Mount Desert Island (MDI; [4] French: Île des Monts Déserts) in Hancock County, Maine, is the largest island off the coast of Maine.With an area of 108 square miles (280 km 2) [5] it is the 52nd-largest island in the United States, the sixth-largest island in the contiguous United States, and the second-largest island on the Eastern Seaboard, behind Long Island and ahead of Martha's Vineyard.
March 14, 1988 (Baker Island in Acadia National Park: Islesford: First light station serving Mount Desert Island—established in 1828—with a surviving 1855 light tower and keeper's house.
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Southwest Harbor is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. Located on Mount Desert Island , the population was 1,756 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The municipality contains within it the villages of Southwest Harbor , Manset, Seawall, Wonderland, and Pemetic Hills.