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Vintage postcard depicting Gem Theater, boardwalk, and the Peaks Island House hotel on Peaks Island, Maine. Peaks Island is the most populous island in Casco Bay, Maine. It is part of the city of Portland and about three miles (4.8 km) from downtown. The island is served by Casco Bay Lines and has its own elementary school, library, and police ...
The entire project resulted in the construction of more than 50 miles (80 km) of roads, sixteen bridges, and two Tudor Revival gatehouses at the points where the system intersected the public roads. The present bounds of Acadia National Park include 47 miles (76 km) of these roads, thirteen of its bridges, and both gatehouses. [3]
Casco Bay Lines (also known as the Casco Bay Island Transit District; abbreviated to CBITD) is a publicly run transportation company that services the residents of the islands of Casco Bay, Maine. The seven islands are Peaks Island, Little Diamond Island, Great Diamond Island, Diamond Cove, Long Island, Chebeague Island and Cliff Island.
Acadia National Park is a national park of the United States located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor.The park includes about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, and portions of sixteen smaller outlying islands.
As of 2013, the PILP managed over 140 acres (57 ha) of land. It was founded in 1994 to preserve Battery Steele, an historic United States military fortification built on Peaks Island during World War II. After acquiring Battery Steele, PILP began to obtain land through purchase and donation across the island. The PILP held its first post ...
The bridges were designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads. [2] [3] The design inspiration for the bridges was the Westchester County, New York parkway system, which included the Bronx River and Hutchinson River parkways. The National Park Service sent two designers to ...
State Route 20 (SR 20), also known as the North Cascades Highway, is a state highway that traverses the U.S. state of Washington.It is the state's longest highway, traveling 436 miles (702 km) across the northern areas of Washington, from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) at Discovery Bay on the Olympic Peninsula to US 2 near the Idaho state border in Newport.
On this chart of Earth's 100 most prominent peaks, each peak shaded black is the highest point on its island (labeled under the peaks) as is the leftmost peak of each colored group (with its base at 0 m). In the SVG version, hover over a peak to highlight its parent(s) and click it to view its article.