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MOUNT DESERT , an island in Hancock county, Maine, U.S.A. It is about 16 m. long and 10 m. wide in its widest part, with an approximate area of zoo sq. m. and a population (1910) of 8014. The Maine Central railroad runs a ferry from its nearest station on the mainland ( Mount
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Mount Desert'Island was discovered and named by Samuel de Champlain on the 5th of September 1604. French Jesuits established a settlement, St Sauveur, at the entrance to Somes Sound in 1609, but this was destroyed four years later by Samuel Argall. In 1688 the island was granted by Louis XIV. to Sieur de la Mothe Cadillac, but no permanent settlement was established until 1762, when the general court of Massachusetts granted one-half of the island to Governor Francis Bernard
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week from Portland.See George E. Street, Mount Desert, a History (Boston, 1905). End of Article: MOUNT DESERT If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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