Celebrating Half a Century of Memories – Geddy’s Bar Harbor We are elated to celebrate Geddy’s Golden Jubilee here in Bar Harbor, Maine this year. Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to our devoted patrons, visitors, staff, vendors, fellow businesses, the Chamber of Commerce, and our entire Bar Harbor community. So, thank you for sharing in […]
Acadia National Park is one of the smallest national parks in the United States with under 50,000 acres. It is also one of the most popular of the parks, attracting 3 million visitors annually. In spite of its relatively small size, Acadia National Park offers an abundance of attractions from rocky beaches to wetlands to spruce-fir forests & granite mountain peaks, of which Cadillac Mountain is the most famous.
During the Gilded Age, Bar Harbor was the summer resort of the “rich and the famous,” rivaling Newport, Rhode Island with glamorous hotels and estates of grandeur along the shoreline. These estates were referred to as “cottages,” and were built by many of the wealthiest industrialists, including the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, and Roosevelts …