Lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia Region (Images of America)

As the vessel traffic changed in these areas in the early 1900s, some of these lighthouses were sold into private ownership while others became less important as aids to navigation. With the exception of Mount Desert Island's Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, the lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia region are among the most remote and lesser-known lighthouses of Maine. Through vintage photographs, Lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia Region uncovers the history of these structures that kept watch over Maine's rocky coast.. Since the structures were located on remote islands or in a highly restricted military installation, the photographs and historical firsthand memories of most of these lighthouses have remained elusive and seemingly lost in the dusty pages of time

. Harrison is the editor and publisher of Lighthouse Digest magazine and cofounder of the American Lighthouse Foundation, which he served as president of from 1994 through 2007. As the author or coauthor of seven lighthouse books, he has given hundreds of lectures and dedicated his life to locating, documenting, and preserving lighthouse history for future generations. He is also the founder of the Museum of Lighthouse History, which in 2007 merged with the Maine Lighthouse Mus

Harrison says, “This is a way of life that will never again be repeated. ‘They were collected over a period of time and many came from the descendants of the families of lighthouse keepers who were kind enough to share them with me.”According to Harrison, with the exception of Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse on Mt. Desert Island, most of the lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia region are among Maine’s lesser known lighthouses. The book is like a time machine that helps us better understand how the impressive maritime heritage of Maine helped our country develop into the great nation that we are today.”Some of the other books that are authored or coauthore