Maps
MDI Historical Society map collections: Check out our catalog on Digital Archives.
Below are links to a selection of maps covering Mount Desert Island (from the collections of various institutions).
Maps of Mount Desert Island at the Library of Congress
Historic USGS Maps of Mount Desert, Maine at the University of New Hampshire
1776, Mount Desert Island and the neighboring coast of Maine (Des Barres)
1808, Mount Desert Island Salem Towne Map
1860, Topographical map of Hancock County, Maine (Walling)
1885, Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands (George S. Colby)
1890, Mount Desert Island and the Coast of Maine
c. 1890, Map of Eastern Steamship Co. showing approaches to MDI (Yale University Center)
1893, Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine (Edward L. Rand)
1896, Path Map Eastern part of Mount Desert Island (Leventhal Map center)
1897, Plan of Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island, Maine (Colby)
1903, Sanborn Bar Harbor downtown map
1904, Map of Bar Harbor, Maine (Summer Residents Association)
1906, Path Map Eastern part of Mount Desert Island (Leventhal Map center)
1911, Path Map Eastern part of Mount Desert Island (Leventhal Map center)
1916, Sieur de Monts National Monument
1917, Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine (Waldron Bates)
1970, A Map of The Maine Coast from Rockland, thru Schoodic, to Corea