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The devestation of the fire of 1947 can be viewed in the many collected scrapbooks of personal and news based accounts.
The many statistics include the following; (see more photos below)
| Acreage Data - cumulative by dates |
| Date |
|
|
inside park |
|
outside park |
|
total |
| 10/17 |
|
|
-- |
|
130 |
|
130 |
| 10/21 |
|
|
85 |
|
1940 |
|
2025 |
| 10/22 |
|
|
1055 |
|
2940 |
|
3995 |
| 10/23 |
|
|
7450 |
|
8970 |
|
16420 |
| final |
|
|
8630 |
|
9930 |
|
18560 |
| Town |
|
|
inside park |
|
outside park |
|
total |
| Bar Harbor |
|
|
7930 |
|
9745 |
|
17675 |
| Mount Desert |
|
|
700 |
|
185 |
|
885 |
170 year round residents lost their homes, while 67 summer residents lost theirs.
Forest Street
Eagle Lake Rd.
Mountain Avenue
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