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Mount Desert, Maine History, Genealogy and Trivia

Mount Desert Islander Marguerite Yourcenar was the first woman author in 346 years to be admitted to the Academie Francaise, on March 6, 1980.


It is illegal at all times to shoot deer on Mount Desert Island in Maine.


More than 1,500 different plants have been catalogued on Mount Desert.


The rhodora blooms in Mount Desert's Great Meadow in June.


The purple fringed orchis is known as Mount Desert's lovliest flower.


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