Small stream with moss covered sides near the Spring.
Acadia reflects the term used by the French to designate all the territory of "New France" stretching from Canada to Philadelphia, before it became "New England".
In 1919, Congress designated the area "Lafayette National Park" following pro-French sentiment after World War I. In 1929, the name was changed to "Acadia National Park".
The first superintendent of the park, George
Dorr, named this spring "
Sieur de Monts Spring" after the nobleman who claimed this region for France in 1604, Pierre
de Gua,
Sieur de Monts (Sir Mountain). He was Samuel Champlain's boss when Champlain named Mount Desert Island in 1604.
Dorr placed an arched dome over the spring and had "Sweet Waters of Acadia" inscribed on a nearby rock.
Today, there is
Plexiglas which prevents you from going near, or really even being able to see much of the spring. The surrounding area is a very wet, wooded area with beautiful plants and trees.
Bench at
Sieur de Monts
Small stream with moss covered sides near the Spring.
Acadia reflects the term used by the French to designate all the territory of "New France" stretching from Canada to Philadelphia, before it became "New England".
In 1919, Congress designated the area "Lafayette National Park" following pro-French sentiment after World War I. In 1929, the name was changed to "Acadia National Park".
The first superintendent of the park, George Dorr, named this spring "Sieur de Monts Spring" after the nobleman who claimed this region for France in 1604, Pierre de Gua, Sieur de Monts (Sir Mountain). He was Samuel Champlain's boss when Champlain named Mount Desert Island in 1604.
Dorr placed an arched dome over the spring and had "Sweet Waters of Acadia" inscribed on a nearby rock.
Today, there is Plexiglas which prevents you from going near, or really even being able to see much of the spring. The surrounding area is a very wet, wooded area with beautiful plants and trees. 
Bench at Sieur de Monts 
