A historic map of Mount Desert Island paths from 1930 (Photo: Courtesy HathiTrust) A historic map of Mount Desert Island paths from 1921 (Photo: Courtesy HathiTrust) Mount Desert Island is a ...

The wind was blowing. The seas were rolling. We’d come to Southwest Harbor, Maine, dubbed “the quiet side” of Mount Desert Island, for its promise: gorgeous scenery without the vacationing ...