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Eagle Lake

Lake in Acadia NP near Bar Harbor, ME

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Eagle Lake is located along the Eagle Lake Road, route 233 in Acadia National Park. It is also the source of the town of Bar Harbor’s drinking water, thus swimming is not allowed. Eagle Lake is perhaps best known for the Eagle Lake carriage road which runs all around the lake with other carriage roads connecting walkers and bikers to other parts of Acadia National Park, such as Bubble Pond, Witch Hole Pond, Hulls Cove, Aunt Betty’s Pond and Jordon Pond.

It is also a good place to fish for trout and in the winter time ice fishing shacks pop up on the lake. locals also use the lake in winter for ice skating. Eagle Lake area is also well known as a place to go to if you want to spot or photograph Eagles soaring over head. Even though you can’t swim in the lake, you can take a boat or kayak on the lake. The Carriage Road around the entire lake is a little more than 6 miles long beginning by the Eagle lake boat landing. Many chose a shorter route by taking the carriage lake along the left side of the lake and taking a left to Bubble Pond at the Bubble Pond Carriage Road intersection. From the intersection Bubble Pond is just a short distance away.

Many years ago a cog train operated on Green Mountain, now named Cadillac Mountain and visitors would ride out to the lake on buckboards where they would board a steamboat which carried passengers across the lake. Once the steam boat arrived at the dock operated by the Green Mountain Railroad Company passengers would board the cog train for a very slow train ride up to the summit to where passengers could buy a meal or stay for the night at a hotel that was also located at the summit.

Eagle lake was also home to the Brewer Ice House Company that harvested large blocks of ice from the lake during the winter time. The foundation of the ice house can be found in the woods not far from the boat landing, tucked in the woods behind a small stone bench.

The Stone Arches are also located along the shore of Eagle lake. The large arches are the result of a house that was being built along the shore of the lake. Fearing the house would pollute the towns drinking water, George B. dorr approached the property owner and asked them not to build their house there. The property owners agreed to stop construction of the house but left the large stone arches in place. Dorr than approached the maine Legislator with a bill that would forever protect the waters of Eagle lake, Bubble pond and Jordan Pond and soon the bill became law.

There are many places along the lake where one can enjoy a quiet picnic, but if you plan to fish there you will need to obtain a Maine fishing license.

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