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Tag: Southwest Harbor

  • Wednesday, August 11, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm – Cranberry Island Home, Art & Garden Tour

    This one-day event on Wednesday, August 11, from 9:30 – 4:30, hosted by the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, will include eight stops across this two-mile island. It will feature visits to two nineteenth century sea captain homes, a garden recognized by the Smithsonian, a visit to the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation artist residency program, musical events throughout the day in a church built in the 1860’s, an art show, and access to a mile-long hiking trail leading to the back shore of the island with panoramic views of Acadia. There is a cafe at the Historical Society’s Cranberry House. Tickets for the tour (including round trip ferry, but not lunch) are $35 per person in advance ($20 tour, $15 reduced-fare ferry), or $49 the day of the tour ($25 tour, $24 normal ferry fare.)  For more information and directions call Morrie Newell at 847-732-1777, or log on to www.gcihs.org.  The website also has the ferry schedules to Great Cranberry Island from both Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor (Upper Town Dock and Manset Cranberry Isles Dock).

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  • Sunday, July 26, 11 – 4 – A Festival of Flowers

    The Trustees of the Southwest Harbor Public Library invite you to attend a Garden and House Tour “A Festival of Flowers on Mount Desert Island, Maine” Sunday, July 26, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., rain or shine.  For 20 years the library has been bringing the special pleasure of visiting local private gardens to the public, this year featuring six lovely gardens strung along the shore from Southwest Harbor to Manset, to Bass Harbor and up to West Tremont. . Tickets are $25 on day of tour, $20 in advance.  Make check payable to Southwest Harbor Public Library and mail to PO Box 157, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679.  Call the Library at 207-244-7065 for more information and directions, or log on  to www.swharbor.lib.me.us.

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