USGS uses the term "bay" to encompass any partially enclosed body of water including harbors, coves, bays, etc. ID Key: ACAD - Acadia National Park; GNIS - Geographic Names Information System (USA); GNS - Geographic Names System (Canada); NRHP - National Register of Historic Places.
"Legend has it this spirit was alive and well early in the 17th century, when potential settlers first sailed up the pretty little bay searching for a safe harbor to start a new life. As they lay at anchor surrounded by forested hills near…