Schoodic Peninsula Historic District, Acadia National Park, Hancock County, ME

Schoodic Peninsula is a rocky, wooded headland that juts into the Atlantic at Winter Harbor, Maine. Five miles to the west across Frenchman Bay lies Mount Desert Island and the main part of Acadia National Park. The Schoodic Peninsula Historic District is associated with the multiple property listing Historic Resources of Acadia National Park, and covers resources within park boundaries on Schoodic Peninsula and Big Moose Island. Two historic contexts developed in the borader multiple property listing are relevant to the historic resources included in this district. Schoodic Peninsula also contains a cluster of archeological resources. These include prehistoric Native American sites and small homesteads and settlements occupied by later settlers of European or African American descent. Although these resources predate the period of significance and thus are not included in this nomination, they may be eligible for listing in the National Register under Criterion D. Such resources will be evaluated within the framework of these early settlement historic contexts as they are developed (edited NRHP nominaton text).