ACADIA NATIONAL PARK


Meaning of ACADIA NATIONAL PARK in English

Preserve on the coast of Maine, U.S. It has an area of 65 sq mi (168 sq km).

Originally established as Sieur de Monts National Monument (1916), it became the first national park in the eastern U.S. as Lafayette National Park (1919) and was renamed Acadia in 1929. It consists mainly of a forested area on Mount Desert Island, dominated by Cadillac Mountain.

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