what is it about the acadia national park that has people horrified?
A young girl died and nine people were hospitalized Sunday after a rogue wave from Hurricane Bill slammed into a viewing platform near the ocean at Acadia National Park in Maine. Related Storm’s Tail Brings Higher Tides and a Little Danger to New York (August 24, 2009) The Caucus: Obamas Arrive at the Vineyard (August 23, 2009) Video of the Rescue (Associated Press, via youtube.com) Enlarge This Image Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press Two boys watched as heavy surf generated by Hurricane Bill pounded the shore on Sunday in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. A group of about 20 people had gathered on the platform at Thunder Hole in the park to watch the waves, which had been stirred up by the hurricane, when five of them were swept out to sea, said a spokesman for the Coast Guard, Petty Officer Third Class James Rhodes. The spot is a popular attraction, where waves crashing into a granite crevice can create thundering reverberations and high salt sprays. The platform is 10 to 15 feet above the wate
Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast of Maine. Originally inhabited by the Wabanaki people, the area includes mountains, an ocean shoreline, woodlands, and lakes.[1] In addition to Mount Desert Island, the park comprises much of the Isle au Haut, a small island to the southwest of Mount Desert Island and parts of Baker Island, also nearby. A portion of Schoodic Peninsula on the mainland is also part of the park. In total, Acadia National Park consists of 30,300 acres (47 square miles or 123 km2) on Mount Desert Island, 2,728 acres (4.6 square miles or 11 km2) on Isle au Haut and 2,366 acres (3.5 square miles or 9.2 km2) on the Schoodic Peninsula. n the fall of 1604, Samuel de Champlain observed a high-notched island composed of seven or eight mountains rising to bare-rock summits from slopes of birch, fir, and pine. In spite of many changes over nearly 400 years, the area remains essentially the same.[2] The
