![]() ![]() It stretches from there and goes to the other point over there. It had to be something that they …, when they were doing the granite up here, because as you are probably aware there was a big quarry up here. I love our little village and want to keep its history alive as much as possible.ĭennis: You see this line of rocks? That’s the Otter Creek ledge. Karen: I collect what I can, but yeah, I mean I love it, I’ve moved to Otter Creek, I’m a transplant, but … it’s a big piece of my life. Jenn: You know what was really funny is I went to the Acadia archives and I looked through the finding aid at the Mount Desert historical society and I looked at Bar Harbor, and everyone, ‘You should go talk to Karen.’ Apparently you are the resource! ![]() We met on the Otter Cove Causeway early one sunny morning in late May: Karen is a graphic designer: we met years ago when she designed the logo for my (former) landscape architecture firm, and she writes a wonderful blog called ‘Maine Morsels.’ I knew Dennis from his work monitoring alewife runs with the Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary. Karen and Dennis live in Otter Creek, and are passionate about the history and wildlife of the area. Walkers: Karen Zimmerman and Dennis Smith Many of the historic photos and much of the information in this post were taken from two sources: Charles Smythe’s Traditional Uses of Fish Houses in Otter Cove, 2008 and Douglas Deur’s The Waterfront of Otter Creek: A Community History, 2012. ![]() 2 Surf Scoters ( Melanitta perspicillata) one male, one female huge flock of about 81 birds, too distant for positive ID, but possibly more Surf Scoters 2 female Common Mergansers ( Mergus merganser) a lone bird that could be either a Black Duck or a female Mallard (I can’t tell them apart!) Bluets along road, blueberries in flower, spruce buds. May 21, 2015: 7am, 52 degrees at start, bright and sunny. ![]()
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