2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Acadia National Park, and COA is planning a load of special events to highlight the deep connections between Acadia and COA.
The special connection between the college and the national park is celebrated with the installation of a Bates cairn in front of the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History. The cairn marks a new trail which connects from campus to the Duck Brook Connector trail and into Acadia National Park.
The museum is a fitting location for the cairn and the trailhead, as it is located in the building which originally housed the first Acadia National Park headquarters and is named after one of the park’s founders, George Dorr.
President Darron Collins ’92, students, and staff all chipped in to move the heavy granite slabs into place. Once set up, it looked like it had been there forever.