Early industries included fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding. Champlain named the island Isles des Monts Deserts, meaning 'island of barren mountains' - now called Mount Desert Island, the largest in Maine.ДЇirst settled in 1763 by Israel Higgins and John Thomas, the community was incorporated on Februas Eden, after Sir Richard Eden, an English statesman. In early September 1604, French explorer Samuel de Champlain ran aground on a rock ledge believed to be just off Otter Cliffs, and when he came ashore to repair his boat he met local natives.

They spoke of Bar Harbor as Man-es-ayd'ik ('clam-gathering place') or Ah-bays'auk ('clambake place'), leaving great piles of shells as evidence of this abundance. The town of Bar Harbor was founded on the northeast shore of Mount Desert Island, which the Wabanaki Indians knew as Pemetic, meaning 'range of mountains' or 'mountains seen at a distance.' The Wabanaki seasonally fished, hunted and gathered berries, clams, and other shellfish in the area. Bar Harbor is home to the largest parts of Acadia National Park, including Cadillac Mountain the highest point within 25 miles (40В km) of the coastline of the Eastern United States, and, offshore, the Porcupine Islands. It is home to the College of the Atlantic, Jackson Laboratory and Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Salisbury Cove village). Bar Harbor is a famous summer colony in the Down East region of Maine. As of the 2010 census, its population is 5,235. Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States.

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