One of the first stops on the Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park is the Sieur de Monts Spring.
George B. Dorr built the spring house over the spring in 1909 prior to the formation of the national park.
The spring got its name from Pierre Du Gua de Monts a Lieutenant Governor of New France.
If you have a young one try the National Park Junior Ranger Program. You can pick up the workbook at the nature center.
Alex had great fun walking through the wild gardens identifying the different plants.
Continue past the nature center and spring and there is a small Native American museum, the Abbe Museum.
This is one of two locations for the museum the other being in downtown Bar Harbor.
