Birch Brook Trail, Seal Harbor, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME

First appears on the 1909 path map. Described in the 1915 path guide.As described in the 1947 Seal Harbor VIS An Rpt, maintenance responsibilities of many of the paths in the Seal Harbor VIS district was taken over by the Park Service.  However, the Birch Brook Trail was one of several trails that the Seal Harbor VIS continued to maintain. This arrangement is also referred to in the 1948 and 1955 Seal Harbor VIS Annual Rrports.Recorded in the 1952 Seal Harbor VIS An Rpt, by Robert F. DeRevere, President, "Eight new bridges were built along the Birch Brook Trail, and the path was cleaned."Described in the 1955 Seal Harbor VIS An Rpt, "The Birch Brook Trail winds through the woods from Cooksey Drive up to County Road."This trail is currently maintained by the Seal Harbor VIS, according to Julie Ann Smith, current Chair of the Path Committee.

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