In researching the life of Acadia National Park founder, George Bucknam Dorr, I have discovered in the Park archives an account of a canoeing and camping trip that he made through the north Maine wilderness in October 1895 "from Moosehead Lake to the St. Johns at Connors, the railroad terminus."

I've done some unsuccessful searches on the Internet and would appreciate anyone contacting me at my email address who might be able to point me in the direction of additional information on this railroute, especially the opportunity for Dorr to return via Bangor to his summer residence in Bar Harbor.

Thanks!

Using SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America(New England and Canada)it might be possible to determine a route, assuming passenger service was available. Connors is just across the St.John river in New Brunswick Canada at the end of a now abandoned Canadian National branch. If he took a train from here, he might have transferred to the Bangor and Aroostook in the Van Buren area of Maine via the International Bridge. He would then travel to Bangor and transfer to the Maine Central to get to Bar Harbor. He might also have crossed back to Maine from Connors and taken the Bangor and Aroostook directly to Bangor. The Boston and Maine would not have been part of his trip,since it only served the southern part of Maine.