Far-flung Mount Desert Rock Light is one of the most dramatically isolated of all American lighthouses. More than 20 miles from the nearest port at Maines Mount Desert Island, the low-lying, waveswept rock is, as historian Edward Rowe Snow put it, like part of another world. Despite its isolation, Mount Desert Rock was for many years a family station. It became a tradition each spring for the families to bring soil to the island for a garden, and local fishermen made contributions of earth from the mainland. By the summer a beautiful flower garden would be in bloom. With luck the flowers would remain until fall, but the first gales of winter would sweep the rock clean of the last bit of dirt. One woman who grew up on Mount Desert Rock told Mary Ellen Chase, author of The Story of Lighthouses: The people who sailed past called it Gods Rock Garden, but it was really mine. I never gave Him my garden, but Ive thanked Him all my life for Mount Desert Rock.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:45:26 +0000
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