CONSTRUCTION OF THE GURNEE PATH

CONSTRUCTION OF THE GURNEE PATH
Bar Harbor Times
Letter to the Editor
November 28,  1923

WRITES OF PROPOSED PATH TO HULLS COVE
Chairman Harold Peabody of Path Committee Will Be Glad to Receive Suggestions From Those Interested

Mr. Harold Peabody of Boston and Bar Harbor, Chairman of the Path Committee of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, writes the following letter in the subject of the proposed path from Duck Brook to Hulls Cove.  This proposed path has been much discussed by those most interested in Bar Harbor's paths and trails.  Mr Peabody will be glad to receive suggestions from any who may be interested in the project.  The letter follows;

November 14, 1923
To the Editor of the Bar Harbor Times,
Dear Sir;
Since admission of automobiles to Mount Desert Island the road to Hulls Cove has been getting more and more dangerous for pedestrians.  It has been suggested frequently  that a path from a short distance beyond Duck Brook to Hulls Cove Brook might be built along the edge of the woods on the left of the road, and up over the cliffs above Canoe Point.  The Chairman and Superintendent of the Path Committee of the Bar Harbor V.I.A. have carefully gone over the territory suggested, and find that it would be possible to make such a path but that it would probably cost not less than $2,000 for a path only two feet wide.  Much clearing would be necessary, also filling in, and probably blasting, especially over the cliffs.  Also, owing to two stables and one house close to the road the path would have to swing around these buildings.  The distance is exactly one mile from the end of the present path near Mrs. Fabbri's Garage to the beginning of the present path just before reaching Hulls Cove Brook.
These things are necessary before it can be started.  First;  we must be sure that the people who walk back and forth to Hulls Cove Brook want and really need this path.  Second;  a right of way must be secured from the owners of the property all along the distance and permission to build a foot path about four feet in width as close to the road as possible.  Third;  the money would have to be raised by private subscription to finance the proposition.  The Chairman of the Paths Committee will gladly receive any suggestions on the subject.
Very truly yours,
Harold Peabody,
Chairman Path Committee of the Bar Harbor V.I.A.
Eagle Lake Road
Bar Harbor, Maine

GURNEE PATH TODAY
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

ABANDONED GURNEE PATH TODAY
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

In his report to the Path Committee, reported in the Bar Harbor Times, dated September 15, 1926,  as read concerning the Gurnee Path;

"The Gurnee Path.  The Gurnee Path began on August 31st of last year was built as far as Canoe Point during the autumn.  The views of the bay and the Gouldsboro beyond are very beautiful and the path has proved very enjoyable to many people.  The funds to continue the path towards Hulls Cove for nearly a third of a mile have already been given and work will be started very soon."