

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Chebacco Author Talk: Otter Creek’s Lost Waterfront, with Durlin Lunt
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 05:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: On August 5th at 5:30 pm, the MDI Historical Society and Northeast Harbor Library will host Durlin Lunt for "Otter Creek’s Lost Waterfront." This program will be offered in person and online via Zoom. To register, go to https://mdihistory.org/events

Based on his 2026 article in the history journal Chebacco, Durlin will explore how land acquisitions by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the expansion of Acadia National Park systematically isolated the village from its ancestral shores and will advocate for a modern restoration of the village’s working maritime identity to remedy nearly a century of disenfranchisement. 

As a lifelong resident and former Town Manager of Mount Desert, Lunt will examine the power dynamics between this small community and federal agencies, illustrating how unrecorded agreements transformed a thriving maritime hub into an 'island within an island.' The program will highlight efforts to reclaim the village’s ancestral shores and recent legislative efforts, such as the 2024 Waterfront Resolution, to reconcile generations of community isolation. 

Image: Otter Creek Fish Houses, ca. 1900-1920. Courtesy of Northeast Harbor Library
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/northeast-harbor/chebacco-author-talk-otter-creek’s-lost-waterfront-with-durlin-lunt/200029812970418
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 27

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://mdihistory.org/events/otter-creeknehl?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=northeast+harbor-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Northeast Harbor
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Northeast Harbor Library
- **lat**: 44.294208526611
- **long**: -68.291198730469
- **full address**: Northeast Harbor Library, 1 Joy Rd, Northeast Harbor, ME 04662, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Mount Desert Island Historical Society (https://allevents.in/org/mount-desert-island-historical-society/14362930)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 05:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Northeast Harbor Library, 1 Joy Rd, Northeast Harbor, ME 04662, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mount Desert Island Historical Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Chebacco Author Talk: Otter Creek’s Lost Waterfront, with Durlin Lunt ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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