Excerpt from Glimpses of Camden on the Coast of Maine

Natural Advantages In the matter of natural advantages, Camden has a combination of sea, mountain and lake scenery which is unequaled on the Atlantic coast. Other places have the sea and lakes: a single place, Mt. Desert, has the sea and mountains; but Camden alone has sea, lakes and mountains in perfect combination.

Penobscot Bay Penobscot Bay which lies midway along the coast of Maine, constituting its greatest indentation, is about forty five miles wide where it meets the ocean. At its eastern and western portals, imposing mountain groups, stray members of the Appalachian range, dip into the sea and rise directly from the water's edge.

Mountain Environment Camden lies at the base of the western group, five of the peaks surrounding it having an elevation of over one thousand feet. In front of the mountains there is the blue sea thickly strewn with islands, and directly back of the mountains a chain of lakes; while beyond these, range after range of the lesser mountains stretch away into the distance.

Accessibility Camden is in easy touch with the rest of the world, yet enough out of the beaten line of travel to give it desired privacy. So far it has escaped excursion traffic. It is reached by three highly attractive routes: steamer, rail and automobile. The automobile route mostly over state roads, through Portland, Brunswick, Bath and Rockland, follows the famous Maine Coast Automobile route to Camden some one hundred and seventy-five miles from Boston, and then on to Belfast, Bangor and Bar Harbor. It is a comfortable day s run from Boston to Camden.

Steamer Route The steamer route via the large turbine steamers of the Eastern Steamship Corporation is very popular. Steamers leave India Wharf, Boston, daily at 5 affording a daylight sail past Nahant, Marblehead and Cape Ann, on the Massachusetts coast, followed by the restful hours of a night at sea. Camden, the second stop, is reached before seven o'clock the next morning.

Rail Route The rail route with day and night Pullman trains from Boston, Portland and New York passes through the attractive countryside and seashore places of eastern New England and has its terminus at Rockland, the metropolis of Penobscot Bay and the distributing point of its extensive summer travel. Here both rail and steamboat lines converge, and in the early morning the necessary transfers are made to Bar Harbor and the whole Penobscot territory. Sleeping cars and parlor cars are operated in several daily trains between Boston, Portland and Rockland, and in addition one through sleeping car and dining car train between New York and Rockland. Camden shares in the remarkable accessibility which this region enjoys, being eight miles above Rockland, along shore, on the main steamer route to Boston, and connected with the train service at Rockland by a forty-minute trolley ride, by steamer or by private conveyance. Daily throughout the summer season, from June to late September, this rail and steamer service is maintained.

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