The railway was originally built by Maine Central Railroad in the 1880s and carried visitors from as far as Philadelphia to Hancock, where they boarded ferries to reach the famous Gilded Age summer resorts on Mount Desert Island.
As a land conservation organization dedicated to protecting places of high scenic, recreational and ecological value in this community, CNLT has named this property the Old Pond Railway Trail and, in partnership with Frenchman Bay Conservancy and Maine Coast Heritage Trust, will permanently steward it for ecological protection and public access.
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