Historic Property

A schooner captain and entrepreneur, "A.C." Savage correctly sensed that spillover from the Bar Harbor area would soon greatly benefit Northeast Harbor. In 1883, across the road from Harbor Cottage, he built the Asticou Inn, named for the section of town in which it was located. (The name "Asticou" comes from a Penobscot Indian chief who was summering at Northeast Harbor around the time Champlain began his explorations. It is believed to mean "boiling kettle.")