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Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is in Maine. Acadia National Park was found in 1916.
In the spring more than five hundred varieties of wildflowers grow. Acadia
is a small park. There are over one hundred and fifty miles of pathways. The
animals are :barnacles, common eider which is a bird, crabs, lobsters,
gulls, starfish, sea urchins and more. There is a thunder hole. The thunder
hole is a part of a cliff that has a hole in it. The wind blows tides to
it and it sounds like thunder while it goes back .You also can go really
close to it so sometimes you get sprayed. If you ever go there you will
see cliffs, ocean and woods. Also these are the plants: Irish moss, rockweed,
Rhodora and more. People that were rich came to Maine and lived near Acadia
and they helped preserve the park. They saved it because the land
was beautiful and full of nature that people should see. In 1919 Acadia
was the first national park on the east side of the Mississippi River.
At first the park was named Lafayette National Park because the French
helped start it. But in 1943 the English donated two thousand acres so
they changed its name to Acadia.
Do you want to know about Park rangers
and what their jobs are? Park rangers have a lot of responsibility. They
show they care about plants and animals. They make sure that you don't
break the rules. They risk their lives trying to put out fires. They count
fish, birds and other animals. They have to study hard so you can know
a lot about nature. Getting interested?
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This page last updated: 08/28/04
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