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A flat, easy woodland and meadow memorial path built by George Dorr and the Bar Harbor VIA trail once led from Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts Spring to the Tarn. An engraved stone "JESUP PATH" marks the former northern end, at the corner of Cromwell Harbor Road and Harden Farm Road Street, which is outside of the park. This unmarked section has been rerouted and named the Great Meadow Loop as part of the Village Connector Project. The currently marked Jesup Path extends from the Park Loop Road, through the Great Meadow on a raised tread, spanning wet areas on NPS recently-constructed plank bridges. Before reaching Sieur de Monts Spring, the route crosses an unmarked path through the meadow (#365), the Stratheden Path (#24) and Hemlock Road. At Sieur de Monts Spring, the route crosses the Emery Path, passes the Abbe Museum on asphalt tread, and continues as a raised causeway to the Tarn. At the southern end, the trail is marked with bronze plaque on a boulder, "In Memory of Morris K and Maria DeWitt Jesup, Lovers of this island, 1918." Historic photographs illustrate the extent of regrading done to constructed a raised treadway with closed culverts, particularly between Sieur de Monts Spring and the Tarn. George Dorr claimed this was once a Native American carry route, though extensive improvements were made by the VIA. MB, GJS
