Towns and Villages
There are four towns on Mount Desert Island:
- Bar Harbor, with the villages of Eden, Hulls Cove, Salisbury Cove, and Town Hill;
- Mount Desert, with the villages of Hall Quarry, Northeast Harbor, Otter Creek, Pretty Marsh, Seal Harbor, and Somesville;
- Southwest Harbor, with the villages of Manset and Seawall;
- Tremont, with the villages of Bass Harbor, Bernard, Gotts Island, Seal Cove, and West Tremont.
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