Long Pond Conservation Camp, 158th Co., Southwest Harbor, Maine. 301.

Long Pond Conservation Camp, 158th Co., Southwest Harbor, Maine. 301.

"Long Pond Conservation Camp, 158th Company, Southwest Harbor, Maine" Long Pond Conservation Camp, 158th Company, Civilian Conservation Core (Ccc), Tents, People, Truck "Long Pond CCC Camp - The CCC had a significant presence during the Depression, keeping the National Park running, building bridges, and doing other improvements. Other camps were located at Seawall and on the Eagle Lake Road." --Willie Granston, 2011 This 1930s photo shows tents and workers at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp on Long Pond Road in Southwest Harbor. In the 1930s and '40s the CCC had two camps on Mt. Desert Island, in Southwest Harbor and at Eagle Lake; a camp in Ellsworth also sent workers to work on the island. President Franklin Roosevelt created the CCC to put unemployed young men to work "in the service of nature." Park Superintendent George Dorr petitioned Roosevelt for a camp in Acadia, where work was needed to make the park accessible to visitors. The CCC was stationed at Acadia for the full nine years the program operated. Workers cleared brush and developed fire roads and fire breaks; they worked on road, bridge, dam, campground and picnic area construction; they built trails; they eradicated gooseberry bushes that carried the white pine blister that was destroying pine trees Workers built wooden barracks for housing and workshops at the camps. They utilized many World War I surplus supplies, including trucks, equipment, tents, and uniforms. During the Depression $30 a month--$25 was sent home to families-plus shelter, three square meals a day, and a chance to work looked good to young men.