People Asked to Avoid Bar Harbor’s Shore Path & Other Areas
JAN 10, 2024
BAR HARBOR—High winds and high tide have combined to cause damage throughout Mount Desert Island today, January 10. High tide was shortly before 9:30 a.m.
The Bar Harbor Inn’s pier has taken on significant destruction and General Manager Jeremy Dougherty suggests people avoid the Shore Path from Grant Park to the town pier. The below images and video is from Dougherty.
“Our pier just took a major hit and it’s not safe for anyone to be walking on the Shore Path until it’s repaired,” he said. The inn staff has already been working with the Village Improvement Society to fix areas of erosion along the path.
HULLS COVE
Route 3 at Hulls Cove is reported to be closed at 9:30 a.m. There are hopes that it can reopen an hour or two hours after high tide. A plow truck has moved much of the debris.
SEAL HARBOR
There are reports that the seawall in Seal Harbor at Little Long Pond has been destroyed and the road is not passable.
WEST STREET
A propane tank reportedly broke away from a business on West Street, lodged under the dock, and then went into the ocean. There were reports of a vapor cloud there as well. Bar Harbor firefighters and Bar Harbor and Mount Desert police officers responded.
OTHER STORM NEWS
Around 10 a.m. Versant reported thousands of customers were without power and did not have restoration times available. Schools were cancelled today. The Bar Harbor Municipal Building is scheduled to open at 10 a.m.
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