Įarly industries included fishing, lumbering and shipbuilding.
Bar Harbor itself was first settled by Europeans Israel Higgins and John Thomas in 1763 and incorporated on February 23, 1796, as Eden, after Sir Richard Eden, an English statesman. Also named for him is Somes Sound, the only naturally occurring fjard on the East Coast of the United States. In 1761, Abraham Somes established the first European village on Mount Desert Island, naming it Somesville. Champlain named the island Isles des Monts Deserts, meaning "island of barren mountains"-now called Mount Desert Island, the largest island in Maine. In early September 1604, French explorer Samuel de Champlain ran aground on a rock ledge believed to be Egg Rock, just off Otter Cliffs, and when he came ashore to repair his boat he met local natives. They speak of Bar Harbor as Man-es-ayd'ik ("clam-gathering place") or Ah-bays'auk ("clambake place"), leaving great piles of shells as evidence of this abundance. The town of Bar Harbor was founded on the northeast shore of Mount Desert Island, which the Wabanaki Indians knew as Pemetic, meaning "range of mountains" or "mountains seen at a distance." The Wabanaki seasonally fish, hunt and gather berries, clams, and other shellfish in the area. The Abbe Museum features the history and culture of Maine's native people, the Wabanaki.
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