| In 1935, the U.S. Navy moved its radio station from Mount Desert Island to Schoodic Point so that the NPS could extend the Park Loop Road around Otter Cliffs. The NPS initially transferred 26 acres at Schoodic Point to the U.S. Navy, but, in 1947, Congress authorized the transfer of additional parkland to allow for the expansion of the base during the Cold War. The U.S. Navy closed the base after 67 years of service and returned 100 acres to the NPS on July 1, 2002, as authorized by Public Laws 80-260 and 107-107. |
