ACADIA—FIRST NATIONAL PARK IN THE EAST. The park's first superintendent, George B. Doerr, gave his own summer estate and his energies and property toward fulfillment and enlargement of this project. Also prominent in this work was the late Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard University. For more than a quarter of a century John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has made generous donations to enlarge and develop the park. This rugged coastal area is the highest elevation on the eastern seaboard. "Discovered" by Champlain in 1604, tradition indicates it was known to earlier French fishermen.

DOMAIN OF THE BOAT LOVER AND HIKER, Isle Royale National Park. More than 200 islands and countless minor "rocks" surrounding the main island make up the archipelago that is Isle Royale National Park. Lying far north in Lake Superior, it is much nearer to Canada than to the State of Michigan, of which it is a part. The fjordlike harbors and many bays furnish sheltered waters for boating. With no roads or wheeled vehicles in the park, it is the domain of the boat lover and the hiker. (Photograph by W. Ray Scott.)