What the records say
- When
- 1947
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 45.50° N, 69.00° W
- Description
- Forest fires in Maine, US
- Date from
- year in its name
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Great Fires of 1947
Forest fires in Maine, US
The Great Fires of 1947 were a series of forest fires in the State of Maine in the United States that destroyed a total area of 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) statewide, 17,188 acres (6,956 ha) of that on Mount Desert Island. Collectively, the fires killed a total of 16 people. This disaster is an important part of the local history of York County and the Mount Desert Island area.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Great Fires of 1947: Forest fires in Maine consume more than 200,000 acres of wooded land statewide, including over 17,000 acres on Mount Desert Island alone”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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