Summer Colony: A History of Northeast Harbor, Maine

For those who call it their home away from home, the village of Northeast Harbor has a magical attraction that has kept them coming back year after year for generations. From academics to ambassadors, clergymen to cabinet secretaries, many of America’s most prominent men and women have spent summers in the village. But Northeast Harbor is now threatened by its own success, with a shrinking year-round population and a downtown where most businesses are closed in the winter.

Summer Colony is the story of Northeast Harbor, a comprehensive history stretching from its humble eighteenth century origins as a fishing and farming community to its twenty-first century arrival as one of the wealthiest residential communities on the coast of Maine. 

Narrated by Steve Zirnkilton

103 minutes