Otherwise known as "Stonington". About a 27 minute drive from Brooklin, Maine, where our wedding venue is located. It's a beautiful town to drive through with many opportunities to stop and take photographs. It offers amazing views of the ocean and is also home to many art galleries. Musician Dan Fogelberg and his wife Jean chose Deer Isle for their final home, and this is where he passed away in 2007. The town was incorporated in 1789, at which time it included the islands of Little Deer Isle, Deer Isle, and Isle au Haut. Deer were abundant on these islands, hence the name.
Bar Harbor has more charm than you could ever imagine. While it's touristy and is likely to be bustling around the time of our wedding, we recommend making the trip up. Grab a lobster roll or shuck a lobster from a world renown restaurant in one of Maine's most famous towns. It's about 1 hr and 10 minutes from our wedding venue.