List of summer colonies
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The term summer colony is often used, particularly in the United States and Canada, to describe well-known resorts and upper-class enclaves, typically located near the ocean or mountains of New England or the Great Lakes. Many of these historic communities are considered quiet bastions of old money, though some, such as The Hamptons, are now well known for their celebrity-driven social scenes. Additionally, their economies tend to be driven largely by this tourist trade, particularly those communities that are remote or on islands.
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[edit] Well-known summer colonies in North America
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[edit] United States
[edit] Connecticut
- Blue Lake (an area in North Stonington)
- Fenwick (an area in Old Saybrook)
[edit] Delaware
[edit] Maine
- Bar Harbor (includes Northeast Harbor)[1]
- Boothbay Harbor
- Camden (includes Rockport)
- Islesboro (includes Dark Harbor)
- Kennebunkport
- North Haven
- Vinalhaven
- Winter Harbor, Grindstone Neck
- York Harbor
[edit] Maryland
[edit] Massachusetts
- Cape Cod
- Duxbury
- Great Barrington
- Lenox
- Manchester-by-the-Sea
- Marblehead
- Marion
- Martha's Vineyard[2]
- Nantucket[3]
- Padanaram, South Dartmouth
- Plymouth
- Rockport
[edit] Michigan
- Beaver Island
- Charlevoix
- Grand Haven
- Harbor Springs
- Mackinac Island
- New Buffalo/Union Pier/Grand Beach
- Petoskey
- Saugatuck
- South Haven
- Traverse City
[edit] Minnesota
[edit] New Hampshire
[edit] New Jersey
Listed from north to south:
- Rumson
- Elberon
- Deal
- Allenhurst
- Loch Arbour
- Spring Lake
- Sea Girt
- Barnegat Peninsula, including:
- Long Beach Island, including:
- Brigantine
- Longport
- Avalon
- Stone Harbor
- Cape May
[edit] New York
- Fire Island
- Fishers Island
- The Hamptons, including:
- Lake George
[edit] Ohio
[edit] Rhode Island
[edit] Wisconsin
[edit] Canada
See also: cottage country and summer village
- Baddeck / Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia
- Campobello Island / St. Andrews, New Brunswick
- Cap-Pelé / Shediac, New Brunswick
- Charlevoix, Quebec
- Chester / Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
- Eastern Townships, Quebec
- Kenora, northwestern Ontario
- Muskoka, Ontario
[edit] References
- ^ "In the Imperial language of the time, Bar Harbor was a summer colony, and its local residents were natives" Hornsby, Stephen J. (October 1993). "The Gilded Age and the Making of Bar Harbor"Geographical Review (American Geographical Society) 83 (4): 466. doi:10.2307/215826. JSTOR 215826.
- ^ "Martha’s Vineyard, that summer colony for the super rich and those who come to gawk at them" Rodriguez, Richard (1982). Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez. Bantam Books. p. 195. ISBN 0553272934.
- ^ "the transformation of Nantucket from decaying backwater, long since past its heyday as a whaling center, into a thriving tourist area." Brown, Dona (1997). Inventing New England: Regional Tourism in the Nineteenth Century. Smithsonian. ISBN 1560987995.
