In 1908, a Boston woman donated 140 acres around Maine's Beehive and Bowl to stop future development; six years later 5,000 acres had been protected for what became Acadia

Acadia National Park was the first national park created from private lands gifted to the public through the efforts of conservation-minded citizens. Many of the activities surrounding the civic groups that created the park excluded women and people of colour, as per the park's website. However, there was one woman, a longtime resident Eliza Homans, who donated 140 acres of land to the park and this area is a popular hiking and viewing spot today.

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