National Parks Exploration Series: Acadia - The First National Park East of the Mississippi

January. 01,2013      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This documentary captures the beauty of Maine's Acadia National Park, as well as detailing the history of the location which happens to be the first area east of the Mississippi River to be declared a National Park.

Alphonse Keasley as  Narrator

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