List of summer colonies
The term summer colony is often used, particularly in the United States to describe well-known resorts and upper-class enclaves, typically located near the ocean or mountains of New England or the Great Lakes. The term is not popular in Canada, where cottage country is often preferred. 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.
Well-known summer colonies in North America
United States
California
- Balboa Island
- Big Sur
- Avalon (an area in Catalina Island)
- Lake Tahoe
- Lower Russian River Area
- Malibu Beach Colony
- Mendocino
- Montecito (an area in Santa Barbara)
- Newport Peninsula (an area in Newport Beach)
- Stinson Beach
Connecticut
- Blue Lake (an area in North Stonington)
- Fenwick (an area in Old Saybrook)
Delaware
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
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
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
New York
- Fire Island
- Fishers Island
- The Hamptons, including (depending on definition):
- Shelter Island
- Lake George
- East Marion
- Lake Placid
- Adirondacks
- Thousand Islands
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Washington
- Seabrook*
Rosario Resort and Spa, Orcas Island, was a hangout for John Wayne. The Wayne family summers were often spent in the waters off the Pacific Northwest coast, from Seattle to the San Juans.[4]
Wisconsin
Canada
Bahamas
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 0-553-27293-4.
- ↑ "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 1-56098-799-5.
- ↑ http://northwestprimetime.com/news/2014/jun/02/john-waynes-lasting-legacy-washington-state/