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Bar Harbor

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bar Harbor town (1990 pop. 2,768), SE Maine, on Mount Desert Island and on Frenchman Bay; settled 1763, inc. 1796. It was a famed New England resort during the 19th cent. Bar Harbor is a port of entry, with ferry connections to Yarmouth, N.S., during the summer. In 1947 a large part of the town was destroyed by fire. Jackson Memorial Laboratory for biological research and the College of the Atlantic are there. Nearby Acadia National Park is a major tourist attraction. Author not available, BAR HARBOR. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
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bar 1 / bär / • n. 1. a long rod...substance formed into a regular narrow block: a bar of chocolate gold bars. ∎ ...a sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbor, bay, or estuary. 2. a counter across which...refreshments or providing a service: a dairy bar. 3. a barrier or ... Read more
Nelson (Aldrich) Rockefeller
(born July 8, 1908, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.—died Jan. 26, 1979, New York, N.Y.) U.S. politician. A grandson of John D. Rockefeller , he worked for several... Read more

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