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Bar Harbor

American  

noun

  1. a town on Mount Desert Island, in S Maine: summer resort.


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In high school, Baltimore enrolled in a summer program at the prestigious Jackson Laboratory at Bar Harbor, Maine, where he made a discovery that altered his life and set him on the path to science.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

Among the best-known sites to suffer damage were the century-old Shore Path in Bar Harbor and Pemaquid Point lighthouse in Bristol, depicted on the Maine commemorative quarter.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Earlier Saturday in Bar Harbor, Maine, the touristy gateway to Acadia National Park, a whale watch vessel broke free of its mooring and crashed ashore.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023

“We’ll hunker down like everyone else with the winds and the weather,” Kent Thomas said while visiting Bar Harbor.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Fished the boat from Provincetown to Bar Harbor, chasing the big tuna.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick