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Try House at Try House Point, Bernard
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Tremont, Bernard
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Try House at Try House Point, Bernard
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • swhpl-15280
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Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
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...He built a try house on a point of land at the mouth of the harbor and used his ship and crew for hunting whales in the surrounding waters, particularly...The try house at Bass Harbor was run by Benson from the time it was built until the process was discontinued...He was called “Little Ben.” - “MDI's Short Lived Whaling Industry Began In Bass Harbor” by LaRue Spiker appeared in the Bar Harbor Times on November 3,...Earll, a shore-fishery was begun and successfully prosecuted for a number of years, from Prospect Harbor, in Frenchman's Bay, Maine...