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guards, and the Historic 19th houses ay-Bennett, the cable ship that recovered
along the waterfront with stories of the his body pitched in for a grave stone. The
great explosion of the SS Mont-Blanc that marker says ‘Erected to the memory of an
killed over 2,000 in 1917, before heading unknown child whose remains were re-
out to a small working fishing village at covered after the disaster of the “Titanic”
Fisherman’s Cove with a wonderful sea- April 15th 1912’. Recently forensic testing,
food restaurant. The fish and chips were found that the remains were 19-month-
amazing and the lobster rolls featuring a old Sidney Leslie Goodwin from England
chopped whole lobster got raves from the who perished with his entire family.
hungry group.
The highlight of the shore excursion was Bar Harbor Main
the emotional visit to the Fairview Cem-
etery where 121 passengers of the RMS Like most port, one day is not enough
Fairview Cemetery where 121 passen- Titanic are interred. Respectful visitors time explore Bar Harbor and Maine’s
gers of the Titanic are buried in Halifax, wandered the area where rows of gray DownEast and Acadia region. The town
Nova Scotia. Right: Changing of the granite markers indentified the unfortu- itself is welcoming and touristy cute with
guard at Citadel Hill. nate cruisers. lots of souvenir shops, bars and restau-
rants mostly catering to visitors.
One of the grave stones is for an uniden-
tified child victim, called The Unknown But it’s the beauty of the area that is the
Child. When the body of the child went real attraction. It’s a visual feast with
unclaimed the crew of the CS Mack- sights like the historic lighthouses set in
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