Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island of southern New Brunswick, Canada, in the Bay of Fundy.
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Examples
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When anyone asks, I tell them I fell off my bike during a rocky, rooted, muddy, wet and spectacular ride through the pristine wilderness of Grand Manan Island.
Margie Goldsmith: Biking a Wild Isle in the Bay of Fundy Margie Goldsmith 2011
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For diehards and extreme cyclists, Slater leads an "epic" or century ride to Grand Manan Island, accessible only by ferry, and on whose gnarly cliff exposed trails you ride for 8-10 hours and catch the last ferry home.
Margie Goldsmith: Mountain Biking in Kilts in New Brunswick, Canada 2010
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Alone on the cliffs of Grand Manan Island overlooking the misty Bay of Fundy, I didn't feel any lonelier than I did anywhere else.
Lea Lane: The Inner Journey I Had To Take: Two Weeks Alone on a Cliff 2009
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Alone on the cliffs of Grand Manan Island overlooking the misty Bay of Fundy, I didn't feel any lonelier than I did anywhere else.
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This I did all that season, obtaining about 2,000 embryos, mostly of sea birds, for he sent me to Grand Manan Island, etc., for that purpose.
Louis Agassiz as a Teacher; illustrative extracts on his method of instruction Lane Cooper
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½ S. from the southwest head of Grand Manan Island from which the northern part of the bank is 15 miles distant.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich
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½ S. from the southwest head of Grand Manan Island from which the northern part of the bank is 15 miles distant.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich
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This I did all that season, obtaining about 2,000 embryos, mostly of sea birds, for he sent me to Grand Manan Island, etc., for that purpose.
Louis Agassiz as a Teacher Cooper, Lane, 1875-1959 1917
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The vessel was based out of White Head on Grand Manan Island.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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The vessel was based out of White Head on Grand Manan Island.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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