Andre the Seal - Rockport ME
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nomadwillie
N 44° 11.069 W 069° 04.485
19T E 494025 N 4892366
André was a harbor seal who spent his winters at the New England Aquarium in Boston and his summers in Rockport Harbor. Every spring for over 20 years the Seaquarium would release him and André would swim north to Rockport (150+ miles).
Waymark Code: WM7FT2
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2009
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Rockport was the home of Andre the Seal, a seal adopted by the Goodridge family in the 1970s, and who entertained guests in Rockport Harbor until his death in 1986. The book A Seal Called Andre was co-written by the seal's owner Harry Goodridge, describes the story of Andre. The 1994 film Andre was adapted from the book, although in the movie Andre is actually played by a sea lion, not a seal. A statue of Andre presides beside the harbor in his honor.
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