Southwest Harbor, Maine

E488350

municipality town

Southwest Harbor, Maine is a coastal town on Mount Desert Island known for its working waterfront, boatbuilding heritage, and proximity to Acadia National Park.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Southwest Harbor	2
Seal Cove, Maine	1
Southwest Harbor, Maine canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3483407 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Southwest Harbor, Maine
Context triple: [Hancock County, Maine, contains, Southwest Harbor, Maine]

A. Harpswell, Maine
Harpswell, Maine is a coastal New England town known for its rugged shoreline, fishing heritage, and numerous islands and peninsulas along Casco Bay.
B. Vassalboro, Maine
Vassalboro, Maine is a small rural town in central Maine known for its historic villages, lakeside recreation, and proximity to the state capital region.
C. Millinocket, Maine
Millinocket, Maine is a small town in northern Maine known historically as a paper mill community and as a gateway to Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin.
D. Otisfield, Maine
Otisfield, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine known for its lakes, forests, and quiet residential character.
E. Falmouth, Maine
Falmouth, Maine is a coastal suburban town near Portland known for its affluent residential communities, scenic shoreline, and recreational boating on Casco Bay.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Southwest Harbor, Maine
Target entity description: Southwest Harbor, Maine is a coastal town on Mount Desert Island known for its working waterfront, boatbuilding heritage, and proximity to Acadia National Park.

A. Harpswell, Maine
Harpswell, Maine is a coastal New England town known for its rugged shoreline, fishing heritage, and numerous islands and peninsulas along Casco Bay.
B. Vassalboro, Maine
Vassalboro, Maine is a small rural town in central Maine known for its historic villages, lakeside recreation, and proximity to the state capital region.
C. Millinocket, Maine
Millinocket, Maine is a small town in northern Maine known historically as a paper mill community and as a gateway to Baxter State Park and Mount Katahdin.
D. Otisfield, Maine
Otisfield, Maine is a small rural town in western Maine known for its lakes, forests, and quiet residential character.
E. Falmouth, Maine
Falmouth, Maine is a coastal suburban town near Portland known for its affluent residential communities, scenic shoreline, and recreational boating on Casco Bay.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
areaCode	207 ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
coast	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Hancock County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	New England town ⓘ
hasAccessRoute	Maine State Route 102 NERFINISHED ⓘ Maine State Route 102A NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	recreation and tourism ⓘ
hasFeature	boat yards ⓘ marinas ⓘ working waterfront ⓘ
hasHarbor	Southwest Harbor (harbor) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHarborUse	commercial fishing ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ
hasIndustry	hospitality industry ⓘ marine services ⓘ
hasNearbyTown	Bar Harbor, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Desert, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Tremont, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlementType	coastal town ⓘ
hasTimeZoneDST	Eastern Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismAttractionType	boating ⓘ coastal scenery ⓘ hiking access to Acadia National Park ⓘ
hasVillage	Manset, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Harbor (village) NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	Hancock County, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	boatbuilding heritage ⓘ proximity to Acadia National Park ⓘ working waterfront ⓘ
locatedIn	coastal Maine ⓘ
locatedInRegion	New England ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	Acadia National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Mount Desert Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnWaterBody	Great Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Somes Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Mount Desert Island region NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode	04679 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	boatbuilding ⓘ fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
region	Down East Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Maine ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hancock County, Maine → contains → Southwest Harbor, Maine ⓘ

Tremont, Maine, United States → hasVillage → Southwest Harbor, Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Tremont, Maine

this entity surface form: Seal Cove, Maine

Mount Desert Island → hasTown → Southwest Harbor, Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Harbor

Hancock County → contains → Southwest Harbor, Maine ⓘ