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unusual facts about White Bear


Alexander Hamilton Willard

During a portage around the Missouri River Falls in July 1805, Alexander Willard was attacked by a "White Bear", Clark gathered three men and chased the bear off.



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Carlyle Lake Resort, Saskatchewan

Prior to December 31, 1972, Kipabiskau was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Reservation of White Bear Band on that date.

Carol McFarlane

McFarlane graduated from White Bear Lake High School, then went on to Lakewood State Junior College, now called Century College, also in White Bear Lake, earning her A.A. degree.

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

It is Aarne-Thompson type 425A, the search for the lost husband; other tales of this type include "Black Bull of Norroway", "The King of Love", "The Brown Bear of Norway", "The Daughter of the Skies", "The Enchanted Pig", "The Tale of the Hoodie", "Master Semolina", "The Sprig of Rosemary", "The Enchanted Snake", and "White-Bear-King-Valemon".

Ironic process theory

Social psychologist Daniel Wegner and his colleagues first studied thought suppression in a laboratory setting in 1987 by instructing participants to avoid all thoughts of a white bear.

Louis de Gruuthuse

In the Tournament of the White Bear, held in Bruges every year, Loys took part in 1443, 1444, 1447, 1448 and 1450.

Rick Olseen

He attended White Bear Mariner High School in White Bear Lake, then went on to the District 916 Vocational-Technical College (now part of Century College) for auto body repair and painting.

White Bear Lake Area High School

In recent years, White Bear Lake has featured such musicals as Grease, Oklahoma!, Beauty and the Beast, Urinetown, West Side Story, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

White Bear Theatre

Theatre practitioners who have worked at The White Bear include Joe Penhall, Hugh Allison, Mark Little, Emily Watson, Tamzin Outhwaite, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Vicky Featherstone, Torben Betts, Lucinda Coxon, Adam Spreadbury-Maher (Associate director 2008 - 2009) and Chris Loveless (Associate Director, 2009 - ).