( CNN ) -- A 7-year-old girl died after a large ocean wave kicked up by Hurricane Bill knocked her and two other people into the Atlantic off Maine 's Acadia National Park on Sunday , a park official said . An ocean wave knocked three people into the Atlantic off Maine 's Acadia National Park on Sunday . Coast Guard rescuers plucked the three from the ocean after a wave swept them from a rocky ledge at the park , according to Sheridan Steele , the park 's superintendent . The conditions of the two survivors -- a 12-year-old girl and a man -- were not immediately available . No names were released . Ocean waves also injured a few other people at the park , knocking them to the ground or into rocks and crevices , Steele said . Some were taken to a hospital with broken bones or other injuries , Steele said . The victims were among several thousand people who were at the park late Sunday morning to watch the high waves that Hurricane Bill -- a Category 1 storm -- was producing offshore . `` Even though we try to warn people and try to get people to watch from a safe distance , we were n't able to contact everybody in time , '' Steele said Sunday evening . The hurricane 's center passed New England without making landfall and got very close to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Sunday afternoon . It was expected to pass near or over southeastern Nova Scotia , Canada , on Sunday night , the National Hurricane Center said . Watch how Canada is bracing for Bill » . At 11 p.m. , Hurricane Bill was about 115 miles west-northwest of Cape Race , Newfoundland , according to the hurricane center . The storm had maximum sustained winds near 75 mph , and was moving to the east-northeast near 40 mph the center reported . Bill would become a tropical storm if its winds fall below 74 mph . `` Weakening is forecast during the next 24 hours and Bill is expected to become extratropical on Monday , '' the center 's 11 p.m. advisory said . `` Large and dangerous swells generated by Hurricane Bill will continue to impact the Atlantic Maritimes of Canada overnight . '' Though tropical storm warnings were lifted in the United States , tropical storm warnings were in effect for parts of Canada 's Nova Scotia , Prince Edward Island and and Newfoundland . A tropical storm warning means tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 24 hours . `` Large and dangerous swells generated by Hurricane Bill '' were possible along those provinces Sunday night , and 2 to 6 inches of rain were possible in Newfoundland , the advisory said . Earlier , the weather service warned that dangerous surf and `` life-threatening rip currents '' remained concerns along the U.S. East Coast . Rip currents are strong seaward flows of water that occur where there 's a break in the shoreline . They are difficult to detect . Watch a primer on rip currents » . The water is unsafe even for `` strong swimmers , '' Massachusetts Gov . Deval Patrick warned Saturday . Though beaches along the Massachusetts coast remained closed , the National Weather Service lifted its tropical storm warnings there Sunday morning . Stuart Smith , the harbormaster in Chatham , Massachusetts , said there were reports of `` insignificant '' storm-related damage , but Bill did not cause much concern . `` I think we really dodged a bullet , '' he said . `` It stayed just enough offshore to give us a break . '' Watch how Canada is bracing for Bill » . It 's good news for President Obama and his family , who planned to arrive for vacation in Martha 's Vineyard , Massachusetts , on Sunday . `` We look forward to welcoming him to Massachusetts as soon as he can safely get here , '' Patrick said . Rain was scant in Chatham on Sunday morning as residents went about their normal business . Doug Ricciardi , a cook at the Chatham Pier Fish Market , was making 5-gallon buckets of chowder , as he does every morning . He said he was expecting a typically busy day at the restaurant . Watch how surf warnings persist in North Carolina » . Smith said the only problems reported were a few small boats washed ashore or coming loose from their moorings . Patrick O'Connell of Chatham said he has a house on nearby North Beach Island , and neither his nor his neighbor 's house suffered any damage . Smith said the beaches should reopen Monday at 2 p.m. after the heavy surf and rip currents pass . The Coast Guard reported swells reached 18 feet about 15 miles off the Massachusetts coast early Sunday . The swells began diminishing around 3 a.m. , and swells off the coast of Chatham on Sunday morning were 11 feet . Watch the waves crash on Massachusetts beach » . Hurricane Bill skirted Bermuda , leaving rain in its wake . A tropical storm warning for Bermuda was discontinued . iReport.com : Are you bracing for Hurricane Bill ? The weather service reported that swells from Bill continued to affect Bermuda early Sunday , but should gradually diminish over the course of the day . CNN 's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report .
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