Canoeing in Maine: On Kennebunk River, a different view of Cape Arundel and surrounding splendor
Starting from near Dock Square, exploring the Kennebunk River puts nature on display while a golf course and a railroad trestle add to the charm.
By MICHAEL PERRY
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The Boston and Maine Railroad trestle, at the turnaround point of the up-and-back trip while paddling the Kennebunk River, is an impressive structure. Christine Wolfe photo
While we wait for our inland waterways to shed the last of their winter ice, there are many outstanding April canoeing options available near the coast.
We recently enjoyed a four-hour, 10-mile round trip paddle on the Kennebunk River from the Old Grist Mill site near Dock Square in Kennebunkport upriver to the impressive Boston & Maine Railroad trestle. While there are homes along the river, there are also many serene wilderness sections to meander through. Chances are good you will have your “first of” 2021 sighting. We saw our first blue
Obituary – Pierre Boulanger
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Pierre Boulanger, 82, of Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, passed away Monday, March 8, 2021, at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough following a period of failing health.
Pierre was born in Grenoble, France and immigrated to the United States as an infant with his parents residing in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. for 20 years. He attended Saint Sebastian’s Country Day School in Newton, Massachusetts. graduated from Boston College located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in 1960 with a management degree.
He served for three years in U.S. Army Special Troops, 8th U.S. Army, completed his enlistment and began a 30- year career with Sears as a management trainee in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He accepted positions in the Boston area stores as a customer relations manager, merchandise manager, operations manager, regional merchandise manager and retiring as a general manager.
Cape Porpoise dugout canoe highlights Brick Store Museum artifact exhibit
Carbon dating shows the canoe dates to 1275-1380. It is among several items unearthed by the Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance that will be on display until April.
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Students with the University of New Brunswick/University of New England Coastal Archaeological Field School recovered, crated and transported the remains of a 1275-1380 dugout canoe, discovered in Cape Porpoise, to a boathouse for preservation in 2019. The canoe, along with a number of other artifacts found at Cape Porpoise, will be on exhibit at the Brick Store Museum starting Feb. 2. Admittance is by prior reservation, due to the pandemic.
Kennebunkport Climate Initiative hires director
Jono Anzalone worked for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
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KENNEBUNKPORT – The southern Maine region is uniquely positioned to be a beacon of hope for climate change mitigation and action, say the folks at the Kennebunkport Climate Initiative.
To help achieve that goal, the organization, formed in early 2020, has hired an executive director, Dr. Jono Anzalone.
“Having roots in Maine, I was intrigued by the recently launched Kennebunkport Climate Initiative and its Gulf of Maine Field Studies partnerships with the longstanding Kennebunkport Conservation Trust, Gulf of Maine Institute, University of New England and Regional School Unit 21,” said Anzalone, whose spouse is from Maine. “Within minutes of my conversation with the KCI board and staff, I was convinced that the bold nonpartisan vision to educate, empower, and activate 10 million youth by 2025 was not only do