Fate of Norwell s 1820s Elnathan Cushing House hangs in the balance
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200 attend Come Alive cemetery tour by Norwell Historical Society
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All Over The Map: Vanished shipyards connect Pacific Northwest and Boston February 19, 2021 at 7:21 am
The Helen Foster was one of the last vessels built along the North River near Boston; this photo of the June 1871 launch is one of the only known images of such an event. (James H. Williams photo/public domain)
Thousands of miles from the Pacific Northwest, a quiet, rural river near Boston was once home to bustling shipyards with a direct connection to the Columbia River.
The North River is about 40 minutes south of Boston by car. It’s narrow, marshy in stretches, and meanders through the communities of Scituate, Norwell, Hanover, Marshfield and Pembroke in a part of Massachusetts known as the South Shore.