Friday, August 31, 2007

Wenham Canal

Map

This is a ride and a walk. It starts with a ride down Perkins Row - my favorite biking section.

The walk starts at one end of the Beverly-Salem Canal which pulls water out of the Ipswich River and down to Wenham Lake which is a reservoir for the Beverly-Salem Water District (I'd love to know how that arrangement got made.)

My friend Martha introduced this to me. She and her dog, Beatrice, showed me the walk today for the first time. It's about 4 miles roundtrip although Beatrice probably did 8 miles with her numerous side trips into the canal.

Side trips on this ride-walk could turn it into a ride-walk-canoe. Stop at the Audubon Sanctuary and rent a canoe to wander through the sanctuary via the river.

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