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Brewer waterfront
trail to feature 11 sites
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Stories about Brewer and the region - including one about a pair of
visiting white beluga whales in 1954, and others about Penobscot Indians
- will be highlighted along Brewer's planned Historic Waterfront Trail
system.
Other historic facts about the region's history, industries and cultures
also will be found along the planned Penobscot River trail at 11
different information spots, Robert "Mack" West, consultant for Informal
Learning Experiences Inc. of Washington, D.C., said Tuesday during a
presentation to local residents.
"We're excited to get feedback on it and the public involved," Tanya
Pereira, Brewer economic specialist, said before introducing West.
Weeding through the numerous stories of local lore to find the most
historic and accurate ones that relate to Brewer and the river has been
the goal of West's firm, which was hired a year ago to create the
trail's concept designs.
"We're working very hard on fact checks" to ensure accurate information
is used, he said. "There are some urban legends in Brewer."
The riverside walking, biking and hiking trail is planned to stretch
from the former Eastern Fine Paper Co. mill in South Brewer to Felts
Creek near Treat's Falls, located north of the Indian Head Trail Park.
A visitor's center at the historic mill site is planned, but without the
funding needed to build the trail, and plans for former paper mill still
up in the air, nothing can be guaranteed, West said.
Other stops along the trail include Eastern Park, the fishermen's
pull-off park just south of Interstate 395, the Monoliths located under
the bridge, the Children's Garden, in front of the Muddy Rudder
Restaurant, Veteran's Park, Chamberlain Park, Indian Trail Park, the
Salmon Club and Treat's Falls.
At each location, interactive informational kiosks and audiovisual
interactive displays or other markers will be built to spotlight the
specific area's historic significance.
Representatives from Woodard & Curran Inc. of Bangor are working on
the physical characteristics of the trail and are concentrating their
efforts on the area between the Children's Garden, located behind Dead
River Co., and the Veteran's Park, which is phase one of the three phase
project, West said.
"This is not set in stone," Pereira said to end the meeting. "This is
the proposal. All of this is subject to City Council approval and
community input. A lot of work still needs to be done."
A copyright article from the Bangor Daily News, Wednesday, August 2,
2006. |