Six World War II Era Forts in Portland To See From a Kayak
See the Historic Sites of WWII-Era Casco Bay By Sea Kayak Our recent post titled Six Historic Forts You Can Visit By Foot or Kayak covered some of our favorite forts to visit while kayaking on Casco Bay, including Fort Gorges and Fort Scammel. In this post we’re shifting our focus from these forts built…
April 4, 2024
Six Historic Forts in Portland You Can Reach By Foot or Kayak
Forts of Casco Bay: Part 1 – European Settlement to the Civil War We’ll follow up this post soon with another featuring the fortifications surrounding Portland harbor that were built after the Civil War. The sites of Portland’s earliest defensive structures are all a short walk or paddle from Portland Paddle’s site by the East…
March 12, 2024
Endangered Gray Whale spotted in New England!
An Exciting, but Potentially Troubling, First Sighting Gray Whales were once common in New England waters – photo courtesy of New England Aquarium The New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life aerial transect research team recorded a grey whale feeding 30 miles off of Nantucket this week, the first time this species has…
March 6, 2024