September 26: East Boothbay with Rich Gillespie and Jayne Gordon
Located on the west shore of the Damariscotta River, this village has been a center of shipbuilding for two centuries. We will stroll by the river, the millpond, and the end of Linekin Bay, and see evidence of a rich history in transportation and tourism.
Easy one- to two-mile walk on paved roads.
Rich Gillespie is a retired history teacher and site administrator, and an active public historian in Virginia. He and his sister Jayne Gordon have been coming to East Boothbay, where their grandparents owned a cottage, for over seventy years.