Weymouth Herring Run Info/Tour
Schedule
Sat May 14 2022 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Location
Weymouth Herring Run | Weymouth, MA
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Stop by the Herring Run in Jackson Square during our Village Festival and learn about this historic site! Wardens George Loring & Phil Lofgren will be there each hour from 12-4 to talk about the Run and its history! While this small park, part of the Back River Trail system, was established in 2010, herring have been caught here for centuries, as evidenced by Weymouth town records dating back to 1648. Through the mid-1900s, local residents considered the herring run a valuable food resource. The state constructed a fish ladder here in 1940, to assist river herring in their annual migration to their spawning grounds upstream.
Nearby (also in Jackson Square) you can also view the herring run at Stephen Rennie Herring Run Park. Farther upstream, also visit Iron Hill Park the final stop on the journey before herring ascend to their spawning grounds in Whitman’s Pond.
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Where is it happening?
Weymouth Herring Run, 1419-1427 Commercial St,Weymouth,MA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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