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Dow Brook and Bull Brook

May 20, 2026May 20, 2026 Gordon Harris1 Comment

Bull Brook originates in Willowdale, crosses Linebrook Rd. and merges with Dow Brook at the Ipswich Utilities site on Rt. 1A. From that point the combined stream becomes the Egypt River.

Posted in History, Places, TrailsTagged 1894, Bull Brook, Dow Brook, featured, trail, Utilities

Destination Ipswich: A Walk up Spring Street

March 30, 2023March 15, 2024 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Gordon Harris, Spring Street wa;l

Join us or a walk up Spring Street where we visit the Dow Memorial, Baker's Pond, the brand new water tank, the Immigrants Cemetery, and we try to find "Second Sands."

Posted in VideosTagged Destination Ipswich, Gordon Harris, trail

The Bay Circuit Trail in Ipswich

December 14, 2021 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Bay Circuit Trail map

The Bay Circuit Trail in Ipswich enters Willowdale State Forest and continues north through the town-owned Dow-Bull Brook preservation land. A branch continues from Willowdale through Bradley Palmer S.P to New England Biolabs.

Posted in TrailsTagged Bay Circuit, Topsfield, tourism, trail
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
Ipswich Massachusetts Revisited by William Varrel

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