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The Coast Path probably pre-dated both colonies as part of a much longer American Indian trail with extensions as far north as Maine and New Brunswick (see [[Kennebunk Road]]) where the English and other Europeans dried cod from the Grand Banks for markets in Europe by the early 1500s. | The Coast Path probably pre-dated both colonies as part of a much longer American Indian trail with extensions as far north as Maine and New Brunswick (see [[Kennebunk Road]]) where the English and other Europeans dried cod from the Grand Banks for markets in Europe by the early 1500s. | ||
The Coast Path (Road) was designated a public highway in 1639; in 1803 it was made a turnpike (toll road).<ref>*Agnes Edwards (Rothery), ''PDF Book: [http://www.masshistory.com/pdf-book-old-coast-road The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth]'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920), 7. {WorldCat|1522571|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat).</ref> | |||
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=== External Links === | === External Links === | ||
*Agnes Edwards (Rothery), ''PDF Book: [http://www.masshistory.com/pdf-book-old-coast-road The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth]'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920). | *Agnes Edwards (Rothery), ''PDF Book: [http://www.masshistory.com/pdf-book-old-coast-road The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth]'' (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920). | ||
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