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=== Background History === | === Background History === | ||
The Pilgrims from England and the Netherlands founded Plymouth in 1620. The Puritans from England founded Boston in 1630. The Coast Path was the earliest overland route between the two. The | The Pilgrims from England and the Netherlands founded Plymouth in 1620. The Puritans from England founded Boston in 1630. The Coast Path was the earliest overland route between the two. | ||
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. | |||
=== Route === | === Route === | ||