Canoe River Nature Heritage Trail

The Canoe River Heritage Trail’s entrance in on Mill Street across from the Mill Pond. Parking is limited at the entrance. You can park at the old school house across from Ephraim Drive. The trail is about 1/4 mile to the cemetery site. The terrain varies, with few flat areas. The cemetery is the Ephraim Leonard family plot, as well as the unmarked burial site of many people enslaved by Leonard. According to town historian Harry Chase,  enslaved people were household servants and performed farm work around homestead and bog iron works formerly located there.

GRlT all-terrain freedom chairs

Do you have difficulty navigating trails?

GRIT all-terrain Freedom Chairs are available to borrow from the Mansfield Public Library’s “Library of Things.” These innovative chairs can be self-propelled with your arms or pushed by someone else, making it easier to navigate uneven topography. Thanks to a partial grant from the town’s Non-Profit Gift Fund, the Natural Resources Trust of Mansfield purchased and donated one adult and one child’s chair to help more people enjoy the town’s beautiful nature trails. Use the QR code to learn more about the chairs.

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