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Walking Tour: Tracing Boston's Original Shoreline


Adult Education / Experience and Explore -
Adult Summer 2025

Shawmut Peninsula is the promontory of land on which Boston, Massachusetts was built. In other words, downtown Boston was originally a hilly little peninsula almost surrounded by water. Over the past 400 years, a series of landfills terraformed this tiny outpost into the bustling metropolis it is today. Come trace Boston's original shoreline and see how cutting down a series of hills and hauling in earth from the suburbs allowed the creation of Back Bay, Beacon Hill, West End, Mill Pond, and Haymarket and complicated the construction of the Big Dig.

Kenneth Dumas

Instructor

Ken Dumas is a group leader and member of WalkMassachusetts, the first and foremost pedestrian advocacy organization in the country, formed in 1990 to raise public awareness about the benefits of walking for transportation, health, recreation, and vital communities. Ken is also a board member of the Brookline Historical Society and has been a tour guide for over 25 years.

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  Kenneth Dumas


Arlington Street T Station/Arlington St. Church steps
Sunday, Aug 3
3:00 - 5:30 PM

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Price: $ 49 00