Canoe across the Pines River toward the remnant of salt marsh abutting the 170 acres of the old Saugus Landfill. (Currently RESCO operates this site as an ash residue landfill for the adjoining trash to energy facility, RESCO has constructed an impermeable wall which keeps the ash from the adjoining wetlands). Continue upriver and carefully pass under the B&M tracks. (watch for strong tidal rip). To your left (south) a small creek winds through salt marsh to the west end of Oak Island. Here one can see the remains of staddles dotting the high marsh. These structures were built to stack the salt marsh hay and keep it above the level of the high tide. In colonial times salt marsh hay was an important crop. In fact, it made the keeping of livestock possible for the early colonist, especially in densely forested New England where pasture land was scarce.

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Canoe Guide