Lincoln Merrill hikes up the rugged Yarmouth part of the West Side Trail during his lunch break almost daily. He is president of Patriot Insurance that has a connector trail running by his place of business in Cumberland Foreside.
Dave Platt, left, member of the board of directors of the Royal River Land Trust and Kyle Warren, stewardship director, complete the work on a new kiosk at the Sandy Point Beach parking lot.
New map of the West Side Trail.
Pileated woodpeckers enjoyed the treasures of a tree on the West Side Trail near the large bridge constructed to pass over a stream in Yarmouth.
Laura Mahoney of Brunswick enjoys mountain biking the rugged Yarmouth part of the trail.
There is a view of eastern islands and land masses from a high point of the trail in Yarmouth. Most of the trail is on CMP property and rights of way.
Lunch time hiker Lincoln Merrill describes his enjoyment of the West Side Trail system that he uses most every day of the work week.
Dan Ostrye, volunteer organizer for the Royal River Land Trust, describes the hard work by volunteers to create the trail and build the wooden bridges over wetland areas of the West Side Trail on Cousins Island in Yarmouth.
Royal River Land Trust Executive Director Alan Stearns shows the new map of the West Side Trail placed in the new kiosk on Cousins Island and explains the details of the trail system's present and future developments.
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