Cut River Canal Duxbury/Marshfield
One of our more recent additions to our Plymouth County Registry of Deeds Notable Land Records Collection is the decision listed in our colonial records creating the Cut River Canal. In 1636, the Colonial Court ordered ten men at a time to dig “a boate passage” to allow a safer passage from Plymouth Harbor through Duxbury Harbor to Green Harbor and beyond.
This project, to be overseen by the Colonial Governor, eliminated the requirement to pass through the open water route around Gurnet Point. Click on the Notable Records Collection listed on the bottom right corner of our website to see a more complete description and a copy of the decision.
Attorney John McCluskey, a Brockton attorney and Duxbury Harbor oyster farmer, contributed to this notable record. John and his son, Patrick, are part of the Island Creek Oysters collarborative, one of Plymouth County’s finest products.
