Who knew there were so many culverts in Westport?
A couple of weeks ago, John Kantor took “06880” readers on a tour of the secret — well, well-hidden — passages that allow kayakers and canoeists to travel from Sherwood Mill Pond to beyond Burying Hill Beach without even a portage.
Susan Iseman’s Photo Challenge last Sunday showed 2 more culverts. (Which raises the question: Why are they always side by side?)
Wrong guesses included Nash’s Pond, Sasco Creek, Deadman Brook and Otter Trail.
The correct answer: Willowbrook Cemetery. The culverts are on the south end of the graveyard, at Carriage Lane. You can see them from Main Street, (You can also see them by clicking here.)
Andrew Colabella and Alfred Herman correctly identified the site of the culverts. They’re one more reason — beside the beautiful Daffodil Mile every spring — to slow down as you pass by this beautiful, and historic, cemetery.
This week’s Photo Challenge also brings to mind Westporters who have passed — those who gave their lives for our country.
They’ll be honored tomorrow, after the Memorial Day parade, at Veterans Green. It’s well worth watching.
Meanwhile, where in Westport would you find this memorial?
NOTE: It is not at Veterans Green.
(Photo/Scott Bennewitz)