Some short trails have a long story. A couple weeks ago, a friend from Sandwich and I went for a walk on a 0.6-mile section of the Bearcamp River Trail from Mead Base to Beede Falls.
The Bearcamp River was named by early explorers. They were camping along the river and their camp was ransacked by a bear.
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