Guided Tour At Double Trouble State Park Coming Up On Saturday

If you want to learn more about the rich history of Double Trouble State Park, come to the park at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

The state Department of Environmental Protection is conducting a one-hour walking tour of the park, which was once home to a bustling company town, with vibrant cranberry bogs, a sawmill and a cranberry sorting and packing house.

The village is on the National Register of Historic Places. All of the century-old buildings are still there, complete with a schoolhouse and bunkhouses for traveling pickers.

Unfortunately, the bogs are no longer active and have been almost overtaken by weeds. But there are still some cranberry plants that have managed to hang on.

Guides will discuss the birth and evolution of Double Trouble Village’s cranberry industry from hand-picked dry to mechanized wet cranberry harvests and the challenges faced today.

The guided tour has a small fee. Admission for adults and children 12 and up are $5. For children six through 12 the fee is $2. Children under six are admitted free.

If you want to take the tour, please pre-register by 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11 through the Brendan T Byrne State Forest office; (609-726-1191).
Photos: Patricia A. Miller