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Ep41: Canoes and Canoodling on the Charles River (Aug 14, 2017)

Ep41: Canoes and Canoodling on the Charles River (Aug 14, 2017)

FromHUB History - Our Favorite Stories from Boston History


Ep41: Canoes and Canoodling on the Charles River (Aug 14, 2017)

FromHUB History - Our Favorite Stories from Boston History

ratings:
Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

During a late nineteenth century canoe craze, recreational canoeing became Boston's hottest leisure time activity.  Young lovers took advantage of the privacy and intimacy of a canoe to engage in a little bit of illicit romance, leading a humorless state police agency to ban kissing in canoes on the Charles River.

Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/041
Released:
Aug 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Where two history buffs go far beyond the Freedom Trail to share our favorite stories from the history of Boston, the hub of the universe.