Broad Canal

Category: Historic Site

Site of future boardwalk to be built by Mirant Energy as mitigation under Mass. Chapter 91. After a long fight with the city and the property owner, The boardwalk is nearly built, and the pocket park at First street is under construction.

Did you know that maps from the 1840's and 1850's show the Broad Canal extending almost to Cardinal Medeiros Ave. then joining the North Canal and connecting to the Miller's River making East Cambridge an ISLAND?