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Odiorne Point is the site of one of the Sunken Forests of New Hampshire. [7] The point got its name from the Odiorne family, who settled on the land in the mid-1660s. [ 8 ] The park is the site of the former Pannaway Plantation , the location of the first European settlement in New Hampshire, and is commemorated by a memorial in the park.
Pannaway is an Abenaki word likely to mean "place where the water spreads out". When John Mason was granted a colony to start in British America, he was granted the land from south on up to where the Piscataqua River flows into the Atlantic Ocean, while Ferdinando Gorges claimed the land north of the river, in what is now Maine.
Name [4] County Town Size Estab-lished Image Bear's Den Natural Area Cheshire: Gilsum: 95 acres (38 ha) [6] [7] Binney Pond Natural Area Hillsborough: New Ipswich
Sep. 7—The Seacoast Science Center in Rye will hold its 19th annual BioBlitz on Sept. 12, inviting families to discover the biodiversity of Odiorne Point State Park while helping field experts ...
Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue saved a female gray seal weanling on Wednesday at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye. The seal was stuck in the rocks of a jetty. Rescuers believe she may ...
Near Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, this sunken forest is referred to as the "Drowned Forest". The roots of different coniferous trees (including white pine and hemlock) are visible at most low tides. Core samples taken from the roots indicate that the trees are about 3,500 to 4,000 years old.
The first settlement in New Hampshire, originally named Pannaway Plantation, was established in 1623 at Odiorne's Point [3] by a group of fishermen led by David Thompson. The settlement was abandoned in favor of Strawbery Banke, which became Portsmouth. The first settler in present-day Rye was probably William Berry. [4]
The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses a diversity of land and water areas around Great Bay, an estuary in southeastern New Hampshire.Protected lands cover 10,235 acres (4,142 ha), including approximately 7,300 acres (3,000 ha) [1] of open water and wetlands that include salt marshes, rocky shores, bluffs, woodlands, open fields, and riverine systems and tidal waters.