Several people have provided assistance on this project.
To Pam, Karen, Joe, Brad and Dee Dee I say thank you for your editorial input and for proof reading.
To Pam and Karen, thank you for all the enthusiasm. Your willingness to slog through mud and brush, to "stop!!" or "turn around and go back" can never be repaid.
To Ernest H. Knight for your insites and information. For letting me "pick your brain" and allowing me to reproduce your pictures. I hope these pages help to keep your memories alive.

Reference Material on the Cumberland and Oxford Canal is limited.
Below is a list of sources used.

Canals and Inland Waterways of Maine
Hayden Anderson
Maine Historical Society
1982
A Guide to The Cumberland and Oxford Canal
Ernest H. Knight
Cumberland and Oxford Canal Association
1976
revised 1993, 1998

The Website for Portland Trails has some info on the Fore River Trail, which follows the canal for a mile or so in Stroudwater.