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Starting in 1906, for about 10 years, you could board a small steam-powered boat near Ben Smith Dam and for 25 cents take a leisurely weekend ride upstream to Lake Boon in Stow.

In 1906 Peter Wilcox and another Maynard man were granted a licence to operate a passenger boat from Maynard to Lake Boon. A boat house and landing wharf was built on the river near the Ben Smith Dam and a landing wharf was installed at Whitman's…

The Chandler, Howard & Co published a small card containing the 1911 timetable for the boats that ferried people between Maynard and Lake Boon. The boats kept a, more or less, hourly schedule. The card shows one of the boats on the water, probably…