Once upon a time, the Mersey River was an industrial site. Ships were built on both sides. Big ships loaded and unloaded from the busy docks. During the era of the tall ships, the whole harbor was a busy, productive place. For some reason, the Nova Scotia ship builders stuck with building wooden sailing vessels, long after everyone else was making ships from steel. Now the only productive building on the river was the Bowater paper plant, and it shut down last summer. The town of Liverpool has existed for well over 250 years, with the harbor of the Mersey River the hub of activities.
This morning Ken and I took our walkers along the Mersey River. The walkway is lovely with the area beside the walk a park. While we walked we enjoyed the gulls and the water and the islands in the river. And I tried to imagine what it must have looked like 200 years ago. Today, we saw no one except for one couple gathering information from the Visitors Center. I suspect that the smells and the noise would have interfered with our walk. But today, walking along the shore of the Mersey River was perfect. We will do it again. And next summer we will encourage my brother to walk alongside the River. It is much nicer than walking beside the wall on the causeway.
Ken and I were quite a sight, both with a walker, with Ken lagging behind and I charging ahead. We just laughed and kept going.
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