April 7, 2024
On March 24, Peter Stetson gave us a bird's eye view (a bird that
traveled through time) of the South County Museum and
Narrow River Watershed to close out the 11th Season of the
On Pettaquamscutt Winter Speakers Series.
Thank you to our presenters (see below for links to their talks), to our partners — Friends of Canonchet Farm, Narrow River Preservation Association, South County Museum — and to our host, the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library. It was a great season!
December 30, 2023; Updated January 17, February 26, and March 1, April 7, 2024
January 28: Dressed for Life and Leisure, 1870 to 1920
Rebecca Kelly, Deputy Director and Curator at the South County Museum, discussed nineteenth-century clothing from the museum’s collection highlighting both high fashion and leisure ware, as in what does the fashionable Narragansett visitor wear to the beach in 1900.
Click to view Rebecca's slide show.
February 25: Restoring Salt Marsh in the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge
Nick Ernst, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ben Gaspar, Restoration Ecologist at Save the Bay, gave us an update on the sediment placement projects and other projects in the Narrow River and other refuge locations to stave off the threats from sea level rise to salt marshes – and the salt marsh sparrow.
Click to view Nick and Ben's slide show.
March 24: History of the Watershed in Maps and Aerial Photos
Peter Stetson, President of Education Mapping Service, showed us interactive GIS mapping centered on the South County Museum and the Narrow River Watershed, and their history through aerial photography. Click the links below to view sample maps and aerial photos:
1951 Aerial View of Canonchet Farm (current museum location marked)
1985 Aerial View of the South County Museum (first year)
1997 Aerial View of the South County Museum (includes the craft buildings)
2023 Spring Aerial View of the South County Museum (includes homes in the neighborhood)
Narrow River Watershed
Soils in the Watershed
Summer 2022
On Pettaquamscutt is a collaboration between the Friends of Canonchet Farm, Narrow River Preservation Association, South County Museum, and the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library.
All talks are free and open to the public. Participants can register here or at the calendar page of the library website to reserve a seat. Registration will open at the beginning of the month for each presentation. For more information, browse this site or call 401 783-5344.
See 2020 speakers and links to their presentations.
See speakers and presentations in the first eight seasons.
Revised April 8, 2024