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What now looks like just an old dirt road through the forest used to hold trolley car tracks. In the woods along the river was the much-loved Contoocook River Amusement Park.

For twenty cents in 1893, and up until the 1920�s, you could ride the trolley from downtown Concord to enjoy swimming, dancing, boating, roller-skating, bowling, and even a steamboat ride up the Contoocook River. The park closed in 1925.

Today the area is still popular with boaters and fishermen, but little trace of the park remains. If you follow the well-used trail along the banks of the river, into the woods, and beside the hydroelectric canal the shore remains a lovely place to walk, ski, or snowshoe.