Kennebec Chaudière Heritage Corridor:
Celebrating a Cultural Heritage
Kennebec River at the Five Cent Bridge, Waterville.
Photo by Peter Dembski
A $5,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation’s
Expansion Arts Fund is supporting the production of a CD Audio Tour by the Kennebec Chaudière Heritage Corridor.
Utilizing such documentary approaches as personal and community narrative, soundscapes and audio art, the tour will celebrate the region’s cultural heritage.
The Kennebec Chaudière Audio Tour will capture the region’s sense of place, history and Franco-American heritage. Ranging from the traditions surrounding the maple sugaring industry, hunting and smelt fishing to the contemporary creative work of artists, writers and craftspeople working in the region, the CD will provide an audio snapshot of local landscapes, architecture, people, artifacts, traditions and stories.
Rob Rosenthal of Shunpike Audio and Salt Institute is producing the audio portion of the project. A companion guide to the audio tour is also being developed.
The Kennebec Chaudière Heritage Corridor serves to identify, conserve, interpret and promote cultural, natural and recreational resources. The corridor closely follows the Kennebec River and extends approximately 16 miles on each side of Route 201. It links to the Chaudière waterway in Quebec. For further information, contact project coordinator Abbe Levin at
alevin@gwi.net.
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