Bournedale in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Bournedale's Yesterdays

Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012

1. Bournedale's Yesterdays Marker

Inscription. You are standing in the center of the Old Nye Estate. Before construction of the canal, this was the finest home in Bournedale, a sleepy Cape Cod village complete with post office, village hall, general store, and its own industry - the Tahanto Iron Works. William Nye, town clerk of Bourne, surrounded his home with orchards and pastures. Notice the occasional apple and hawthorn trees along the way - remnants of this estate displaced by an expanded canal and highway.

At the heart of the village was the Bournedale Railroad Station where steam engines whistled and bellowed smoke while passengers milled about the platform awaiting passage down Cape or to the major cities of the East. Today the swirling currents of the canal carry marine traffic over the site of the Nye home and the Bournedale Station.

Erected by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 41° 46.328′ N, 70° 33.769′ W. Marker was in Bourne, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. It was

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in Bournedale. It was on Scenic Highway (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north. Marker is located in Herring Run Recreation Area. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Buzzards Bay MA 02532, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod.

It was also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Burying Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away); Still on Patrol (approx. ¼ mile away); Cape Cod Canal (approx. half a mile away); August Belmont (approx. half a mile away); William Barclay Parsons (approx. half a mile away); Monica Dickens Stratton (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named The Cape Cod Canal (approx. 0.8 miles away); Edmund Freeman Saddle & Pillion Burial Ground (approx. 2.3 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Comassakumakanit (was a few steps from this marker but has been confirmed missing).

Regarding Bournedale's Yesterdays. Visited 02/14/2023 & this marker along with a few others were missing.

Photographed by Bryan Simmons, July 2012

2. Bournedale's Yesterdays Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,149 times since then and 41 times this year. Last updated on March 3, 2023, by Greg Golfomitsos of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.