Paine's Creek Herring Run Mating Dance - Brewster.MA.Life

Paine’s Creek Herring Run Mating Dance – Brewster.MA.Life

Did you get to see the Herring run this season? Here’s a quick video following the annual Spring Herring run up Paine’s Creek in Brewster, Cape Cod. Also known as Alewives and Bluebacks, river Herring have been migrating from the ocean to fresh water ponds and streams in Springtime for centuries. Native people as well …

Brewster

Welcome to life in Brewster, MA. First settled in 1656 as a parish of the town of Harwich, the town separated as the northern, wealthier parish in 1693. Brewster was named in honor of Elder William Brewster, the first religious leader of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony. Many of of the town’s business institutions were …