The Connecticut State Parks and Forest Commission was established.
- Date Range
- 1913 – 2021
- Title
- The Connecticut State Parks and Forest Commission was established.
- What occurred
- Connecticut was becoming very highly populated, specifically congesting in cities, causing many residents of the state to seek out relief from the packed city life. The first meeting was held on September 29th, 1913 where the general assembly wrote "there was the need, desire and opportunity to begin a State Park Commission in Connecticut". A systematic examination of Connecticut's landscape was made by a man names Albert M. Turner who traveled the 254 mile Connecticut coast to determine what land had state park potential. Upon return, he established Bluff Point in Groton, Hammonasset Beach in Madison, and Sherwood Island in Westport to be the first Connecticut State Parks.
- Location
- 235 Church st, New Haven, CT 06510
- Image Citation
- https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/stateparks/history/ParksHistoryBooklet2014pdf.pdf
- Student name(s)
- Nikola Newcomer