(March 8, 2021, 4:24 am)
This tiny municipal park, located at the intersection of Wilson Street and Church Street, is remarkable due to the fact that it is home to one of the region’s most legendary artifacts, the Hudson Stone. For such a prolific explorer, whose name is now so ubiquitous in North America, Henry Hudson’s last years of life aren’t very well documented as it is only known that he disappeared after his crew had cast him adrift in the waters of James Bay in 1611. The inscription “HH Captive 1612” on the stone found in 1959 by a road construction worker gave rise to a legend that Henry Hudson had been captured by the natives and possibly killed. I personally find this legend fascinating.