The Disappearance of Wellfleet's Robust Commercial Herring Industry

Speaker: Lisbeth Wiley Chapman

Presented by the Wellfleet Historical Society and Museum;

hosted at Wellfleet Public Library

Description: Between 1880 and 1900, proceeds of the sale of the herring fishery rights were very lucrative and roughly 250,000 herring were taken from the river annually. What happened? Lisbeth Wiley Chapman, a longtime Board Member of Friends of Herring River, will explain why this robust industry died, why the Herring River was diked at Chequessett Neck Road and Duck Harbor, and the impact the diking had on the health of the herring population of Wellfleet's Herring River.

Wednesday, August 21st at 7:00 pm

Wellfleet Public Library

55 West Main Street (508-349-0310)

Free to the public

Limited seating & face masks encouraged

Speaker biography: Lisbeth Wiley Chapman created and ran Hopper House Tours from 2013 to 2021. She toured local residents and worldwide visitors to where American artists Edward and Josephine Hopper painted in Truro and Wellfleet. She now presents illustrated lectures on the Hoppers and their work in private homes.

Friends of Herring River is often at

Wellfleet Farmers Market

Wednesdays from 8:00 am-12:00 noon

200 Main Street, Wellfleet MA

Stop by to say 'hello', ask questions, and learn a bit (more).

Visit Wellfleet's Gull Pond!

Friends of Herring River Presents: A Trail Tale of the Adventures of Allie the Alewife

Allie’s story is posted on the fence by Gull Pond in an interactive traveling tale for all ages.

Gull Pond: 140 School House Hill Road

Wellfleet MA, 02677

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