Without the aroma

“Graphic Marsh” (oil on gesso board), by Sue Dragoo Lembo, at Alpers Fine Art, Rockport, Mass.

The Great Marsh in Plum Island, Newbury, Rowley and Ipswich, Mass.

— Photo by Don Searls

The Great Marsh

Over the Great Marsh.

One of the most beautiful places in  New England is the Great Marsh, an area of marsh, mudflats, tidal rivers and barrier beaches extending from Cape Ann into New Hampshire. It’s an area of great and changeable beauty and a very rich ecosystem, which spawns much of the region's seafood and nurtures numerous other animal species.