The 2008 Eno River Calendar

West Point on the Eno City Park

Why A Calendar Focused on West Point on the Eno City Park?
Many who see this calendar will be familiar with West Point on the Eno Park only as the site of the Eno River Association’s annual Festival for the Eno. Each summer since 1980 the Association has held the Festival here to raise awareness of the importance of the Eno River, and to raise funds to help protect it. Although the area of the park which hosts the stages, exhibits and activities of the Festival
seems large as one walks around it, particularly on a hot July afternoon, it actually comprises only about six percent of the total area of the park. Away from this more open area that has been a center of community
life since it was settled by Europeans more than 250 years ago, much of the park is quiet forest and river habitat that has changed little since the days when it was home to the Shocco and Eno Native American peoples.

When the Friends of West Point approached the Eno River Association about collaborating on the production of a calendar highlighting West Point Park, we saw intriguing ossibilities. Located along a two-mile stretch of the Eno River just west of Roxboro Road, the park adjoins the Eno River State Park on the west but is owned and operated by the City of Durham. Already encompassed by development, as much of the rest of the river and the Eno River State Park will surely someday be, this park is both a success story and a lesson on the need to be always alert to the need to safeguard what we have successfully protected.

Robin Jacobs
Executive Director, Eno River Association

“ We should all remember that the important thing about the Eno calendars is not the listing of weeks and days, but the stories and photographs associated with each month. Many of the stories are reminisces by old timers about event in their lives associated with the river. Other stories are about events in history with an Eno theme, such as the many mills that once dotted the Eno. Still others are about Eno personalities such as Margaret Nygard. The photographs tell stories as well, of a place that is beautiful and tranquil throughout the seasons. So even after a calendar year has passed, the Eno calendar remains a useful publication as a reminder of or past and of our friends.”
~ Duncan Heron

To Purchase the Calendar

The 2008 calendar will be available from the Association office.

To order call 919.620.9099 or click here to e-mail.

You can also buy calendars at many fine Triangle retailers who support the Eno River Association and the community through their efforts. Calendars will be available in retail stores from Late October through March. Click here to see a list.

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Proceeds of Calendar Sales...

...support the work of the Eno River Association: buying and protecting land, advocating sensible public policy, providing environmental education and doing our best to make this a better world for all of us.