Keywords: Parker river confluence.JPG en The confluence of the Parker River and Plum Island Sound The sheds in the center are the maintenance center of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge A small motor vessel is shown leaving the river for the sound In colonial times 50-60 ton sailing vessels followed that same course in a much deeper Parker River Newburyport did not then exist and the harbor was inaccessible There is little sign of a port now at Newbury own Botteville 2010-07 Parker River Parker River National Wildlife Refuge |