Английская Википедия:Canobie Lake Park

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Pp-protected Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox amusement park Canobie Lake Park is an amusement park in Salem, New Hampshire, located about Шаблон:Convert north of Boston. It was founded as a trolley park on the shore of Canobie Lake in 1902. Three local families currently run the park, which draws visitors from throughout the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions. Canobie Lake Park's age and history inspired author Stephen King to use rides and elements from the park in his Joyland novel. It is one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating in the United States as of 2021.

The park originally featured botanical gardens, with few amusement rides. After the automobile became the most popular mode of travel in the United States, the trolley line serving the park was closed. Attendance in the park declined until it was purchased by Patrick J. Holland. He installed a wooden roller coaster named Yankee Cannonball in 1936, a ride which was designated as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark by American Coaster Enthusiasts in 2013. The park recovered, and the Arrow Development designed Canobie Corkscrew was installed in 1987, after being relocated from the Old Chicago amusement park in Illinois, where it was named the Chicago Loop. Untamed, a Euro-Fighter coaster, is the only coaster with an inversion.

History

A postcard showing an image of an apple tree in Canobie Lake Park.

A postcard of an apple tree in Canobie Lake Park.

Canobie Lake Park opened on August 23, 1902, as a trolley park for the Massachusetts Northeast Street Railway Company. In its early years, the park was known for its flower gardens, promenades and gentle attractions. After the decline of trolley as a mode of travel, the park declined in popularity, culminating in the park's closure on St. Patrick's Day in 1929. In 1931, the park was auctioned off with the intent to subdivide the land into residential lots. Patrick J. Holland, a construction contractor from Ireland, bought the property for US$17,000. He and his workers restored the park with new gardens, attractions, and modern electricity. In 1932, the park reopened, three years after its initial closure. Its popularity recovered, and the Yankee Cannonball was installed, becoming one of the park's most popular attractions for decades. Holland died in 1943, leaving the park with his wife and son, who continued to own the park until 1958. The park is now currently owned by three families; they purchased the park in 1958, continued operating the park ever since, and still operate the park today.Шаблон:Cn

Some films and novels have used Canobie Lake Park as a setting or filming location. Stephen King, an American author of horror novels, based the amusement park in his novel Joyland on Canobie Lake Park. A resident of the nearby state of Maine, King visited after searching for a park "that was nice and clean and sunlit, but wasn't too big". During a visit in 2012, King took photographs inside the dark ride attraction, "Mine of Lost Souls", because he wanted to incorporate a haunted dark ride into his novel. The park was also used as a filming location for the 2013 film Labor Day, based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard. It also appeared in two live action children's TV shows on PBS Kids that were produced by PBS-affiliate WGBH Boston; it was featured in an episode of Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, as well as in the season 6 opening intro to the show Zoom.

Rides and attractions

A view of the Canobie Corkscrew roller coaster

The Canobie Corkscrew roller coaster in its original yellow-and-black color scheme

A view of Untamed, Canobie Lake Park's newest roller coaster, as one of the coaster cars goes through a loop

One of Untamed's coaster cars, mid-loop

Canobie Lake Park features a variety of rides and attractions. The Yankee Cannonball, a 1930s-era wooden roller coaster, is one of the park's best-known rides. The park was home to a looping, steel roller coaster named the Canobie Corkscrew, designed by Arrow Dynamics. Originally manufactured in 1975, the Canobie Corkscrew operated at Old Chicago from 1975 to 1980 as the "Chicago Loop", at the Alabama State Fairgrounds as "Corkscrew" from 1982 to 1986, before moving to Canobie Lake in 1987. The Canobie Corkscrew was one of the first steel looping roller coasters manufactured in the world and was part of a series of Arrow corkscrew models produced from 1975 to 1979. The Canobie Corkscrew was closed in 2021, and in 2022 the ride was removed from the park. Parts of the ride were subsequently donated to the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives upon its removal.

Other thrill rides in Canobie Lake Park include Starblaster, an S&S Double Shot, which replaced a ride called the Moon Orbiter in 2002. The park also features a rotor ride named "Turkish Twist", and a shoot-the-chutes ride named "The Boston Tea Party". The park has one dark ride, "The Mine Of Lost Souls". Passengers board mine cars and venture into the depths of a haunted mine. Another flat ride at the park is the "Psychodrome", a scrambler ride located in a dome, with lighting, music and special effects. In 2005, the park opened Castaway Island, a small water park consisting of a water play structure. In October 2017, the park announced an expansion to the water ride complex, including a lazy river and a series of water slides.

The park once had a simulator ride named "USA Missile", built early in the Space Age by John Taggart and Sam Daugherty. Passengers sit facing the nose of the rocket, which is then inclined. A movie is shown on a screen at the front as a simulation of space flight. While at Canobie Lake Park, it was repainted to mimic the markings used on such launch vehicles as the Saturn rockets.

In 2011, the park added Untamed, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter 320+ model. This is the fourth Euro-Fighter to be added in the United States, the only one in the Northeast, and the first roller coaster to be opened in Canobie Lake Park since the Canobie Corkscrew in 1987. The following year, the park added Equinox, a ride that lifted and spun riders on a giant mechanical arm. Despite the ride's popularity, it was shut down in 2014 after persistent mechanical problems left the ride operating "sporadically". The park has stated that safety was not an issue.

Roller coasters

Image	Name	Opened	Manufacturer	Description
	Dragon Coaster	Шаблон:Center	Zamperla	A children's roller coaster with a train designed like a dragon.
Файл:Untamed-Canobie lake park.jpg	Untamed	Шаблон:Center	Gerstlauer	A Euro-Fighter roller coaster with three inversions, located near the Jackpot Casino. The ride features a 72-foot vertical lift and a beyond vertical drop at a 97 degree angle, as well as three inversions: a vertical loop, an Immelmann loop, and a zero-G roll.
Файл:Yankee Cannonball 1.jpg	Yankee Cannonball	Шаблон:Center	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	The park's oldest roller coaster; A wooden roller coaster with an out-and-back layout. The ride was given its name in commemoration of the American Civil War. Recognized as an ACE Roller Coaster Landmark.

Thrill rides

Name	Opened	Manufacturer	Description
Ice Jet	Шаблон:Center	Bertazzon	A Flying Bobs ride that goes both forward and backwards
NebulaZ	Шаблон:Center	Zamperla	Thrill ride in which 4 arms rotate in fast intermeshing orbits.
Pirata	Шаблон:Center	S.D.C.	A pirate ship ride
Psychodrome	Шаблон:Center	Eli Bridge Company	An indoor scrambler ride with flashing lights and sound effects
Starblaster	Шаблон:Center	S&S Power	A Double Shot launch tower ride, opened for the park's centennial
Turkish Twist	Шаблон:Center	S.D.C.	A Rotor ride
Wipeout	Шаблон:Center	Chance Rides	A Wipeout ride
Xtreme Frisbee	Шаблон:Center	HUSS	A Frisbee ride

Family rides

Name	Opened	Manufacturer	Description
Antique Carousel	Шаблон:Center	Looff/Dentzel/Stein & Goldstein	An antique carousel with a Wurlitzer style 153 band organ
Antique Cars	Шаблон:Center	Arrow Development	A car ride with cars themed after Ford Model Ts
Blue Heron	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:N/A	A boat ride that takes guests for a 20-minute trip on the lake
Boston Harbor Patrol	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:N/A
Canobie 500	Шаблон:Center	Arrow race cars	A car ride with cars themed after race cars
Canobie Express	Шаблон:Center	Crown Metal	A train that runs through the park, around Castaway Island, and along the lakeshore. It runs on 2 foot narrow gauge tracks.
Caterpillar	Шаблон:Center	Harry Traver	A caterpillar ride
Crazy Cups	Шаблон:Center	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	A teacup ride
DaVinci's Dream	Шаблон:Center	Wooddesign Amusement Rides B.V.	A Wave Swinger ride themed to Leonardo da Vincis architecture.
Dodgems	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:N/A	Bumper car ride
Giant Sky Wheel	Шаблон:Center	Preston-Barbieri	A ferris wheel
Mine of Lost Souls	Шаблон:Center	Sally Corporation	A themed dark ride
Over the Rainbow	Шаблон:Center	Zamperla	A Wizard of Oz-themed balloon ride
Rowdy Roosters	Шаблон:Center	Bisch-Rocco	A Flying Scooters ride
Skater	Шаблон:Center	Zamperla	A Disk'O ride
Sky Ride	Шаблон:Center	SkyTrans	A chairlift
Twist & Shout	Шаблон:Center	Sellner Manufacturing	A Tilt-A-Whirl ride
Venetian Carousel	Шаблон:Center	Bertazzon	A double-decker Venetian carousel
Wave Blaster	Шаблон:Center	Zamperla
Zero Gravity	Шаблон:Center	Battech Enterprises	A Round Up ride; replaced a similar ride

Water rides

Name	Opened	Manufacturer	Description
Boston Tea Party	Шаблон:Center	Hopkins Rides	A shoot the chute boat ride that splashes guests on nearby paths when the boat falls down the drop. It is named and themed for the Boston Tea Party, an event when residents of Boston rebelled against the then-occupying British.
Castaway Island	Шаблон:Center	WhiteWater West	Initially opened as a small water play structure with slides and fountains; this initial structure has been renamed the "Rain Fortress" after the 2018 expansion.
	Шаблон:Center	Aquatic Development Group	An expansion to the section added a first-of-its-kind Tidal River water ride (a combined lazy river and zero-entry wave pool), along with three tube slides (Python, Anaconda and Constrictor) situated on "Slide Island" in the middle of the river, a toddler fountain area (Lil Squirts Play Pad), private rentable cabanas, and expanded locker and changing room facilities.
Policy Pond Log Flume	Шаблон:Center	Hopkins Rides	A log flume ride

Children's rides

Name	Ride type	Year added
Alpine Swing	Children's swing ride	Шаблон:Center
Autobahn		Шаблон:Center
Boats		Шаблон:Center
Fire Engines		Шаблон:Center
Flower Power	Children's whip ride	Шаблон:Center
Helicopters		Шаблон:Center
Jeeps		Шаблон:Center
Jump Around	Children's Wave Blaster	Шаблон:Center
Jungle Bounce		Шаблон:Center
Junior Sports Cars		Шаблон:Center
Kiddie Canoes	Children's Boat Ride	Шаблон:Center
Kiddie Carousel	Children's carousel	Шаблон:Center
Mini Dinos		Шаблон:Center
Mini-Skooter	Children's bumper cars	Late 1980s
Pony Carts		Шаблон:Center
Sea/Land Rescue
Sky Fighters		Шаблон:Center
Tanks		Шаблон:Center

Former rides

Roller coasters

Name	Ride manufacturer	Year added	Year retired	Notes
Mammoth Roller Coaster	Frederick Ingersoll	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Sometimes referred to as Figure 8 roller coaster, although that name was likely descriptive.
Jr. Roller Coaster	Allan Herschell Company	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	A kiddie coaster next to the dance hall
Rockin' Rider	SDC	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Originally called Galaxi at Canobie before being rebranded/renamed; replaced with "Xtreme Frisbee"
Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Used wood supports and steel track. The Paratrooper replaced the Wild Mouse and was later replaced by the Skater attraction.
Canobie Corkscrew	Arrow Development	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Two back to back corkscrew inversions. Removed due to mechanical issues.

Rides

Name	Ride manufacturer	Year added	Year retired	Notes
Bowling alley	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	After purchasing the park in the 1960s, the owners burned all the pins from the bowling alley to keep warm during their first winter.
Calypso	Mack	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with the "Moon Orbiter"
Equinox	KMG	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	A twisting, spinning and flipping ride. Removed due to mechanical issues. Replaced with "Ice Jet".
Fascination	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with the "Jackpot Casino"
House of Seven Gables	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	A walk-through haunted house
Kosmojets	SDC	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with "Wipeout"
Matterhorn	SDC	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with a concession stand "Hotdog Diner"
Moon Orbiter	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with the "Star Blaster"
Ocean Trip	SBF	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with Boston Harbor Patrol
Paratroopers	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with "Skater"
Petting zoo	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:N/A
Round Up	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with "Zero Gravity".
Roller skating rink	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Used to house ScrEEEmfest haunts
The Swamp	Pretzel	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	A dark ride that was replaced with the Can Alley game and employee center building.
Swimming pool	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Removed during the construction of a larger main entrance
Tiki-Maze	SDC	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	Formerly the Crystal Orbiter, on broken motor-driven platform
USA Missile	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	A missile ride. Removed to make room for Untamed.
Vertigo Theatre	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Replaced with Autobahn to make room for "Wave Blaster"
The Whip	Шаблон:N/A	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	The ride became difficult to maintain in the early 1980s, so it was retired and replaced with Matterhorn, then Equinox, until the latter ride was removed
Tall Timber Splash	WhiteWater West	Шаблон:Center	Шаблон:Center	A water coaster, removed for future expansion.

Events

Canobie Lake Park holds many events in the park throughout the year, including live performances and fireworks shows. The park has multiple venues for live entertainment, including the Country Stage, Midway Stage, and Dancehall Theater. The park's Dancehall Theater has hosted performers such as Duke Ellington, Sonny & Cher, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald. The Canobie Ramblers occasionally perform at the Log Flume Gazebo.
On certain weekends in September and October, Canobie Lake Park holds ScrEEEmfest, a Halloween event that they first did in 2008. Run in the afternoon that features Canobie's most popular rides plus five walk-through haunted attractions. Past "haunts" have included Merriment Incorporated, The Dead Shed, Black Hollow Cove, Head Hunters at Cannibal Lake, Cannibal Island, Demons of Darkness, Terro in the Corn Invasion and Virus. Currently as of 2023, the park hosts five haunted attractions, Pinecrest Sanitarium, Carnivus, Breach, Cargo and Facility 235. In 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the park did not host Screeemfest for the first time since its inception. Instead, the park hosted a "food truck festival" within the closed for the season Castaway Island. This hosted trolley carts from around New England serving various foods and beverages to guests. Screeemfest started up again in the fall of 2021 and the park also continued with the "food truck festival" since.
The park hosts performances from impersonators of various celebrities, such as Michael Jackson and Tim McGraw.

Canobie Lake Park "Critters"

The Canobie Critters are the park's mascots. There have been several live shows starring the critters such as Critters Live: Surprise Party, Critters Live: Beach Bash, Critters Live: Halloween Show, Critters Live: You're on Mute, and the most recent Critter show, Critters Live: Dance Party. There are seven critters currently as of 2023: Dapper the Dog, Molly the Mouse, Bruno the Bear, Garrett the Parrot, Patches the Teddy Bear, Petey the Parrot, and Kimba-Sue the Kangaroo.

Incidents

• On July 27, 2001, five people riding the Yankee Cannonball roller coaster were injured when two of the ride's trains collided.
• On July 1, 2014, a family of five attacked police officers after they were told they could not carry weapons in the park. Three of the family members were charged with felony riot.
• On August 6, 2016, a stuntman rolled off of a safety net during Canobie Lake Park's "Rocket Man: The Human Cannonball" performance. The stuntman was unharmed, but was taken to an emergency room for an evaluation.

See also

• List of amusement parks in New England

External links

• Шаблон:Official website
• Шаблон:RCDB