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==Points of interest== * The [[Roxbury Fish Hatchery|Roxbury State Fish Hatchery]], the state's first [[fish hatchery]],<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 12">Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 12.</ref> was built in 1891.<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 4"/> The hatchery continued to operate—and to draw up to 2,800 visitors each summer<ref name="Barnes">Christine Barnes, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160526112116/http://www.thenorthfieldnews.com/news/2016-05-26/Front_Page/Roxbury_Fish_Hatchery_to_be_Rebuilt.html Roxbury Fish Hatchery to be Rebuilt]}}, ''Northfield News'' (May 26, 2016).</ref>—until it suffered catastrophic damage from [[Hurricane Irene]] in August 2011.<ref>John Herrick, [https://vtdigger.org/2014/08/28/three-years-irene-fish-hatchery-among-lingering-scars/ Three Years After Irene: Fish Hatchery Among the Lingering Scars], ''VT Digger'' (August 28, 2014).</ref> The state is rebuilding the hatchery.<ref name="Barnes"/> * Historic cemeteries in the town are several cemeteries include First Settlers, Orcutt, West Hill, Village, East Roxbury and Roxbury Flats.<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 12"/> * The local historical society "is housed in a small building that was for many years the Town Clerk's Office"; its collection includes a variety of historic items.<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 30">Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 30.</ref> * Camp Windridge at Teela Wooket is a privately owned tennis, soccer, and horseback riding camp. The camp was originally established by Claude and Florence Roys in 1913 and initially operated as "an exclusive girls' camp"; the camp was sold in 1989.<ref>Roxbury Town Plan 2014, pp. 4, 30.</ref> * The Roxbury Free Library, which has about 5,000 volumes.<ref name="Roxbury Town Plan 2014, p. 30"/>
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