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October 18th Saturday Blackstone Gorge Fall Colors Paddle
Meet at 9:30 for a
10:00 launch.
Leaders: Gary Powers garpow28@aol.com
This is a pretty fall paddle, just under 4 mi. round trip
and suitable for all paddlers. Parking lot is small.
The put-in for this section is near the Blackstone Gorge
across from 66 County Street, Blackstone MA.
GPS Coordinates: N42 00.923 W071 33.165 with a short walk from the parking area to just above the Rolling Dam (1886). The Rolling Dam is large and backs up a lot of water into a millpond that was used to power the Blackstone Manufacturing Company (1904) and currently provides water power for hydroelectricity. About one mile up river is the Triad Bridge where three railroad lines were to cross at a point forming a three-tiered bridge. At about 1-1/2 miles on the left bank is Blackstone's best-preserved lock structure, the Millville Lock (1828).
For more information about the Triad Bridge and Millville
lock please visit:
The trip continues another ½ mi to our turn around spot,
just below Central Street in Millville where we meet small
rapids near the remains of the site of a succession of
mills, a grist mill (1732), a sawmill (1753), and the first
woolen mill (1814) in the Blackstone Valley, among others.
From there, we turn around and finish our fall colors tour
back at the Blackstone Gorge dam.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities. |
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November
1st Turkey Paddle
at Wallum Lake. Meet
at 1:30 for a 2:00 launch. Coordinators are Cheryl Thompson
stonefoxfarm75@gmail.com 401-497-5887 and Sharon Dragon shdrag1@gmail.com 401-225-3942. A lovely fall paddle with dinner at a nearby restaurant. Restaurant is Bistro Eight Ates 172 Gore Rd, Webster, MA 01570. . You are welcome to come to the paddle only or the restaurant only.if you can not make both the dinner and paddle.
RSVP by October 26th if you intend to have
lunch with us, dinner is about 4:00 pm..
You will not be charged for parking at Wallum Lake. No RSVP needed for the paddle, just for the reservation at the restaurant. At this time of year a change of clothes in a waterproof bag is required. A wetsuit or drysuit is recommended.
Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities. |
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Paddle with Santa in Wickford- Trip organizer: Pat Lardner pslardner@gmail.com 401-524-8057 Meet at 11:30 AM to decorate your Canoe/Kayak. RSVP to Pat Lardner at pslardner@gmail.com so she can have Elf hats for everyone attending. Wetsuit or Drysuit mandatory Wickford Festival of Lights Once again we will be escorting Santa down Wickford Harbor as he arrives by boat at the the town dock. Paddlers should plan to deck their boats with holiday decorations and bring their holiday cheer! We will meet at the same location as last year, 170 Main Street, Wickford, RI. Parking lot is located to the right of Gardners Wharf Seafood.  Please check the board before leaving for any trip. Our coordinators provide directions as a courtesy to paddlers however, you are responsible to refer to a map and familiarize yourself with the trip location. Any paddle sport is an assumed risk sport. Some aspects of canoeing and kayaking involve the risk of serious injury or death. The Rhode Island Canoe and Kayak Association, although safety conscious, cannot guarantee your personal safety in club activities. ________ |
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The people who coordinate RICKA trips are responsible for setting a meeting time and how to get to the put-in and take-out. The trip coordinators are unpaid volunteers who are not professionals. They are not and cannot be responsible for determining the adequacy of your skill level, your personal safety, well-being, or happiness. Tri Trip coordinators: ....... At this time of year, wetsuits or drysuits are REQUIRED. You will not be allowed to paddle with the group if you do not comply. If you are weating a wetsuit, please bring a change of clothes. Our first on-water meeting/paddle of the season is the signal that summer is here! For those new to the club, a group paddle or event replaces the more structured meetings of fall through spring, and takes place on the third Monday evening of the month. Meet at 10:00 for a 10:30 shuttle Trip coordinator: Erik Eckilson 617-794-0378 eckilson@cox.net This trip has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule it. Sudbury River – Wayland to Concord We will put-in at Sherman’s Bridge Road in Wayland and paddled down to Lowell Road in Concord - about 8 miles. For much of the trip, the Sudbury meanders through marshland of the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. We swill stop for lunch at Brooke Island at Fairhaven Bay. Those who are interested can continue a short distance past the take out to visit the Old North Bridge in the Minuteman National Historic Park. Put-in: 72 Sherman's Bridge Rd, Wayland, MA 01778 https://maps.app.goo.gl/McRcBeWF1PsrsUY19 24 |