Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Volume 2 Issue 6/ June 2014
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Share Your Photos & Stories about the Blackstone Valley!

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We want to feature your photos and personal stories
in a future issue of Corridor Currents! Have you taken a cool photo in the Blackstone Valley? Or, do you have a story to share related to the Valley? If so, we want to hear from you. 




 
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And, it's free!
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VIDEO OF THE MONTH
Blackstone Canal Tours
Wagon Tour Video
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The Wagon Tours are BACK for a sixth straight year! Join trained interpreters from South High School for a riveting journey through Worcester's Canal District as they tell the farm to factory story of the Industrial Revolution and the immigrants that made it happen.

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From the community meeting in May at Quinsigamond Elementary School

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Thank you to all who participated in our community meeting. We had lots of good discussion.

 

Take a look at our website for details.

 

EXPLORE

SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOURS FOR YOUR MOBILE DEVICE
Great Road Driving Tour

We have several self-guided tours available. Now, we are working to make these available for your mobile device.
 
Tours for your mobile device:
  • Great Road Driving Tour (Lincoln, RI)
  • Chepachet (Glocester) RI Walking Tour
To access the tours:
  • Download the app: Locacious
  • Open and app and search for the tour (see above) using the magnifying glass or click on 'near me' to look for tours near you
Check it out and email us (brvnhc@gmail.com) to let us know what you think!
 
JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT RANGER WALKABOUT ON THURSDAY, JUNE 26 
A Walking Tour of the Civilian Conservation Camp at Upton State Forest

Upton State Forest, Westboro Road, Upton, MA 

 

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It was the "worse, hard time" ever - The Great Depression, thousands out of work and a nation in despair. Yet, America has always been a place where new ideas and new ways of thinking have gained traction. As a way to deal with the huge unemployment rolls and a despairing nation, Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps, and it changed everything. 

 

Join Ranger Chuck Arning and Ellen Arnold, Friends of Upton State Forest, for a tour of one of the few remaining CCC camp sites and learn how these young men put their mark on the America we know today.

 

Parking: Park right by the camp inside Upton State Forest. Take the Westboro Road off the Hopkinton Street by Pratt Pond. Follow Westboro Road to park on right.

 

View the Walkabouts schedule
(through August 28).

 

GET ON THE BLACKSTONE RIVER
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We have several self-guided paddling tours available:
 
Massachusetts
  • Blackstone Gorge to Millville Lock
  • Northbridge
  • River Bend Farm to Blackstone Gorge
Rhode Island
  • Lincoln
  • Woonsocket to Manville
  • Valley Falls 
Email us (brvnhc@gmail.com) with your suggestions for other tours.
 
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The success of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor has always been due, in large part, to public support and active participation by the people and communities of the Blackstone Valley.
 
People like you!

For more than 25 years, the people of the valley have shared in rediscovering their roots, their heritage and their common identity. They have supported the Corridor by speaking or writing to their elected officials, by showing up at public events, and by participating in numerous projects and programs.
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About the Blackstone Heritage Corridor 
Congress established the National Heritage Corridor in 1986 to restore and preserve the nationally significant heritage of the Blackstone River Valley, where the industrialization of America began. It has become a successful program of partnerships between federal, state and local government agencies, as well as nongovernment organizations pooling their resources and pursuing a common agenda of preservation and revitalization. 
 
Ongoing Corridor programs and projects include historic preservation, river cleanup, land conservation and stewardship, visitor centers, ranger walks, programs with schools, recreational programs and events, support for arts and cultural events, training for partners and volunteers and assistance to towns trying to preserve their heritage while also improving the local and regional economy.