Augustus Tower's 1830 Map of Stow depicts the river before construction of the Ben Smith Dam (1847), and perhaps shows how much wider the river became in places.
The culvert under the Assabet River Rail Trail was clear of debris thus allowing access into Thanksgiving Pond and a bit of Taylor Brook...
Saw this recently fledged eagle still hanging around its nest perhaps hoping for a food delivery...
Two days later, on Thursday morning (before it got too hot), I paddled up the Sudbury River having launched from Kellogg Street in Framingham. Going upriver was my only option as a boom blocked downriver passage beneath the Central Street Bridge...
Passed under the Old Main Street Bridge...
Managed to find just enough depth to reach a stone formation midway between the mouth of Eames Brook and the dam at Winter Street...
... the view looking downriver...
The stones had been arranged in a fashion similar to fish weirs used by Native Americans where entrapped migrating fish could be easily speared.
Even with our recent rainfall, the river beyond this point was just too shallow for my vessel. From the arranged stones location I could see the Victorian gatehouse at the dam...
One rather macabre sight seen along the Sudbury River was this hanging skeleton...
While it might be appropriate the week before Halloween it seems much less so during the rest of the year, at least to my way of thinking.
Trash from the Assabet on Tuesday included 4 "nips"...
Trash from the Sudbury River on Thursday included 17 "nips", a Mylar balloon, and a good bit of Styrofoam...
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