Canoe launch at Routes 122/140, Grafton, Massachusetts. |
122/140 bridge over the Qunisigamond River. |
The river upstream from 122/140. |
Tunnel under the MassPike. |
G&U Railroad bridge |
Above Qunisigamond River - North Grafton Qunisigamond and Blackstone Rivers - South Grafton Guide to the Quinsigamond in Grafton Quinsigamond River Report Lake Quinsigamond HOME . |
Lake Ripple is downstream from the Ekblaw Landing. This photo looks toward Routes 122/140 near where they join, at the bottom of the hill below Grafton Center.
are from 2013. |
In 2012, we saw just one swan. We were able to pass very close to him and it didn't seem to bother him at all. In 2013, the two parents got the cygnets off to the side and out of sight pretty quickly. |
We didn't get as far up the river in 2013 as we had in 2012. We were stopped by a beaver dam. A bit past the dam, you can see the G&U Railroad bridge across the river. Below, you can see two people who were walking along the tracks. |
downstream, just below the MassPike bridge, there were two trees that had been cut. I don't know about the one in the lower picture, but the one that was partly cut was the beaver favorite, aspen. |
Route shown in white line. We put in at the Ekblaw landing, went upstream until we reached the beaver dam, and then went down to Lake Ripple. |
Below - pictures from May 3, 2014. |
As shown by the white line, we put in at the Ekblaw landing by Route 140, went upstream a little past the G&U bridge (we had to duck), and then downstream into Lake Ripple. The river begins at Lake Quinsigamond (Worcester/Shrewsbury) and flows down through Grafton, and into the Blackstone River in South Grafton. |
Below Quinsigamond and Blackstone Rivers - South Grafton |