Photo Tour:
Lower CT River Tour - by Karl Meyer
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Photos and captions ©2004 - 2010 Karl Meyer
If you like scratching around the Connecticut River up close, there are rapids, falls, canals, ferries and dams that can be toured by bike, by ferry, and by foot from Hadlyme, Rocky Hill, and Enfield, CT, to Holyoke, Northampton and Turners Falls, MA. These places have been teaming with life since before the first humans settled along Connecticut River shores.
Corporations have long owned land adjacent to sections of river--operating hydroelectric facilities or using the river’s power in manufacturing. But the river belongs to its citizens. Many of these sites are on public property; most that aren’t have public access requirements mandated in the licenses that allow the owners temporary use of our marvelous resource--the Connecticut River.
This travelogue is divided into three parts:
Part I is comprised of ferry crossings and the Windsor Locks Canal and Enfield Rapids in Connecticut.
Part II takes you to Massachusetts and the Holyoke Dam, Holyoke Fishway and the Shad Derby there.
Part III offers a look at the Norwottuck Rail Trail, Turners Falls Dam, and the Canalside Rail Trail.
This tour begins in Chester, CT, and continues upstream to Turners Falls, MA. Please tread quietly along our river's shores as you enjoy its riches.
- Karl Meyer, April 2010
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Photo credits (top): Karl Meyer
Image Credits at Right - Illustrations: Bill Singleton; Photos: ©Al Braden www.albradenphoto.com, CRWC Staff
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