HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS | BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
  • Guided Tours
    • Boston Civil War Tour
    • The Boston Massacre Tour
    • Freedom Trail Tour in the Footsteps of Paul Revere
    • Paul Revere's Neighborhood
    • The Boston Massacre per the Pennsylvania Gazette
    • Paul Revere Lesson Plan
  • Self Guide Smartphone Tour
    • Boston in Brass and Bronze: A Guide to the City’s Art and Monuments >
      • Red Auerbach's Life
      • Martin Luther King's Embrace
      • The Fitzgeralds, Kennedys VS The Cabot, Lodges
      • The Book Cover!
    • Boston Civil War Tour
    • Freedom Trail Tour
    • The Boston Massacre Self-guided Tour
  • Revere Bells Index
    • Revere Bells Recorded
    • The Stickney Revere Bell Listings of 1976
    • Revere & Family Bell Images
    • Revere Bell, Old South Meeting House
    • Paul Revere's Bell Formula
    • Ashby Mass. Revere Bell
    • Belfast Maine The First Church age
    • Groveland Congregational Church
    • Paul Revere Bell of Beverly
    • Revere Bells in Boston
    • Paul Revere Bell Old South Meeting House
    • California's 2 Paul Revere Bells
    • Paul Revere & Son's Bell Westborough Massachusetts
    • St James Episcopal Church Cambrigde
    • Falmouth, Massachusetts
    • Revere Bell Fredericksburg VA
    • Revere Bell Hampton NH
    • First Parish Church of Kennebunk
    • Revere Bells in Maine >
      • Castine, Me, to the Smithsonian
    • Revere Bell in Mansfield
    • Revere Bell of Michigan
    • Old South Presbyterian Church & Revere Bell
    • a Revere bell is displayed in the vestibule of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
    • Revere Bell in Plymouth, Mass
    • Revere Salem Mass Bell
    • Roxbury First Unitariarn Universalist Church and their Revere Bell
    • Revere & Son Bell, Savannah Georgia
    • Singapore Revere Bell
    • Tuscaloosa Bell >
      • History of the St John and Leavens Patriarchs
      • Samuel St John Jr Estate Genealogy
      • Authenticating the Revere Tuscaloosa Bell
      • Joshua B Leavens Last Will and Testament
      • 20th Century Tuscaloosa bell
    • Revere Bells Lost in Time
    • Revere Bells Washington DC
    • Revere Bell in Weston, Mass
    • Congregational Church West Barnstable
    • Revere Bell in Wakefield, Mass
    • Revere Bells Woodstock VT
    • Revere Bells Lost in Time
  • Bostonians
    • Edward F Alexander of The Harvard 20th Civil War Regiment
    • Polly Baker
    • John Wilkes Booth
    • The Mad Hatter, Thomas, Boston Corbett who Killed John Wilkes Booth
    • Richard-Henry-Dana-Jr
    • James Franklin
    • Benjamin Harris of Publick Occurrences
    • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    • William Lloyd Garrison
    • USS Thomas Hudner DDG116
    • Edward Hutchinson Robbins Revere
    • Amos Lincoln
    • King Philip
    • Mayor's of Boston
    • Mum Bett & Theodore Sedgwick
    • James Otis
    • Paul Joseph Revere
    • A Horse with no Name
    • John Rowe >
      • John Rowe's Diary Entries
      • John Rowe's Dinner Party
      • John Rowe and the Jail Fire
      • Hang John Rowe?????
      • John Rowe the Fisherman
      • Joh Rowe's Tea Ship
    • Be Proud to be Called a Lucy Stoner
    • Rachel Wall , Pirate
    • Paul Revere the Coroner of Boston
    • Deborah Sampson
    • Who was Mrs. Silence Dogood?
    • Dr. Joseph Warren's Dedication
  • History Blog
  • Lilja's of Natick
    • Lilja Brothers Military History
    • Lilja's Family Album
    • Memorials and Tributes to the Five Lilja Brothers
    • Lilja Family Tree
    • Lilja Historical Family Tree Documents
    • Lilja References
  • Collage of Boston
    • 4th of July Parade, Bristol RI
    • Boston Harbor
    • The Customs House
    • Forest Hills Cemetery
    • Georges Island
    • Nonviolent Monument to Peace - Sherborn
    • The Battle Road
    • Skate bike and scooter park
    • Cassin Young & USS Cassin Young
    • MIT
    • Historic Charles River
    • The Roxbury Standpipe on Fort Hill
    • John & Abigail Adams National Park
  • Boston's Racial History - Ante-Bellum
  • The Arlington Sanctum
  • Names
                                                                                 Massachusetts Broadmoor Audubon Society
 
The Charles River was originally called the Massachusetts River, named after the Indian tribe of the same name.  Captain John Smith mapped New England after he completed his exploration of Jamestown, Virginia. He is also credited with naming New England.  He presented his various maps to King Charles I, who immediately renamed most of the rivers in his own name.

The River was a main source of water, transportation and communications for the Indians and Puritans.  Today it is a main source of recreation.  Water quality has improved significantly the last thirty years, yet the hard bottom does contain contaminants best left undisturbed.

This year Boston was treated to a very healthy sign of the River's come-back.  Several harbor seals have navigated through the Boston locks to feed on the fish in the river.

There is a wonderful way to see the river perhaps as the Indians knew it.  The Massachusetts Broadmoor Audubon Society does a canoe trip early in the morning including a downstream hardy New England breakfast. 

The pictures above should convince you that the river has been preserved much as the Indians knew it.  The tour guides are experts in their field of science and history.  You can appreciate their conservation successes once you travel with them on the river. 

Tours run generally on select Saturdays from 8:30 to 1:00, prox.  Contact information is listed below.  Yet, it is best to view all their offerings at their web site.  Interested in nature photography classes? Birthday parties with content? Birding programs? International trips?

 
280 Eliot Street
Natick, MA 01760
508-655-2296
http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/broadmoor/contact-us
More Info508-655-2296 ext 7303




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  • Guided Tours
    • Boston Civil War Tour
    • The Boston Massacre Tour
    • Freedom Trail Tour in the Footsteps of Paul Revere
    • Paul Revere's Neighborhood
    • The Boston Massacre per the Pennsylvania Gazette
    • Paul Revere Lesson Plan
  • Self Guide Smartphone Tour
    • Boston in Brass and Bronze: A Guide to the City’s Art and Monuments >
      • Red Auerbach's Life
      • Martin Luther King's Embrace
      • The Fitzgeralds, Kennedys VS The Cabot, Lodges
      • The Book Cover!
    • Boston Civil War Tour
    • Freedom Trail Tour
    • The Boston Massacre Self-guided Tour
  • Revere Bells Index
    • Revere Bells Recorded
    • The Stickney Revere Bell Listings of 1976
    • Revere & Family Bell Images
    • Revere Bell, Old South Meeting House
    • Paul Revere's Bell Formula
    • Ashby Mass. Revere Bell
    • Belfast Maine The First Church age
    • Groveland Congregational Church
    • Paul Revere Bell of Beverly
    • Revere Bells in Boston
    • Paul Revere Bell Old South Meeting House
    • California's 2 Paul Revere Bells
    • Paul Revere & Son's Bell Westborough Massachusetts
    • St James Episcopal Church Cambrigde
    • Falmouth, Massachusetts
    • Revere Bell Fredericksburg VA
    • Revere Bell Hampton NH
    • First Parish Church of Kennebunk
    • Revere Bells in Maine >
      • Castine, Me, to the Smithsonian
    • Revere Bell in Mansfield
    • Revere Bell of Michigan
    • Old South Presbyterian Church & Revere Bell
    • a Revere bell is displayed in the vestibule of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
    • Revere Bell in Plymouth, Mass
    • Revere Salem Mass Bell
    • Roxbury First Unitariarn Universalist Church and their Revere Bell
    • Revere & Son Bell, Savannah Georgia
    • Singapore Revere Bell
    • Tuscaloosa Bell >
      • History of the St John and Leavens Patriarchs
      • Samuel St John Jr Estate Genealogy
      • Authenticating the Revere Tuscaloosa Bell
      • Joshua B Leavens Last Will and Testament
      • 20th Century Tuscaloosa bell
    • Revere Bells Lost in Time
    • Revere Bells Washington DC
    • Revere Bell in Weston, Mass
    • Congregational Church West Barnstable
    • Revere Bell in Wakefield, Mass
    • Revere Bells Woodstock VT
    • Revere Bells Lost in Time
  • Bostonians
    • Edward F Alexander of The Harvard 20th Civil War Regiment
    • Polly Baker
    • John Wilkes Booth
    • The Mad Hatter, Thomas, Boston Corbett who Killed John Wilkes Booth
    • Richard-Henry-Dana-Jr
    • James Franklin
    • Benjamin Harris of Publick Occurrences
    • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    • William Lloyd Garrison
    • USS Thomas Hudner DDG116
    • Edward Hutchinson Robbins Revere
    • Amos Lincoln
    • King Philip
    • Mayor's of Boston
    • Mum Bett & Theodore Sedgwick
    • James Otis
    • Paul Joseph Revere
    • A Horse with no Name
    • John Rowe >
      • John Rowe's Diary Entries
      • John Rowe's Dinner Party
      • John Rowe and the Jail Fire
      • Hang John Rowe?????
      • John Rowe the Fisherman
      • Joh Rowe's Tea Ship
    • Be Proud to be Called a Lucy Stoner
    • Rachel Wall , Pirate
    • Paul Revere the Coroner of Boston
    • Deborah Sampson
    • Who was Mrs. Silence Dogood?
    • Dr. Joseph Warren's Dedication
  • History Blog
  • Lilja's of Natick
    • Lilja Brothers Military History
    • Lilja's Family Album
    • Memorials and Tributes to the Five Lilja Brothers
    • Lilja Family Tree
    • Lilja Historical Family Tree Documents
    • Lilja References
  • Collage of Boston
    • 4th of July Parade, Bristol RI
    • Boston Harbor
    • The Customs House
    • Forest Hills Cemetery
    • Georges Island
    • Nonviolent Monument to Peace - Sherborn
    • The Battle Road
    • Skate bike and scooter park
    • Cassin Young & USS Cassin Young
    • MIT
    • Historic Charles River
    • The Roxbury Standpipe on Fort Hill
    • John & Abigail Adams National Park
  • Boston's Racial History - Ante-Bellum
  • The Arlington Sanctum
  • Names