Posted by cheryl on 11/25/2007, 4:06 am, in reply to "below blackstone gorge"
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hi scott we have put in at the old tupper park with permission before. as far as i know there isn't public access. if anyone has different info please let us know. what you can do is put-in at cold spring park (directions are on this site) and paddle up river towards the gorge and against the current as far as you can.... which is not too far. if you are interested in paddling downtown woonsocket, you would put-in at river island park ( again look for direction on this site) and paddle the 5 miles to the manville dam(also called manville quarry). the problem with both of these two options is the water level at this time of year. it is just not doable with the levels now. what is doable now is to put in at manville dam and paddle upstream towards river island park and return.here the river holds its water well.

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Posted by Erik on 11/25/2007, 4:30 am, in reply to "below blackstone gorge"
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I have never done it. I suppose you could put-in around Tupper Park, but there is a dam just down stream between Canal and St Paul Streets. (Go to Google Maps search for Canal St, Blackstone, MA, then hit the satellite button, and you will see it.) Once you get down to the Woonsocket Falls, there is no place to take-out. I usually paddle round trip from Cold Spring Park. Cheryl has the directions on the website, or you can use the link below.

Link: Cold Spring Park