Events

Fall Meeting and Lecture

Middlesex Canal Museum 71 Faulkner Street, North Billerica, MA, United States

The Middlesex Canal Association will host a talk by Robert Thorson, the author of The Boatman: Henry David Thoreau's River Years. His 2018 talk on Thoreau's river years is on video in the Internet Archive. His October 27 talk will be about the river, the Billerica dam and Thoreau, timely as the US National Oceanic […]

Walk along the Middlesex Canal

Middlesex Canal Museum 71 Faulkner Street, North Billerica, MA, United States

A level, 2.5 hour walk along part of the Merrimack River Branch of the Middlesex Canal in Billerica and Chelmsford with over three to four miles of generally wooded terrain. Sites visited on the tour will include the recently restored guard lock, the anchor stone for the floating towpath that bridged the Concord River, and […]