BRVNHC Waterways
Rivers and Tributary Brooks of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.
Only waterways with more than 1/2 mile of their length inside the corridor are shown.
The entire corridor enters the ocean via the Providence River. The waterways are organized by a Source and Tributaries folder hierarchy.

Source

Moshassuck River

Moshassuck River
Wikipedia
USGS GNIS Data

Tributaries

West River
Wikipedia
USGS GNIS Data

Woonasquatucket River

Woonasquatucket River
Wikipedia
USGS GNIS Data

Stillwater River

Providence River

Seekonk River

Blackstone River

Mill Brook
Description: Heads in Indian Lake, flows S to join the Middle River to form the Blackstone River just NE of Packachoag Hill; City of Worcester.

Middle River

Middle River
Description: Heads in Curtis Ponds, flows E to the Blackstone River just N of Quinsigamond Village; City of Worcester.

Beaver Brook

Beaver Brook
Description: Flows S to the Middle River in Webster Square; City of Worcester.

Tributary

Tatnuck Brook

Tatnuck Brook
Description: Heads in Holden, flows SE to Beaver Brook Woodland; City of Worcester and Town of Holden.

The Cascade
Class: Falls
Description: On an unnamed stream 0.2 mi W of Cook Pond and 0.6 mi NE of West Tatnuck; City of Worcester.

Kettle Brook
Description: Heads in Paxton, flows 9 mi SE to Stoneville then NW to Curtis Ponds in Worcester; City of Worcester and Towns of Auburn, Leicester and Paxton.

Blackstone River
Main Channel
History: Named for William Blackstone who was the first settler in Boston as well as in the Town of Rehoboth in 1634. The town included land in Attleborough along the Blackstone River.
Description: Heads in MA at the junction of the Middle River and Mill Brook, flows SE into RI at Pawtucket where it becomes the Seekonk River; Cities of Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Towns of Cumberland, Lincoln, Woonsocket and Smithfield, RI and Towns of Blackstone, Mittville, Uxbridge, MA.

Extra Channels

Extra Channel 01
Blackstone River

Extra Channel 02

Extra Channel 03

Extra Channel XX

Quinsigamond River
History: Indian word meaning "long Lake" (MGB 1932) or "long-nose" (pickerel) fishing place. (Douglas-Lithgow 1909)
Description: Heads in Lake Quinsigamond at the junction of Poor Farm and Sewall Brooks, flows SE to the Blackstone River in Fisherville Pond at Fisherville; Towns of Shrewbury and Grafton.

Mumford River
Description: Heads in Stump Pond, flows E to the Blackstone River just SE of Uxbridge; Towns of Uxbridge, Northbridge, Douglas, Sutton and Oxford.

West River
Description: Heads in Silver Lake, flows SE to the Blackstone River 1 mi S of Wheelockville; Towns of Uxbridge, Northbridge, Upton and Grafton.

Branch River

Chepachet River

Clear River

Nipmuc River

Source River

Chockalog River
Description: Heads in MA, flows S into RI to join Round Top Brook to form the Nipmuc River 2.1 mi NNW of Harrisville; Towns of Douglas, MA and Burrillville, RI.

Pascoag River

Mill River

Mill River
History: Maspenock River is an early Indian name meaning "choice fishing place" (Douglas-Lithgow 1909).
Description: Heads in MA in North Pond, flows SE into RI to the Blackstone River at Woonsocket; City of Woonsocket, RI and towns of Blackstone, Mendon, Hopedale, Milford and Upton.

Muddy Brook

Muddy Brook
Description: Flows SE to the Mill River 1 mi SW of South Milford; Town of Mendon.

Willow Brook
Description: Flows ESE to Muddy Brook.

Peters River

Abbott Run

Abbott Run
Description: Heads in Arnold Mills Reservoir in RI, flows SE into Mass., then SW to Blackstone River in RI, Town of North Attleborough.

Millers River
History: Name shown in Plural form on an 1838 map of Cumberland; subsequently the variant form has appeared sporadically (US-T121).
Description: Heads in RI, flows SSE into MA to Abbott Run 1 mi NNE of Valley Falls, RI; Bristol Co., Mass., and Providence Co., R.I.

Canal

Canal Section 02

Canal Section XX

Harding St. Canal Route
Proposed Canal Restoration

Ten Mile River
Description: Heads in MA, flows SE 8 mi, then SW 9 mi through Whiting Pond, Fall Pond, Dodgeville Pond and Hebronville Pond into RI through Central Pond, James V Turner Reservoir and Omega Pond to the Seekonk River just N of East Providence; Towns of Plainville, North Attleborough, Seekonk, and City of Attleborough, MA and City of East Providence, RI.