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Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center at Worcester is NOW OPEN!
Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center at Worcester
3 Paul Clancy Way
(for GPS use 115 McKeon Road, which is next door)
Worcester, MA 01607
Phone: 508-341-0741
Follow the Visitor Center’s Facebook page for news and special events.The Visitor Center is open seven days a week,
Monday through Saturday – 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday – 12:00 to 5:00 p.mFor inquiries on tours and renting event space, contact Dave Maloney, Visitor Center Manager.
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Upcoming Events
Wed 16New Century/New Materials
October 1 @ 8:30 am - October 24 @ 4:30 pmWed 16BVAA Annual Fall Members Show
October 1 @ 9:00 am - October 18 @ 3:30 pmThu 17Mills & Mysteries: Paranormal Investigation
October 17 @ 7:45 pm - 10:00 pmFri 18Creature Feature Haunted Pathway
October 18 @ 6:30 pm - 10:30 pmFri 18Roosevelt Avenue Haunted Illuminations
October 18 @ 6:30 pm - 10:30 pmFri 18Mills & Mysteries: Paranormal Investigation
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Latest Corridor News
- BHC Announces 2020 Calendar Photo Contest Winners
- BHC Photography Ambassadors Host Gallery Show at Museum of Work & Culture
- Blackstone Heritage Corridor Brings Adaptive Kayaking Series to Wallum Lake
- Blackstone Heritage Corridor Photography Ambassadors to Host First Ever Gallery Show
- Blackstone Heritage Corridor Presents 5th Annual GO!
- Blackstone Heritage Corridor Seeks Photos for 2020 Calendar Contest
- Blackstone Heritage Corridor Celebrates Pollinator Week with New Pollinator Resolution and Events
- BHC’s Bikeway Ambassadors and Blackstone Valley Paddle Club Lead Experiences Throughout the National Heritage Corridor This Summer
- Bee Aware! Take the Blackstone Heritage Corridor Pollinator Pledge
- BHC Announces 2019 “Birding the Blackstone” Program
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The Get Lost Guide interactive map is now available!
Grab your phone or tablet and get ready to Get Lost!
Download a pdf version of the Blackstone Heritage Corridor’s GET LOST GUIDE here.
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CLICK HERE to view the 48-page guide book.
To request a copy by mail, please call (508)234-4242 or contact mail@blackstoneheritagecorridor.org.
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Have you ever experienced the Explorer River Tours offered by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council? The boat is in Woonsocket for two more Sundays, October 13 and 20, departing from Cold Spring Park.
Take a river boat tour on the Explorer! Our 40-passenger tour boat will bring you on an intriguing and relaxing 50-minute river tour in the Blackstone River Valley. For the last 26 years, hundreds of thousands of passengers have come on our boat tours to learnJoin our friends at the Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy Inc. for their 11th Annual Fall Family Festival on Saturday and explore this unique urban park in Providence! Enjoy guided hikes, story tellers, a fire truck, marshmallows to roast, live music, a mounted command horse, and more!
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Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy, Providence Parks Department, the RI Land Trust and the BHC invite you to enjoy our 11th annual Fall Family EventDid you know that we host a series of Walking Tour brochures on our website? If there is a particular community you are interested in learning more about, perhaps even the one you live in, click on the link below to start your adventure!
If you consider yourself a local historian and would like to offer a guided tour, contact us and let us know. We'd like to connect with more people like you! Reach out to volunteer coordinator Suzanne Buchanan at 508-234-4242 or sbuchanan@BlackstoneHeritageCorridor.org.Wolf Den 7 from Pack 25 Uxbridge was recently visited by BHC volunteer Angie Stormont who demonstrated how pollution ends up in our waterways using the EnviroScape tabletop watershed model. This hands-on learning tool is a great way to introduce young minds to the impact we have on the natural environment.
To learn more about volunteering and possibly using the Enviroscape for a scout troop, contact BHC's volunteer coordinator Suzanne Buchanan at 508-234-4242 or email sbuchanan@BlackstoneHeritageCorridor.org.
There is also a Volunteer Open House on October 15: blackstoneheritagecorridor.org/event/ticket-to-volunteer-3/Did you know that we offer an online tutorial on the history of the Blackstone River Valley?
Blackstone Valley 101 is an interactive learning program that gives an overview of the history and heritage of the valley, while explaining why this area is nationally significant.
Those who successfully complete it receive a beautiful certificate and pin! Log on today!Blackstone Valley 101 - Blackstone Heritage Corridor
Cotton. Thread. Loom. That’s just part of the story that weaves 25 communities together into a nationally significant story. Learn what made the Blackstone Valley a National Heritage Corridor and ultimately a National Historical Park! What is Blackstone Valley 101? Blackstone Valley 101 is an onli...
