Chocolateville to Valley Falls - July 3, 2018

Every time I look at the RICKA website it seems that I am leading another trip. Last night it was the Blackstone Valley Paddle Club trip from Chocolateville to Valley Falls.  

We put in at the Chocolateville Landing just upstream of the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge and the Elizabeth Webbing Mills Dam. Parking is a pain, and the put-in is down a steep, poison ivy covered hill, but other than that it is great. The river was low, but fluid - 1.5 feet, 200 cfs on the Woonsocket gage. It’s only about a mile up to Valley Falls where we explored the remnants of the old Valley Falls mill complex. Fun night.  

The crew in the mill race between the Valley Falls Mills

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I went to Chocolateville today - July 14, 2013

I was actually suppose to go there with Chuck, Tommy and Jim during the Paddle Across Rhode Island, but that got washed out, so I went by myself today. I put-in at the River Island Campground in Valley Falls, and paddled down to the Chocolate Mill Landing in Central Falls - about a mile. 

Until today I didn’t know that the first chocolate mill in the country was located in Central Falls. The Chocolate Mill Landing is actually pretty nice. It’s at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and Charles Street in Central Falls just upstream from the Elizabeth Webbing Dam. The put-in is down a step hill, but there is a nice set of stairs.

This section of the Blackstone is rarely paddled since there hasn’t been good access. There has been access up in Valley Falls for a while (off High Street in Central Falls at the new River Island Campground), but the parking is a problem there, and it’s a long carry to the river. This will work out much better. 

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River Island Campground - Central Falls