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Blackstone Valley Explorer

Samuel Slater Canal Boat & Bed & Breakfast

Dragonboat Races & Taiwan Festival

Broad Street Experience International Food Tours

Pawtucket Arts Festival

2008 Information now available. More Info British Tea tours and chartered cruises. View latest Tea Tour Schedule More Info September 6, 2008 More Info Register for one of
10 meals and boat cruises throughout the summer to connect residents to the international foods available in the Broad Street area June 11 - August 20 More Info

 
Sept. 3 - 21, 2008 A city-wide showcase of visual and performing arts, interactive workshops, music, theater, and dance performance....More Info
Cycling Tours Paddling Tours Dynamite Cook-off and French Farmer's Market Fall Foliage Tours Footsteps in History
Discover the back roads of America’s Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. From historic village greens to restored mill villages, cycle through the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. More Info Discover the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, America’s birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Canoe and kayak the Blackstone River and paddle along serene vistas, through mill villages and enjoy the wildlife and flora in its natural habitat.  More Info September 13, 2008
All day event includes cook-off, French Canadian dance, arts and crafts, river tours. 2008 event info will be posted shortly  More Info
October 25, 2008 Blackstone Valley Fall Foliage & Shopping  Train Excursion to Putnam, CT. Saturday, October 25. More Info October 11, 12, 13
Take an adventure through the centuries during the Blackstone River Valley Footsteps in History Preserve America Weekend.   More Info
Polar Express Slater Mill Spring Lake Beach Facility North Smithfield Pumpkin Festival Riverfront Concert Series
November 8, 9, 15, 16, 23, 2008  Two 90 minute trips daily, 10:45am and 1:45pm  More Info An interactive museum located on the banks of the Blackstone River More Info 2008 information... More Info Sept. 20, 2008 
On the grounds of North Smithfield Elementary School. Includes live entertainment, a great pumpkin chuck, a 1,000-pound great pumpkin, raffles, festival games, bingo, children’s entertainment, inflatables, pony rides, and food. For more information, call North Smithfield Town Hall.
 
Free Sunday concerts every Sunday night from July 6th to August 24th from 6 to 8 pm at the Veterans' Amphitheater next to Pawtucket City Hall.  More info call 401-724-2200
Museum of Work & Culture Captain Wilbur Kelly House Museum Stadium Theatre Historic Chepachet Village Autumnfest - Woonsocket

This interactive museum presents the compelling and touching story of the French Canadians who left the farms of Quebec for the factories of New England....More Info

It's where all of the transportation stories of the Blackstone River Valley come together. The museum shows the history of the river and canal as a means of transportation from the Native American peoples to the pinnacle of the Industrial Revolution. More Info: Email

Information available here.

Quaint, rural Rhode Island village with numerous antique and collectible shops. The Job Armstrong Store headquarters of the Glocester Heritage Society, the Brown & Hopkins Store one of the oldest continuously operating country stores in North America. More Info
 

Three day festival that includes, arts and crafts, ethnic foods, fireworks, parades, amusements and much more More Info

Hearthside House Hannaway Blacksmith Shop Blackstone River Theatre Cumberlandfest Smith Appleby House

A unique 1810 stone mansion, known as the house that love built," on pastoral Great Road, the first road through the wilderness between Providence and Mendon, Massachusetts, and one of the oldest thoroughfares in America. More Info
 

Serves as the gateway to Chase Farm Park  and adjacent to Hearthside.  William H. Hannaway opened his first blacksmith shop in a lean-to  More Info The former site of the Unity Masonic Lodge, the theatre was built in 1928 and abandoned in 1987; the brick structure has been and continues to be renovated for use as a nonprofit cultural arts center with an emphasis on the music and dance traditions of the Blackstone River Valley... More Info
 
Enjoy family fun events featuring amusement rides, games, a carnival, live music and entertainment, food court and other summertime activities. More Info: (401) 334-9996 Built (circa 1696) by Elisha Smith, the grandson of John Smith “The Miller”, cartographer of the NE coastline and a member of Roger William’s original party of six men who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony to settle in.  More Info
     
  Lincoln Visitor Center   Pawtucket Visitor Center  

 

Located at 175 Main Street, the Visitors Center is open 7 days a week from 9 to 4.  The Center provides Blackstone Valley information and brochures and boasts a 90 seat theatre showing a 19 minute movie of the Blackstone River Valley Corridor from East Providence, RI to Worcester, MA.  More Info: 401-724-2200   Located between Exit 9 and 10 on the Northbound side of Rte. 295, the Visitors Center is open 7 days 24 hours a day and provides Blackstone Valley information and brochures.  More Info: 401-334-6723 between 9am and 5pm  
 

Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, On the banks of the Blackstone, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island  02860 
1-800-454-BVTC (2882)  Local: 401-724-2200 Fax: 401-724-1342
info@tourblackstone.com

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