Its main feature, namely, to erect dam in the Charles River in the vicinity of Craigie Bridge is not new. In 1894, in a report made by a joint board consisting of the Metropolitan Park Commission ...

Conservationists and health officials urged the construction of a dam to keep the sea water out and to transform the Charles into an entirely fresh water river. In 1908, the Charles River Dam was ...

But the paddler’s map published by the Charles River Watershed Association picks things up at the North Bellingham Dam, 65.4 miles from Boston Harbor. We planned to launch our journey somewhere ...

A woman was rescued from the frigid waters of the Charles River in Cambridge Tuesday morning. The ice rescue happened around 7:45 a.m., according to the Massachusetts State Police Department.