Swift River, Belchertown, MA

• You must have your PFD on and fully fastened to participate in this event.
• Event start time is in your boat, in the water, and ready to paddle!

Leisurely paddle upstream and downstream on the beautiful Swift River. There is a bit of current and sometimes obstructions going upstream (north) to the Winsor Dam, if we can get that far. We may also explore downstream (south) from the launch, possibly as far as the dam in Duckville.

The launch is off of Cold Spring Road where it crosses the river. An address of 545 Cold Spring Road, Belchertown, will get you close. The launch and parking area is on the south side of the road and the west side of the river.

The Swift comes out of Winsor Dam at the south end of the Quabbin Reservoir (it was damming of the Swift River that flooded the Swift River Valley to create the Quabbin Reservoir. It flows south and ends up at the Ware River just before the Ware joins with the Quaboag at Three Rivers to become the Chicopee, which goes west to the Connecticut River.