The Charles River

The Charles River is an 80-mile long mile river that travels through 22 cities and towns - including Cambridge, Massachusetts - until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston. Discover the River Charles as it passes through Cambridge. Bookmark this page at DiscoverTheCharlesRiver.com.

  1. When the day is done Hope so much your race will be all run Then you find you jumped the gun Have to go back where you begun When the day is done - Nick Drake. Click on song title to listen: “Day is...
  2. "Down by the banks of the River Charles / That's where you'll find me / Along with lovers, fuggers, and thieves"... blip.fm/~18o9er
  3. Cambridge, Massachusetts sky view: I spy the Charles River, Weld Boathouse, JFK Park, and Eliot House & Kirkland House at Harvard University.
  4. “Quentin Compson: Drowned in the odour of honeysuckle 1891-1910.” Plaque found on the Eliot Bridge over the Charles River in memoriam of William Faulkner’s character Quentin Compson (The Sound and The...
  5. “ Head of the Charles 2011: Harvard claims long-awaited Regatta crown - Harvard’s heavyweight crew may have collected enough shiny keepsakes over the past century and a half to fill Shreve’s from...
  6. Rainbow on the Charles: The MIT Varsity Sailing Team is among the top collegiate sailing programs in the country.
  7. Stowing the shell after an evening of practice - crew dock at MIT’s Pierce Boathouse on the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (photo by Dan Logan)
  8. Liquid Archive on the Charles River - Festival of Arts, Science and Technology (FAST) at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (photo by Ehsan Hoque)

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