The Charles River Navigation Project
The Charles River Navigation Project Competition
Are you a long-distance paddler? Do you want to give back to the Charles River? Join the competition! Challenge the current record holder, Cam Salvatore, and paddle the entire eight-mile paddle from Hopkinton to Boston Harbor!
All competitors must meet the criteria established in the May 2022 Source-to-the-Sea navigation record and complete their journey in the competition window of June 1, 2022-August 31, 2022.
Want to compete! Get in touch with us. Email paper.street.ltd@gmail.com and charles@crwa.org for more information.
All competitors must meet the criteria established in the May 2022 Source-to-the-Sea navigation record and complete their journey in the competition window of June 1, 2022-August 31, 2022.
Want to compete! Get in touch with us. Email paper.street.ltd@gmail.com and charles@crwa.org for more information.
The First Source-to-Sea Navigation
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In August of 2020, while the whole world was seemingly shuttered indoors, local freelance director, adventure-seeker, and river-enthusiast Cameron Salvatore had an idea to traverse the entire Charles River.
As a resident of the Charles River watershed, living a stone's throw from the riverbank in Watertown, MA, Cam has always appreciated the Charles, but the pandemic fueled a curiosity to know more about it, and so began his journey to see every mile of its meandering shores. |
Beginning in beautiful Echo Lake, Cam Salvatore paddled, portaged, and pushed his way through every leg of the 80-mile journey to Boston Harbor; and in doing so, solidified the first and fastest recorded continuous, unsupported, single vessel Source-to-Sea navigation of the Charles River.
While traveling that distance, Cam witnessed a very different side of the Charles River, one that is a mystery to the public eye and rarely identified as the same celebrated Lower Basin between Boston and Cambridge. Encountering first-hand the stunning beauty of the river, as well as the numerous consequences of climate change, he gained a new awareness of how vital this beautiful, fragile, threatened natural resource is, and how important it is to protect the one-and-only Charles River.
Today, Cam is leading the effort to raise awareness of the concerns the Charles River faces today and share a side of the beloved river that many have not experienced by launching the Charles River Navigation Project; a call for athletes, recreation-lovers, and enthusiasts alike to challenge Cam Salvatore's newly set record for traversing the Charles River from its source to the sea in support of Charles River Watershed Association.
Today, Cam is leading the effort to raise awareness of the concerns the Charles River faces today and share a side of the beloved river that many have not experienced by launching the Charles River Navigation Project; a call for athletes, recreation-lovers, and enthusiasts alike to challenge Cam Salvatore's newly set record for traversing the Charles River from its source to the sea in support of Charles River Watershed Association.
The map of the 2020 Source-to-the-Sea Navigation of the Charles River, including eleven portages, was completed in under eighty hours.
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Watch the trailer about Cam's 2020 Source-to-the-Sea Navigation and find the full webinar on our virtual events archive.
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Ways to Get Involved
Join the CompetionWhat is a race without a little competition? Interested in challenging me and my original Source-to-Sea time? Contact Cam Salvatore at paper.street.ltd@gmail.com. Stay tuned for awards!
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