Run of the Charles
Cancelled for 2022
Cancelled for 2022
We are incredibly sad to announce that CRWA will not be hosting Run of the Charles this spring.
We will be working with our partners closely throughout the year to host this cherished event in 2023. In the meantime, CRWA will continue to celebrate recreation on the river and bring families and friends together to create future advocates of the watershed. Below are some other ways you and your family or colleagues can get involved with CRWA in 2022!
We will be working with our partners closely throughout the year to host this cherished event in 2023. In the meantime, CRWA will continue to celebrate recreation on the river and bring families and friends together to create future advocates of the watershed. Below are some other ways you and your family or colleagues can get involved with CRWA in 2022!
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WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN 2022
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Race and Compete in the Charles River Navigation Project Competition
You may remember, in the summer of 2020, freelance film director and all-around adventure seeker, Cam Salvatore, paddled, pushed, and portaged his way from Hopkinton to Boston Harbor and secured the record for the first and fastest Source-to-the-Sea navigation of the eighty-mile length of the Charles River, raising funds and awareness for CRWA along the way. Now, we are taking it to the next level and inviting you to come along!
We are excited to announce the launch of the Charles River Navigation Project Competition, an opportunity for expert paddlers to race Cam down the eighty-mile length of the Charles River to raise awareness of the vital work of Charles River Watershed Association. We invite you to challenge Cam in a Source-to-the-Sea navigation of our beloved river this May. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use your love of adventure, nature, and navigation to have a lasting impact on the one and only Charles River.
You may remember, in the summer of 2020, freelance film director and all-around adventure seeker, Cam Salvatore, paddled, pushed, and portaged his way from Hopkinton to Boston Harbor and secured the record for the first and fastest Source-to-the-Sea navigation of the eighty-mile length of the Charles River, raising funds and awareness for CRWA along the way. Now, we are taking it to the next level and inviting you to come along!
We are excited to announce the launch of the Charles River Navigation Project Competition, an opportunity for expert paddlers to race Cam down the eighty-mile length of the Charles River to raise awareness of the vital work of Charles River Watershed Association. We invite you to challenge Cam in a Source-to-the-Sea navigation of our beloved river this May. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to use your love of adventure, nature, and navigation to have a lasting impact on the one and only Charles River.
Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup
Registration is now open! Is your team or family zoomed out? Would you like to get together outside along the banks of Charles River?
Join CRWA for its Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup and take action to help prevent litter and debris from threatening water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities in the Charles River.
Registration is now open! Is your team or family zoomed out? Would you like to get together outside along the banks of Charles River?
Join CRWA for its Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup and take action to help prevent litter and debris from threatening water quality, wildlife habitat, and recreational opportunities in the Charles River.
Invasive Plant Removals Volunteer Program
Join CRWA staff for a hands-on, team-building, family-friendly, volunteer opportunity on the Charles River or in the forests of the watershed. It's a fun, messy, and unforgettable day on the river or in the woods! Removal events begin in mid-May and go until mid-October.
Join CRWA staff for a hands-on, team-building, family-friendly, volunteer opportunity on the Charles River or in the forests of the watershed. It's a fun, messy, and unforgettable day on the river or in the woods! Removal events begin in mid-May and go until mid-October.
HISTORY & EVENT OVERVIEW
The Run of the Charles was established by former CRWA Executive Director, Rita Barron. It was one of her many initiatives to get people out on the river and celebrate CRWA's remarkable work in cleaning up a river that others had deemed beyond saving.
“We’re the people who make sure the water’s clean enough for you to fall into,” she joked in an interview. “There was a time that when the weather turned warm, people would go away from the river because it stank. But now the Charles is a national model for restoration of urban rivers.”
CRWA believes in celebrating recreation on the river and bringing families and friends together to create future advocates of the watershed. Today, the Run of the Charles carries on this legacy with new courses and a Finishline Festival. Over 1,000 canoe, kayak, and paddle board enthusiasts, professionals, and amateurs ages 12 and up from throughout the US and as far as China compete in a variety of courses. Race fans and families gather to enjoy free admission to a day of music, refreshments, vendor tents, raffle drawings, picnics, and awards at the Finishline Festival.
“We’re the people who make sure the water’s clean enough for you to fall into,” she joked in an interview. “There was a time that when the weather turned warm, people would go away from the river because it stank. But now the Charles is a national model for restoration of urban rivers.”
CRWA believes in celebrating recreation on the river and bringing families and friends together to create future advocates of the watershed. Today, the Run of the Charles carries on this legacy with new courses and a Finishline Festival. Over 1,000 canoe, kayak, and paddle board enthusiasts, professionals, and amateurs ages 12 and up from throughout the US and as far as China compete in a variety of courses. Race fans and families gather to enjoy free admission to a day of music, refreshments, vendor tents, raffle drawings, picnics, and awards at the Finishline Festival.
