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Events
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Tourblackstone.com |
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There are many year-round events in the Blackstone Valley for visitors and residents. Step into the information highway and see what we do and how to get there.
www.tourblackstone.com |
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Chinese Dragon Boat Race & Taiwan Day Festival |
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7th Annual Rhode Island
Chinese Dragon Boat Race & Taiwan Day Festival
Saturday, September 9, 2006
www.dragonboatri.com |
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Blackstone Valley Heritage Golf Tournament |
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Blackstone Valley
HeritageGolf Tournament
Monday, June 19, 2006
Crystal Lake Country Club, 100 Bronco Highway
Burrillville, Rhode Island 02830
www.golfblackstone.com |
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Blackstone Valley - Amber Valley Compact |
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In June of 1994 in
Belper, England, the birthplace of Samuel Slater, the formal
twinning of the Blackstone Valley and the Amber Valley Borough
Council became official when the Blackstone Valley-Amber Valley
Compact was signed thereby continuing the development of a
relationship between the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island and
Belper, England that will concentrate on international economic
development, the arts, culture, social ties, and land use issues. |
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Blackstone Valley Scenic Railway Tours |
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Since 1989, the
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, in partnership with the
Providence and Worcester Railroad Company, has sponsored train
tours of the Blackstone Valley including the Easter Bunny Express,
the Fall Festival and Shopping Excursion from Cumberland, Rhode
Island to Putnam, Connecticut, and the always exciting Polar
Express. |
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Blackstone Valley State Park Visitor Center |
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In January, 2006, the
Blackstone Valley State Park Visitor Center, located in Lincoln,
Rhode Island on northbound Interstate Route 295, celebrated its
grand opening. The Center is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
and boasts a tourism information kiosk, exhibits of Pawtucket’s
Slater Mill and several Blackstone Valley destinations, public
rest rooms and Dunkin Donuts/ Baskin Robbins. Just a short walk
from the Center, is a new half-mile long link to the Blackstone
Bikeway and the historic Wilbur Kelly House. |
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Blackstone Valley Visitor Center |
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In September of 1999,
the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, located in the Benjamin
Chester Building at 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI, celebrated its
grand opening and currently welcomes approximately 100,000
visitors annually. Visitors Center highlights include: an
informational kiosk, a 90 seat theatre, a revolving art exhibit by
members of the Pawtucket Arts collaborative, the Slater Mill Gift
Shop and Gallery, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
inter-modal transportation center, and the Blackstone Valley
Tourism Council offices |
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Group Tour Activity |
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For the past 12 years,
the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council has been developing tours of
the Blackstone Valley with Elderhostel, a hands-on educational
learning program for senior citizens. Beginning in 2004, the
Council took a leading role in co-coordinating “Tour Rhode
Island”, an event that encourages Rhode Islanders to visit their
home state. This past May, approximately 1200 passengers filled 25
motor coaches and visited the Blackstone Valley, Newport, Block
Island, Providence, Warwick, the East Bay, or South County. |
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Blackstone Valley Network |
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Representatives of
hotels, restaurants, museums, historic building sites and other
tourism destinations of the Blackstone Valley meet bi-monthly to
provide members educational opportunities, program updates, and
discuss marketing strategy. for an informational networking
opportunity |
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Bicycle Tours |
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Purchase one of four bed
and breakfast bike tours which include overnight stays, historic
highlights and a carefully planned itinerary through the
Blackstone River Valley.
www.bikeblackstone.com |
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Samuel Slater Canal Boat Bed and Breakfast |
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Information about overnight stays and charter tours aboard the Samuel
Slater Canal Boat - a floating bed and breakfast.
www.bedandbreakfastblackstone.com |
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Calendar of Events |
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Updated, searchable calendar and listing of events in the Rhode Island
and Massachusetts Blackstone Valley.
www.eventblackstone.com |
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Footsteps in History |
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Blackstone River Valley
"Footsteps in History" Preserve America Weekend highlights the
historic and cultural attributes of the Blackstone River Valley by
providing a weekend to celebrate historic, cultural and artistic
sites. Programs, activities, and open houses will provide the
opportunity for the public to enjoy and learn. This event will
involve the 24 communities located in the Blackstone Valley. The
date for the annual event is Columbus Day weekend (2006 Date
here).
www.footstepsinhistory.com |
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River Tours |
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Schedule of special tours and events aboard the
Blackstone River Explorer, a 49 passenger riverboat.
www.rivertourblackstone.com |
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Dine Blackstone |
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Searchable database of restaurants in the
Blackstone Valley.
www.dineblackstone.com |
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Blackstone Canoe Trail |
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Contestants can win a 15
ft. fiberglass canoe with paddles and lifejackets for 4 by finding
and being photographed with 15 ft. fiberglass canoes designed by
local artists and placed throughout the Blackstone Valley.
www.blackstonecanoetrail.com |
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