Charles River Path Gallery In 2018, the Thompson Footbridge replaced an earlier bridge just upstream from Watertown Dam.In December, the Department of Conservation and Recreation opened a new section of the Charles River Greenway in Waltham, closing a gap between Elm Street and Moody Street.In December, the Department of Conservation and Recreation opened a new section of the Charles River Greenway in Waltham, closing a gap between Elm Street and Moody Street.The eastern entrance to the new section is at the north end of the Elm Street bridge.Most of the new section was built on piers in the river, adjacent to the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation.2013Seagulls hunt for herring and alewives at Watertown Dam. The fish ladder (under the cage) was built in 1972 to help migratory fish swim upstream to spawn.A fisherman catches a 14-pound carpWatertown DamBlack-crowned night heronThe path under water after record rainfallA squirrel in its nestBlack-crowned night heronA heron waits for fish...... and finds oneThe all-time-record high temperature of 69 degrees on January 6th was 36 degrees above the average high temperature for the day.On the Blue Heron BridgeBlue Heron BridgeThe East Coast Greenway is a planned trail that will link cities from Maine to FloridaBlue Heron BridgeFishingA new footbridge under constructionNear Watertown SquareStretchingThe Charles River Museum of Industry is along the path near Moody Street in WalthamA new entrance to the path is under construction at Moody StreetLooking east from Moody StreetA Black-Crowned Night Heron on the dam at Moody StreetThe dam at Moody StreetA new footbridge just west of Galen StreetA Conservators tour of the pathFishingGulls looking for fish at Watertown Dam. Watertown Square is just past the dam.FishingBikers use new trail, still under construction west of Bridge StreetA new footbridge will span the Charles near the mouth of Cheesecake Brook, between Bridge Street and North StreetThe approach to the new footbridgeA Conservators tour spots a yellow warblerBemis Mill and the remains of the old Bemis DamEarly fallFishingDon't feed the geeseIn the 1970'sIn the 1970's