Trips: Swift River

The Swift River is an outflow of the Quabbin Reservoir located off of Route 9 in Belchertown, MA. The river offers a paddle of about 5 miles of crystal clear water.

The water is cool all through summer and allows a view of several species of fish straight down to the river's sandy bottom.The River is typically about 40 feet wide and 8 feet deep with a gentle current.

This is also a great place to spot wildlife. On one trip we saw a great horned owl, mallards, a muskrat, a painted turtle, a snapping turtle, 6 species of fish and several species of songbirds.

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• You can contact Kenneth Mildren at: kenmildren@yahoo.com

  and Dan Stimson at: dstimson@student.umass.edu