One of my favorite places for a walk is the Blackstone Canal in Uxbridge MA. There is a mile-long watered section and the remnants of the towpath of the canal which ran between Providence and Worcester between 1828 and 1848.
The walk on the towpath is pleasant. Although it looks secluded, there is a street and houses just beyond the trees at the right.
It is a popular place for walkers and bicyclists. I often see canoes in this section, though they get a longer trip on the Blackstone River nearby.
The water ends at the Stanley Woolen Mill, but this section is not actually the canal. The unwatered canal prism veers to the right about 500 feet from the bridge where I took this picture.
The Stanley Woolen Mill had its beginnings in 1833 and closed in 1989, the last of the Uxbridge mills to survive. It is now slowly being rehabilitated into offices and recently got its first coat of paint since the mid-1970s when it appeared in "Oliver's Story," the much-panned sequel to "Love Story."