Mother Brook is a stream that flows from the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts, to the Neponset River in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts. Mother Brook was also known variously as East Brook and Mill Creek in earlier times. Digging the brook made Boston and some surrounding communities an island, accessible only by crossing over water, making Mother Brook "Massachusetts' Panama Canal."
Old gears on Mother Brook
The fourth privilege with the stone mill in the background
Detail of Stone Mill condo showing "1835" stone
Mill Pond with Canada geese as seen from Bussey St. AliMed can be seen in the background.
The Charles River, sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles, is an 80-mile-long (129 km) river in eastern Massachusetts. It flows northeast from Hopkinton to Boston along a highly meandering route, that doubles back on itself several times and travels through 23 cities and towns before reaching the Atlantic Ocean. The indigenous Massachusett named it Quinobequin, meaning "meandering" or "meandering still water".
Longfellow Bridge (center) connecting Boston and Cambridge crossing a frozen Charles River
View of the bridge over Charles River, an illustration now housed in the New York Public Library
View of the Charles River and Memorial Drive in Cambridge (foreground), and the Back Bay skyline of Boston at night
A sunny day on the Charles River Esplanade
