Huntington Gorge

Huntington Gorge

From a wide river...

...to narrow falls.

                 

Our trip to Huntington Gorge took place on a warm day in mid-april. The gorge is located in Richmond, VT and sits alongside a country road. Besides for the beauty of the falls; the falls are notorious for the high death toll due to powerful currents. The Huntington River goes from being a fairly wide meandering river to compressing itself in a small gap and rushing down the falls. The river bends around the corner at the end of the falls and continues on through the path it had carved many years before.

Carving through the stone.

The thousands of years of erosion has created all sorts of natural rock sculptures. The rock has been worn smooth by the constant flow of water and many deep pockets have been worn out.  As we made our way downstream we came upon a few remnants of the gorges previous use. There were pilings on the shore that showed the history of the gorge as a mill of various sorts. At first the river was a mill for grinding wheat but as time wore on the purpose changed and it was used for electricity for some time. 

The upper falls.

Lower Falls