Guardian Camera Club: Amythyst Lake on rivers

5 Phragmites Reeds. The Neponset is a natural estuary with extensive marshlands at its mouth. These are conserved as the Neponset River Reservation. A great place to watch birds (no luck on this occasion, although I did see a deer) Photograph: guardian.co.uk

3 Milton Landing. Below the dam, the Neponset tidal. I'm not sure if that fishing boat ever makes it out to sea Photograph: guardian.co.uk

1 Chocolate Factory. Boston has 3 rivers: the Charles, the Mystic and the Neponset. These pictures are from a short stretch of the Neponset - all were taken within easy walking distance of each other. Above the dam in Milton, MA are the remains of the Walter Baker Chocolate Factory which is slowly being converted into condominiums Photograph: guardian.co.uk

2 Wheels of Change. This part of the river has long industrial history with grist, paper and gun powder mills, all reliant on the power of water. Chocolate was first milled here in the 1700s in a converted grist mill Photograph: guardian.co.uk

6 Ayer's Rock. Well, not really. The river wends its way past some spectacular fall foliage on its way to Dorchester Bay Photograph: guardian.co.uk