Kickamuit River

The Kickamuit River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island flowing approximately 7.9 miles (12.7 km).

History

The river's name descends from a Narragansett dialect and has numerous spellings. In, 2002 the Environmental Protection Agency judged it too polluted for recreation and shell-fishing.

Current day 2011, the Kickemuit River is classified as a Class A, Type II Waterway and open to both recreational activities and shell-fishing due to the tremendous efforts and work by environmental organizations like the Kickemuit River Council, Warren, R.I.

Course

The river's source is in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in the swamps north of Locust Street in Swansea. From here it flows due south to Swansea and into the Warren Reservoir, which drains approximately 2,300 acres (9.3 km²). From Warren Reservoir it flows generally southwest, then southeast to Mount Hope Bay, passing to the east of the center of the town of Warren, Rhode Island and ending northeast of Bristol. The Kickamuit Reservoir dam forms the boundary between fresh and salt water.

Crossings

Below is a list of crossings over the Kickemuit River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.

• Swansea, Massachusetts
  • Locust Street
  • Reed Street
  • Interstate 195
  • Stephen French Road
  • Colletti Lane
  • Fall River Avenue (U.S. 6)
  • Burnside Drive
  • Lynnwood Road
  • Bushee Road
• Warren, Rhode Island
  • Schoolhouse Road
  • Child Street (RI 103)

Tributaries

Heath Brook is the Kickamuit River's only named tributary, though it has many unnamed streams that also feed it.

See also

• List of rivers of Rhode Island

References

• Maps from the United States Geological Survey
• Environmental Protection Agency
• American Indian Place Names In Rhode Island