Quinebaug River

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Quinebaug River
Map of the catchment area

Map of the catchment area

Data
Water code US :  210057
location Windham County , Connecticut (USA)
River system Thames River, Connecticut
Drain over Shetucket River  → Thames River  → Long Island Sound
source Holland Pond
42 ° 4 ′ 55 ″  N , 72 ° 9 ′ 49 ″  W.
Source height 385  m
muzzle Mouth in the Shetucket River Coordinates: 41 ° 33 '22 "  N , 72 ° 2' 46"  W 41 ° 33 '22 "  N , 72 ° 2' 46"  W.
Mouth height 8  m
Height difference 377 m
Bottom slope 16 ‰
length 24 km
Left tributaries French River (Massachusetts), Moosup River, Five Mile River , Wales Brook, Mill Brook, Cady Brook
Reservoirs flowed through East Brimfield Dam, Westville Dam, West Thompson Dam
Medium-sized cities Norwich , New London ,
Putnam

Putnam

The Quinebaug River in Thompson

The Quinebaug River in Thompson

Quinebaug River in Canterbury, CT .

The Quinebaug River is a river in south-central Massachusetts and east Connecticut with a drainage basin that extends to Rhode Island . The name "Quinebaug" originated from a term used by the indigenous Indians that was spoken about Qunnubbâgge , Quinibauge , or similar. It means "long pond" (from qunni- = long, -paug = pond). The river is one of the eponymous rivers of the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor .

course

The river is approximately 69 mi (111 km) long. It rises from East Brimfield Lake and other ponds northwest of Sturbridge, Massachusetts . It runs generally southeast and south through Connecticut ( Putnam , Danielson , Plainfield , Canterbury and Jewett City ). The river pours into Aspinook Pond , which stretches from Canterbury to Jewett City, and soon flows into the Shetucket River from left and east at Quinebaug Falls . The confluence is northeast of Norwich . The Shetucket feeds its waters over the Thames River to Long Island Sound . The Quinbaug River is dammed in various places along the upper reaches: East Brimfield Dam , Westville Dam and West Thompson Dam are used for flood control and there are a number of small dams that are used to generate hydropower.

Catchment area

The catchment area covers 2,200 km² (850 sqmi). Most of the area is heavily forested and there are at least 29 notable tributaries as well as six major tributaries ( French , Moosup River , Five Mile River , Wales Brook , Mill Brook , Cady Brook ). There are also 54 lakes and ponds in the catchment area, 31 of which have an area of ​​10 acres (4 hectares) or more, a total of about 3,000 acres (12 km²) of water surface; the largest lake is East Brimfield Reservoir at Brimfield and Sturbridge with 420 acres (1.7 km²). In the waters of many fish species are native who like to be fished by anglers: rainbow trout , smallmouth bass , largemouth bass , pike and panfish . The difference in altitude is approx. 378 m. The origin is 1264 ft (385 m) above sea level on Mount Pisgah in Wales, Massachusetts and falls to 25 ft (8 m) in Norwich.

bridges

State county Town Carries Built
CT New London Lisbon and Griswold Providence and Worcester Railroad
I-395.svg I-395 ( Connecticut Turnpike ) 1956
Connecticut Highway 12.svgConnecticut Highway 138.svg Route 12 / Route 138
Silvandale Road crossing
Windham Canterbury Providence and Worcester Railroad
Butts Bridge Road
Canterbury and Plainfield Connecticut Highway 14.svg Route 14
Brooklyn and Plainfield Connecticut Highway 205.svg Route 205
Brooklyn and Killingly US 6.svg US 6
Pomfret and Killingly Connecticut Highway 101.svg Route 101
Cotton Bridge Road
Putnam Landfill access bridge
Airline Rail Trail
US 44.svg US 44
Bridge Street
Connecticut Highway 171.svg Route 171
Thompson West Thompson Road 1964
Blain Road
Red Bridge Road 1964
Brickyard Road 1964
Fabyan Road 1999
Connecticut Highway 197.svg Route 197
MA Worcester Dudley MA Route 131.svg Route 131
Southbridge Branch RR
West Dudley Road
Southbridge East Main Street
AO Factory Road
AO Factory Pedestrian Bridge
AO Factory Pedestrian Bridge
AO Factory Pedestrian Bridge
Pipeline crossing
Business Park Road
MA Route 169.svg Route 169 1956
Central Street
River Street
Mill Street 1956
MA Route 131.svg Route 131
Sturbridge and Southbridge Westville Dam service road 2003
Breakneck Road / Wallace Road 1956
Sturbridge Old Mashapaug Road 1956
Grand Trunk Rail Trail 2002
Farquhar Road 1939
Haynes Street 1961
I-84.svg I-84 1971
Old Sturbridge Village Road 1972
OSV Pedestrian Bridge
OSV Covered Bridge
Stallion Hill Road 1956
Holland Road 1956
Hampden County Brimfield Holland-East Brimfield Road 1958
Holland Morse Road 1939
Pond Bridge Road 1934

Freetime activities

Three stretches of the river have been listed as the National Recreation Trail and are now popular routes for boat tours: Holland Pond to East Brimfield Reservoir ; Paper Mill Dam in Dudley to West Thompson Lake ; Simonzi Park in Putnam to Aspinook Pond in Canterbury. The East Coast Greenway also runs along the river in parts.

There are boat ramps in the following locations:

  • Pond Bridge Road, Holland
  • US Route 20 boat ramp, Brimfield
  • Old Mashapaug Road, Sturbridge
  • West Dudley Road, Dudley
  • Fabyan Road, Thompson
  • West Thompson Lake boat ramp, Thompson
  • Simonzi Park on Kennedy Drive, Putnam
  • Route 101, Pomfret
  • Riverside Park off Day Street, Brooklyn
  • Town Park off Route 12, Killingly
  • Quinebaug Trout Hatchery, Plainfield
  • Robert Manship Park off Route 14, Canterbury
  • Butts Bridge Road, Canterbury

gallery

  • Brimfield Lake (reservoir) on the Quinebaug River in Hampden County, Massachusetts

  • Westville Lake (reservoir) in Worcester County, Massachusetts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Bright : Native American placenames of the United States . University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4 , p. 405, (accessed April 14, 2011).
  2. ^ US Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map .

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