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Connecticut River
The Connecticut River seen from behind Gillette Castle in Lyme, Connecticut
River map, with major tributaries and selected dams
Native nameKwenitegok (Abenaki)[1]
Location
CountryUnited States
RegionNew England
StateConnecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire
CitiesSpringfield, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut
Physical characteristics
SourceFourth Connecticut Lake
 • locationCoos County, New Hampshire, United States
 • coordinates45°14′53″N 71°12′51″W / 45.24806°N 71.21417°W / 45.24806; -71.21417
 • elevation2,660 ft (810 m)
MouthLong Island Sound
 • location
Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticut[2]
 • coordinates
41°16′20″N 72°20′03″W / 41.27222°N 72.33417°W / 41.27222; -72.33417
Length410 mi (660 km)
Basin size11,260 sq mi (29,200 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationThompsonville, Connecticut
 • average18,400 cu ft/s (520 m3/s)
 • minimum968 cu ft/s (27.4 m3/s)
 • maximum282,000 cu ft/s (8,000 m3/s)
Discharge 
 • locationWest Lebanon, New Hampshire
 • average6,600 cu ft/s (190 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftChicopee River
 • rightWhite River
Protection status
Ramsar Wetland
Official nameConnecticut River Estuary and Tidal River Wetlands Complex
DesignatedOctober 14, 1994
Reference no.710[3]
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Legend
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 Fourth Connecticut Lake
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 Third Connecticut Lake
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 Moose Falls Dam
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 US 3 square.svg US 3
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 Second Connecticut Lake
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 First Connecticut Lake
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 Perry Stream
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 Lake Francis (Murphy Dam)
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 NH Route 145.svg NH 145 Pittsburg
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 Covered bridge
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 Indian Stream
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 US 3 square.svg US 3
NH
VT
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 Halls Stream
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 Stewartstown
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 Lower Canaan Dam
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 Vermont 114.svg VT 114 Canaan
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 Mohawk River
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 NH Route 26.svg NH 26 Colebrook
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 Columbia
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 Vermont 105.svg VT 105 North Stratford
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 St. Lawrence & Atlantic RR
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 Nulhegan River
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 Janice Peaslee Bridge
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 Upper Ammonoosuc River
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 US 2 square.svg US 2 Lancaster
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 Israel River
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 Mount Orne Covered Bridge
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 Maine Central RR
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 Johns River
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 Gilman Dam
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 Gilman
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 Moore Dam
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 NH Route 18.svg NH 18 Littleton
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 I-93.svg I-93 Waterford
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 Comerford Reservoir
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 Passumpsic River
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 Barnet
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 Monroe
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 McIndoes Reservoir
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 Ryegate Dam
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 Ammonoosuc River
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 Wells River Bridge
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 US 302 square.svg US 302 Woodsville
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 Wells River
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 Waits River
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 NH Route 25.svg NH 25 Bradford
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 Vermont 25A.svg VT 25A Fairlee
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 Vermont 113.svg VT 113 East Thetford
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 Ompompanoosuc River
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 NH Route 10A.svg NH 10A Hanover
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 Wilder Dam
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 US 4.svg US 4 West Lebanon
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 White River
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 Boston & Maine
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 Mascoma River
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 I-89.svg I-89 White River Junction
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 Ottauquechee River
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 Covered bridge
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 New England Central RR
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 NH Route 12.svg NH 12 Claremont
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 Sugar River
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 Little Sugar River
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 Vermont 11.svg VT 11 Springfield
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 Black River
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 Williams River
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 Bellows Falls
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 Bellows Falls Dam
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 New England Central RR
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 Vermont Railway
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 Bellows Falls
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 Saxtons River
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 Cold River
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 NH Route 123.svg NH 123 Walpole
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 Partridge Brook
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 Vermont 9.svg VT 9 Brattleboro
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 West River
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 Whetstone Brook
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 Vermont 119.svg VT 119 Hinsdale
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 Vernon Dam
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 Ashuelot River
VT
 
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NH
MA
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 New England Central RR
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 MA Route 10.svg Route 10 Northfield
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 MA Route 2.svg Route 2 Gill
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 Millers River
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 Turner Falls Dam
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 Gill–Montague Bridge
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 Turners Falls Road Bridge
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 General Pierce Bridge
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 Deerfield River
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 Canalside Rail Trail Bridge
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 Pan Am Railways
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 MA Route 116.svg Route 116 Sunderland
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 Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge
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 MA Route 9.svg Route 9 Northampton
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 Fort River
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 Mill River
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 Manhan River
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 US 202.svg US 202 Holyoke
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 Holyoke Dam
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 MA Route 116.svg Route 116 Holyoke
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 Pan Am Railways
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 MA Route 141.svg Route 141 Holyoke
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 I-391.svg I-391
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 I-90.svg I-90 Chicopee
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 Chicopee River
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 I-91.svg I-91
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 US 20.svg US 20 Springfield
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 CSX RR
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 MA Route 147.svg Route 147 Springfield
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 Mill River
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 Westfield River
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 US 5.svg US 5 Agawam
MA
CT
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 Connecticut Highway 190 wide.svg Route 190 Enfield
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 Enfield Falls Canal
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 New Haven–Springfield Line
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 Connecticut Highway 140 wide.svg Route 140 Windsor Locks
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 I-91.svg I-91 Dexter Coffin Bridge
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 Scantic River
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 Farmington River
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 I-291.svg I-291 Windsor
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 Connecticut Southern RR
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Limit of tidal river and navigability
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 I-84.svg I-84 Hartford
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 Connecticut Highway 2.svg Route 2 Founders Bridge
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 Park River
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 Hockanum River
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 US 5.svg US 5 Charter Oak Bridge
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 Connecticut Highway 3.svg Route 3 Wethersfield
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 Mattabesset River
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 Connecticut Highway 66.svg Route 66 Middletown
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 Providence & Worcester RR
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 Salmon River
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 Connecticut Highway 82.svg Route 82 East Haddam
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 Eightmile River
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 I-95.svg I-95 Old Lyme
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 Amtrak Northeast Corridor
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 Lieutenant River
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 Long Island Sound

The Connecticut River is the longest river in the New England region of the United States, flowing roughly southward for 406 miles (653 km) through four states. It rises 300 yards (270 m) south of the U.S. border with Quebec, Canada, and discharges at Long Island Sound.[4] Its watershed encompasses 11,260 square miles (29,200 km2), covering parts of five U.S. states and one Canadian province, via 148 tributaries, 38 of which are major rivers.[5] It produces 70% of Long Island Sound's fresh water,[5] discharging at 18,400 cubic feet (520 m3) per second.[6]

The Connecticut River Valley is home to some of the northeastern United States' most productive farmland, as well as the Hartford–Springfield Knowledge Corridor, a metropolitan region of approximately two million people surrounding Springfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut.[7]

  1. ^ Michael J. Caduto (November 30, 2015). "With Cooler Water, Better Prospects for Shad Migration?". Northern Woodlands Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "Connecticut River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Connecticut River Estuary and Tidal River Wetlands Complex". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Linda Brughelli (October 28, 2014). "Essex - Connecticut". BBC Local: Essex. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Watershed Facts". Connecticut River Watershed Council. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 01184000". waterdata.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "About the River". Connecticutriver.us. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

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