Whiting River (Connecticut)

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Whiting River
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Campbell Falls on the Whiting River
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Source
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Mouth
The Whiting River's source (in Massachusetts)
and mouth (in Connecticut)
Whiting River (Connecticut)
Location
Country United States
States Massachusetts, Connecticut
Towns New Marlborough, Massachusetts, North Canaan, Connecticut
Physical characteristics
SourceThousand Acre Swamp
  location New Marlborough, Massachusetts
  coordinates( 42°04′00″N73°12′40″W / 42.0667589°N 73.2112227°W / 42.0667589; -73.2112227 )
  elevation1,388 ft (423 m) [1]
Mouth Blackberry River
  location
North Canaan, Connecticut
  coordinates
( 42°00′40″N73°16′26″W / 42.0111111°N 73.2738889°W / 42.0111111; -73.2738889 )
  elevation
748 ft (228 m) [2]
Length7 mi (11 km)
Basin size12,464.23 acres (5,044.09 ha) [3]
Width 
  maximum50 feet (15 m) [4]
Depth 
  maximum5 feet (1.5 m) [4]
Basin features
River system Housatonic
Tributaries 
  rightGinger Creek

The Whiting River is a southward-flowing stream located in Massachusetts and the far northwest corner of Connecticut in the United States. The river runs for seven miles from its source at the Thousand Acre Swamp in New Marlborough before emptying into the Blackberry River in North Canaan. The river follows a curving southwesterly course for four miles in Massachusetts, passing over 100-foot-high Campbell Falls at Campbell Falls State Park Reserve, where it is joined by the northwest-flowing Ginger Creek. [5] It flows south for 2.78 miles from the state line north of Canaan Valley to its mouth on the Blackberry River in Connecticut. [4]

Watershed

The Whiting River drains marshy areas of the southern part of New Marlborough. The river's watershed includes Wolf Swamp, Thousand Acre Swamp, East Indies Pond, and Hay Meadow Pond. Two man-made lakes, Cookson Pond and Windemere Lake, also discharge into the Whiting River in Massachusetts. [5]

References

  1. "Thousand Acre Site Number 1 Dam". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Whiting River". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "Connecticut Watersheds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Maccracken, Jim (2018). "Litchfield County Connecticut Stream and River Fishing & Floating Guide" . Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "New Marlborough Open Space and Recreation Plan" (PDF). Town of New Marlborough. March 2004. Retrieved June 23, 2019.