Farmington River
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The Farmington River is a river, 46.7 miles (75.2 km) in length along its main stem, located in northwest Connecticut with major tributaries extending into southwest Massachusetts. The longest route of the river, from the origin of its West Branch, is 80.4 miles (129.4 km) long, making it the Connecticut River's longest tributary by 2.3 miles (3.7 km) over the major river directly to its north, the Westfield River. The Farmington River's watershed covers 609 square miles (1,580 km2). Historically, the river played an important role in small-scale manufacturing in towns along its course, but it is now mainly used for recreation and drinking water.
Looking downstream on the Farmington River in Simsbury, Connecticut
The Farmington River was one of the Massaco's chief fishing grounds.
Colebrook River Lake on the West Branch Farmington River.
Drake Hill Road Bridge, built in 1892 to span the Farmington River in Simsbury, Connecticut
Wappinger
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The Wappinger were an Eastern Algonquian Munsee-speaking Native American people from what is now southern New York and western Connecticut.
