Moosup River

{{Short description|River in Rhode Island and Connecticut, United States}}

File:Action Paddling ~ Kayaking The Moosup River..jpg

The Moosup River is a river in the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut. It flows approximately {{convert|23.7|mi}}.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed April 1, 2011 The river is named after the Native American sachem Maussup.{{Cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|url=https://permanent.fdlp.gov/gpo59689/report.pdf|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=1902|series=Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey|location=Washington, D.C.|author-link=Henry Gannett|access-date=June 8, 2021 |page=184}}

File:BrunswickDam on Moosup River MoosupValleyStateParkTrail-PlainfieldCT.jpg

Course

The river rises from Clark Pond in Foster, Rhode Island. From there, it flows south through Foster and Coventry, then turns west and heads into Connecticut, flowing through Sterling and Plainfield to its mouth at the Quinebaug River.

Dam Removal

The American Rivers organization has targeted the Moosup River for dam removal to help fish to swim upstream to spawn.

In late June 2014 Moosup Dam #1 in Connecticut was removed American Rivers Blog "11 Dam Removal Projects to Watch This Summer." {{cite web |url=http://www.americanrivers.org/blog/11-dam-removal-projects-to-watch-this-summer/ |title=11 Projects to Watch: Dam Removal Construction Season Kicks off | American Rivers |access-date=2015-11-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127063407/http://www.americanrivers.org/blog/11-dam-removal-projects-to-watch-this-summer/ |archive-date=2015-11-27 }}, accessed November 26, 2015 and on September 29, 2015, the Griswold Rubber dam in Connecticut was removed.American Rivers Facebook post on September 29, 2015 with three photos." [https://www.facebook.com/AmericanRivers/posts/10156070473625291], accessed November 26, 2015