The Moosup River is a river in the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut. It flows approximately 23.7 miles (38.1 km).[1] The river is named after the Native American sachem Maussup.[2]
Action Paddling The Moosup RiverView north of the Moosup River's Brunswick Dam and the North Main Street (CT Route 14) bridge from the Moosup Valley State Park Trail in Plainfield, Connecticut.
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 [3] and on September 29, 2015, the Griswold Rubber dam in Connecticut was removed.[4]
Crossingsedit
Below is a list all crossings over the Moosup River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
^Gannett, Henry (1902). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States(PDF). Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 184. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
^American Rivers Blog "11 Dam Removal Projects to Watch This Summer." . Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-11-26., accessed November 26, 2015
^American Rivers Facebook post on September 29, 2015 with three photos." [1], accessed November 26, 2015
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