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Salmon River (Connecticut)

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Coordinates:41°29′58″N72°29′17″W / 41.49936°N 72.48811°W /41.49936; -72.48811

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River in Connecticut , US

Salmon River
Looking downstream on the Salmon River immediately after the confluence of theJeremy andBlackledge Rivers.

Location
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Cities	Colchester,East Hampton,East Haddam,Haddam
Physical characteristics

Source confluence	confluence ofBlackledge River andJeremy River
• location	Colchester,New London County,Connecticut

Mouth	confluence withConnecticut River
• location	East Haddam &Haddam,Middlesex County
Length	10.4 mi (16.7 km)
Basin size	150 sq mi (390 km²)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Day Pond Brook, Moodus River
• right	Dickinson Creek,Flat Brook, Safstrom Brook, Elbow Brook, Pine Brook

TheSalmon River is formed at the confluence of theBlackledge andJeremy rivers about one mile west ofNorth Westchester, Connecticut. It drains 96,000 acres^[1] and courses for 10.4 miles (16.7 km)^[2] to Salmon Cove nearMoodus where it flows into theConnecticut River. The Salmon River is probably the largest stream andwatershed whose sources and mouth are entirely within the limits ofConnecticut.^[3]

There is a popular paddling route along the Salmon River varying in difficulty from quickwater toClass II whitewater. It begins along River Road about 1/10 of a mile south of the river's formation and continues for about 7 miles to the flatwater of Salmon Cove.

The Salmon River's substantial drop in elevation over its course provided considerable water power to the textile mills in Moodus during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Conservation

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Beginning in the early 20th century, significant efforts have been invested on the federal, state and local levels towards conserving both the Salmon River corridor itself and the broader territory encompassed by its watershed.

The Salmon River Division of theSilvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 425 acres of freshwater tidal marshes, riparian meadows, cold-water tributary streams, floodplain forests, mixed hardwood forest, hemlock stands and vernal pools along the lower stretches of the river near its confluence with the Connecticut.^[4]

Connecticut's State Board of Fisheries and Game established theSalmon River State Forest in 1934. Subsequent acquisitions by the state have enlarged the forest to its present size of roughly 6,000 acres throughoutHebron,Marlborough,Colchester,East Haddam andEast Hampton.^[3] The 300-acre Machimoodus State Park in East Haddam,^[5] 180-acre Day Pond State Park in Colchester^[6]^[7] and the 465-acre Wopowaug Wildlife Management Area in East Hampton and Haddam^[8] further contribute to the state's role in conserving the natural habitats and rural character of the Salmon River watershed.

Land trusts hold numerous, smaller nature preserves andconservation easements throughout the Salmon River basin such as Pine Brook Preserve in Haddam,^[9] Keech Preserve and Salmon Cove Preserve in East Haddam^[10] and the Gateway Property and Palakewitz Easement in Colchester.^[11]

References

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^"Why Protect the Watershed".Salmon River Watershed Partnership. Salmon River Watershed Partnership. Retrieved30 January 2016.
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
^^a ^b"Salmon River State Forest".State Parks and Forests. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. RetrievedJuly 24, 2014.
^"Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge: Connecticut".U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved29 January 2016.
^"Machimoodus State Park: East Haddam".Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. State of Connecticut. Retrieved29 January 2016.
^"Day Pond State Park: Colchester".Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. State of Connecticut. Retrieved29 January 2016.
^"Day Pond State Park, Colchester, Connecticut"(PDF).Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. State of Connecticut. Retrieved29 January 2016.
^"Wopowog WMA"(PDF).Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. State of Connecticut. Retrieved30 January 2016.
^Marteka, Peter (22 February 2009)."Land Trust's Pine Brook Preserve Can Be Like A Fairy Land". Hartford Courant. Retrieved30 January 2016.
^"East Haddam Land Trust Easements and Properties without Trails".East Haddam Land Trust. East Haddam Land Trust. Retrieved30 January 2016.
^"Colchester Land Trust Acquisitions".Colchester Land Trust. Colchester Land Trust. Retrieved30 January 2016.

External links

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Connecticut Explorer's Guide Online paddling map of the Salmon River

Connecticut River watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Salmon River Scantic River
Massachusetts	Burnshirt River Chapel Brook Chicopee River Connecticut River Cranberry River Deerfield River East Brookfield River Farmington River Fall River Five Mile River Green River Hubbard River Manhan River Mill River (Northampton) Mill River (Springfield) Millers River Mirey Brook North Branch Millers River North Branch Westfield River North River Otter River Quaboag River Scantic River Seven Mile River Tarbell Brook Ware River Westfield River
New Hampshire	Ammonoosuc River Ashuelot River Blow-me-down Brook The Branch Cold River Connecticut River East Branch Mohawk River Gale River Great Brook Halls Stream Ham Branch Indian River Indian Stream Israel River Johns River Knox River Little River Little Sugar River Mascoma River Millers River Mink Brook Mirey Brook Mohawk River Nash Stream North Branch Gale River North Branch Millers River North Branch Sugar River North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Oliverian Brook Otter Brook Partridge Brook Perry Stream Phillips Brook Simms Stream South Branch Ashuelot River South Branch Gale River South Branch Israel River South Branch Sugar River Stocker Brook Sugar River Tarbell Brook Upper Ammonoosuc River West Branch Mohawk River West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River Wild Ammonoosuc River Zealand River
Vermont	Black River Connecticut River Deerfield River Fall River Green River Halls Stream Leach Creek Moose River Nulhegan River Ompompanoosuc River Ottauquechee River Passumpsic River Rock River Saxtons River Utley Brook Waits River Wells River West River Whetstone Brook White River Williams River Winhall River

Lakes

Connecticut	Barkhamsted Reservoir Lake Beseck Lake Hayward Lake Pocotopaug
Massachusetts	Brooks Pond Browning Pond Lake Monomonac Quabbin Reservoir Lake Wyola
New Hampshire	Ashuelot Pond Back Lake Canaan Street Lake Cedar Pond Christine Lake Comerford Reservoir Connecticut Lakes Crystal Lake Dublin Pond Eastman Pond Echo Lake Lake Francis (Murphy Dam) Goose Pond Grafton Pond Granite Lake Lakes of the Clouds Little Sunapee Lake Mascoma Lake McIndoes Reservoir Lake Monomonac Moore Reservoir Pearly Lake Silver Lake Spofford Lake Lake Sunapee Surry Mountain Lake Lake Tarleton
Vermont	Ball Mountain Lake Comerford Reservoir Harriman Reservoir Harvey's Lake McIndoes Reservoir Moore Reservoir North Hartland Lake Lake Rescue Townshend Lake

Towns

Connecticut	Chester Cromwell Deep River East Haddam East Hampton East Hartford East Windsor Enfield Essex Glastonbury Haddam Hartford Higganum Lyme Middletown Moodus Old Lyme Old Saybrook Portland Rocky Hill South Windsor Suffield Thompsonville Wethersfield Windsor Windsor Locks
Massachusetts	Agawam Chicopee Deerfield Easthampton Gill Greenfield Hadley Hatfield Holyoke Longmeadow Millers Falls Montague Northampton Northfield South Hadley Springfield Sunderland Turners Falls West Springfield Whately
New Hampshire	Bath Charlestown Chesterfield Claremont Clarksville Colebrook Columbia Cornish Dalton Groveton Hanover Haverhill Hinsdale Lancaster Lebanon Littleton Lyme Monroe Northumberland Orford Piermont Pittsburg Plainfield Stewartstown Stratford Walpole West Lebanon Westmoreland Woodsville
Quebec	East Hereford
Vermont	Ascutney Barnet Beecher Falls Bellows Falls Bloomfield Bradford Brattleboro Brunswick Canaan Concord Dummerston Fairlee Gilman Guildhall Hartford Hartland Lemington Lunenburg Maidstone Newbury Norwich Putney Rockingham Ryegate Springfield Thetford Vernon Waterford Weathersfield Wells River Westminster White River Junction Wilder Windsor

Crossings

Rivers of Connecticut bydrainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River