Wepawaug River

River in Connecticut, USA

Wepawaug River
Below Wepawaug Falls in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Location
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
County	New Haven
Physical characteristics

Source	Woodbridge, Connecticut

Mouth	Milford Harbor to Long Island Sound
• location	Milford, Connecticut
• coordinates	41°13′19″N 73°03′19″W / 41.22204°N 73.05539°W / 41.22204; -73.05539

The Wepawaug River is a stream in New Haven County in the U.S. state of Connecticut.^[1] It rises in Woodbridge and flows through Orange and Milford before discharging into Milford Harbor on Long Island Sound. The river is dammed at more than ten places. In Orange, dams form the Wepawaug Reservoir, managed by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority and Lake Wepawaug. In Milford, dams form the Upper and Lower Lagoons.^[2] Race Brook is a tributary.

History

English settlers built a grist mill by the river in 1640.^[3] Another mill on the river in Orange made fabric for union soldiers’ uniforms during the American Civil War.^[4]

Crossings

The stone Memorial Bridge was built across the river in Milford in 1899 to commemorate Milford's history and bears the names of Milford's first settlers.^[5] The river is also crossed by U.S. Route 1, Interstate 95, Route 34 and the Wilbur Cross Parkway.

References

^ "Wepawaug River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
^ May, Dan (February 9, 2023). "Connecticut Is Littered With Dams" (PDF). Milford-Orange Times. p. 9. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
^ Greene, M. Louise (March 1899). "Early Milford". The Connecticut Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 3.
^ "OLT Leading Hike Through Wepawaug". Milford-Orange Times. October 19, 2018. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
^ South Central Regional Council of Governments (1991). "#5 Milford Center Historic Walk". Milford Center Historic Walk.

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Fishing on the Wepawaug

Rivers of Connecticut by drainage 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