The Canoe River is a river in southeastern
Massachusetts
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. It is long
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 and part of the
Taunton River Watershed.
The Canoe River arises from headwaters near
Lake Massapoag in
Sharon, and meanders generally southwards through the towns of Sharon,
Foxborough,
Mansfield, and
Easton to empty into
Winnecunnet Pond :''See also Winnacunnet (disambiguation).''
Winnecunnet Pond or Winneconnet Pond or Winnecunnett Pond, very often called Lake Winnecunnet or Lake Winneconnet or Lake Winnecunnett although it is a pond rather than a lake, is a body of water in Nort ...
in
Norton Norton may refer to:
Places
Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada
* Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan
*Norton Parish, New Brunswick
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.
Winnecunnet Pond :''See also Winnacunnet (disambiguation).''
Winnecunnet Pond or Winneconnet Pond or Winnecunnett Pond, very often called Lake Winnecunnet or Lake Winneconnet or Lake Winnecunnett although it is a pond rather than a lake, is a body of water in Nort ...
is emptied by the
Snake River which flows into
Lake Sabbatia
Lake Sabbatia, sometimes known as Scaddings Pond is a 248-acre great pond in Taunton, Massachusetts, near Watson Pond State Park. The lake is where Mill River begins and the Snake River ends. It is the largest lake in the city of Taunton and the ...
which was formed by damming the
Mill River which joins the
Taunton River and ultimately empties into
Narragansett Bay
Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering , of which is in Rhode Island. The bay forms New England's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. Sm ...
.
The river provides drinking water for about 50,000 people in the region who receive their water from its
aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials ( gravel, sand, or silt). Groundwater from aquifers can be extracted using a water well. Aquifers vary greatly in their characteris ...
. It has been designated a sole source aquifer and since 1991, an
Area of Critical Environmental Concern
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by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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.
History
The river has a number of earlier names. The section near the headwaters in Sharon were once called Massapoag Brook, and the section in that town alone powered six industrial mills in the nineteenth century.
[Diana Muir, Reflections in Bullough's Pond, 2000, p. 167, ff.]
See also
*
Lake Sabbatia
Lake Sabbatia, sometimes known as Scaddings Pond is a 248-acre great pond in Taunton, Massachusetts, near Watson Pond State Park. The lake is where Mill River begins and the Snake River ends. It is the largest lake in the city of Taunton and the ...
*
Watson Pond
References
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Rivers of Bristol County, Massachusetts
Taunton River watershed
Rivers of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Rivers of Massachusetts