The Egypt River is a
stream in
Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States.
The river is formed by the confluence of Bull and Dow brooks below their reservoirs, and in turn joins the Muddy River and then the
Rowley River, which empties into the Plum Island Sound. The Rowley River runs through salt marshes, in which it forms a narrow and winding inlet about in total length.
The name ''Egypt River'' is recorded as early as 1635. In early colonial times, it was also termed the ''North River''. It was then a source of
herring and
smelt
Smelt may refer to:
* Smelting, chemical process
* The common name of various fish:
** Smelt (fish), a family of small fish, Osmeridae
** Australian smelt in the family Retropinnidae and species ''Retropinna semoni''
** Big-scale sand smelt ''Ath ...
, but few have been observed since the 1970s.
References
US Environmental Protection Agency
Rivers of Essex County, Massachusetts
Rivers of Massachusetts
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