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The Konkapot River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 river in southwestern
Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
and northern
Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
. It is a tributary of the
Housatonic River The Housatonic River ( ) is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United ...
, not to be confused with the smaller Konkapot Brook in Stockbridge (another Housatonic tributary). The river was named for Captain John Konkapot, an Indian chief. The Konkapot River begins at Lake Garfield () in
Monterey, Massachusetts Monterey is a small town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,095 at the 2020 census. History Prior to settlement by European-Am ...
, and the stream from
Lake Buel Lake Buel is a great pond in Berkshire County, Massachusetts just south of Massachusetts Route 57, Route 57 and east of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Great Barrington. It is surrounded by over one-hundred summer homes and a few dozen year-round ...
feeds into the Konkapot about downstream in Hartsville (). It then runs south to the Connecticut border near East Sheffield, Massachusetts (), and then primarily west to its confluence with the
Housatonic River The Housatonic River ( ) is a river, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United ...
in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts (). About of the river are within Massachusetts, with the remainder in Connecticut. The river historically powered mills in Monterey and several villages of
New Marlborough, Massachusetts New Marlborough is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,528 at the 2020 census. New Marlborough consists of five villages: Cla ...
, including grist and cider mills, a box factory, and three major paper mills. As many as 15 mills were built along one three-mile stretch, although they did not operate simultaneously. It still suffers from mercury pollution.


See also

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List of rivers of Massachusetts List of rivers of Massachusetts (U.S. state). All Massachusetts rivers flow to the Atlantic Ocean. The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributary, tributaries indented under each larger stream's name, arrange ...
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List of rivers of Connecticut Most of Connecticut's rivers flow into Long Island Sound and from there the waters mix into the Atlantic Ocean. A few extremely eastern rivers flow into Block Island Sound. The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective ...


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Housatonic Valley Association
{{authority control Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Rivers of Hartford County, Connecticut New Marlborough, Massachusetts Monterey, Massachusetts Sheffield, Massachusetts Rivers of Massachusetts Rivers of Connecticut Tributaries of Housatonic River