The Mattabesset River as delineated on present-day maps flows out of Harts Ponds in the town of
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and travels east to the Connecticut River, passing
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and later forming the boundary between Middletown and
Cromwell.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011
Further south, the
Coginchaug River (or "winding meadow") flows from an upland meadow in
Durham, northwards to the Mattabesset just upstream of that river's junction with the Connecticut. This river was the route to the portage place, located near Palmer Field, just below Sowheag's main stronghold at Indian Hill. Since it was the old western boundary of the incorporated City of Middletown, it was also called the West River, and also, for no known reasons, it was given other names, including the Sebethe River and the Arrawanna River. Presumably the word Mattabeseck was never considered properly euphonious, and various local individuals tried to improve on the name poetically.
See also
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List of rivers of Connecticut
References
External links
Rivers of Middlesex County, Connecticut
Rivers of Hartford County, Connecticut
Tributaries of the Connecticut River
Rivers of Connecticut
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