The Whiting River is a southward-flowing stream located in
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 the far northwest corner of
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. ...
in the United States. The river runs for seven miles from its source at the Thousand Acre Swamp in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, New Marlborough before emptying into the Blackberry River in North Canaan, Connecticut, North Canaan. The river follows a curving southwesterly course for four miles in Massachusetts, passing over 100-foot-high Campbell Falls at Campbell Falls State Park Reserve, where it is joined by the northwest-flowing Ginger Creek.
[ It flows south for 2.78 miles from the state line north of Canaan Valley to its mouth on the Blackberry River in Connecticut.][
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Watershed
The Whiting River drains marshy areas of the southern part of New Marlborough. The river's watershed includes Wolf Swamp, Thousand Acre Swamp, East Indies Pond, and Hay Meadow Pond. Two man-made lakes, Cookson Pond and Windemere Lake, also discharge into the Whiting River in Massachusetts.[
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Rivers of Connecticut
Rivers of Massachusetts
Rivers of Litchfield County, Connecticut
Rivers of Berkshire County, Massachusetts
North Canaan, Connecticut
New Marlborough, Massachusetts