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Park River (Connecticut)

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to form the North Branch of the Park River. The North Branch then flows between the West End, Blue Hills, and Asylum Hill neighborhoods of Hartford (11% of its watershed) before pouring into an underground conduit just north of Farmington Avenue. The North Branch then flows approximately 0.5 miles in
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The South Branch Park River watershed covers 39.6 square miles, and the river is formed by the confluence of Trout Brook and Piper Brook, near New Britain Avenue in the Elmwood section of West Hartford. The South Branch is exposed from there to Pope Park, where it joins the North Branch and flows
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is in the Trout Brook watershed. Sections of Trout Brook are impaired, and there was controversy in 2014 about cutting down forest near the brook to build more homes. Piper Brook starts in St. Mary's Cemetery in New Britain, has an 11.5 square mile watershed, and also has impaired sections. Bass
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There was extensive flooding in Elmwood near the upper end of the South Branch after the two hurricanes in August 1955, and a large flood control project was started to reduce the risk of future flooding. This project was completed in 1993, and major maintenance of the structures was done in
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Brook is the other brook in the watershed, with a 10.4 square mile watershed, which starts near the intersection of Corbin & Farmington avenues and flows into Piper Brook near CT Rt. 9 in New Britain. Other towns in the South Branch watershed are Newington, Farmington and Wethersfield.
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The nook was filled in before 1934 to allow construction of a row of apartments on Farmington Avenue, and a new straight channel for the North Branch was dug to the west of it. That channel was buried after 1965 to create land for athletic fields for the nearby
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Four major tributaries in the upper watershed—Beamans Brook, Wash Brook, Filley Brook, and Tumbledown Brook (Tumble Brook)--drain Bloomfield (68% of the watershed) and northern parts of West Hartford (17% of the watershed), converging near the
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in 1940. The conduit under Bushnell Park (for which the river was named) was completed in 1943–1949. Sections farther upriver were completed after the next big floods in August 1955, which followed two hurricanes
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is a 28.6 square-mile basin within the larger (78 square-mile) Park River watershed. It has a watershed management plan that was completed in 2010. and its subwatersheds are mapped here.
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The lower part of the river was prone to flooding. Damaging floods in 1936 and 1938 led to a public works project to move the lower part underground, which was started by the
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at the Park and Connecticut rivers' confluence. The Dutch referred to the Connecticut River as the "Great River", and called its tributary, the Park, the "Little River".
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to grind local corn. During industrialization, the Little River became known as Mill River because of the numerous mills built to use its water power.
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2015–16. The South Branch is classified as impaired for recreation due to elevated bacteria levels, although it has no recreational facilities.
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led 100 of his congregation to form a new settlement north of the Dutch fort. The first mill in the settlement was built on the Little River by
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from 1874 to 1891, a period when he wrote three famous books (two novels and a memoir) that feature a much larger river, the Mississippi:
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to be the most abundant species in the North Branch. A 2008 survey found that North Branch tributary creeks hold large populations of
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The name Hog River derives from the pig farms along what was originally called the “Little River”.
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https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/water/watershed_management/wm_plans/nbparkr/baselineassesspdf.pdf
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The first English settlers arrived in the area in 1635; the following year, the Reverend
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The original course of the Park River is visible in this 1824 survey map of Hartford
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The watershed features a number of native and introduced fish, many of which are
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an underground conduit before joining the South Branch Park River in
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Hartford Daily Courant editorial, 'What's in a Name,' Feb 27th 1883.
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Baseline Watershed Assessment, North Branch Park River Watershed.
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The Trout Brook watershed covers 17.7 square miles, and, 66% of
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are also found throughout the North Branch and its tributaries.
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It was officially named the Park River in 1892 after 3302: 360: 677:"Aerial survey of Connecticut 1965 photograph 02529" 653:"Aerial survey of Connecticut 1934 photograph 09906" 335: 180: 927:More Park/Hog River History, using its former name 341:from there to the Connecticut River in a conduit. 3329: 971: 245:and his family lived in what is now called the 114:Before European settlement, several indigenous 937:Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative 2694: 957: 269:, and for a parking lot for the Twain House. 557: 555: 444:"The Park River – Bushnell Park Foundation" 2701: 2687: 964: 950: 134:peoples lived on the fertile banks of the 552: 107:The confluence of the Park River and the 3348:Subterranean rivers of the United States 731: 729: 727: 725: 200: 192: 184: 102: 50: 473: 3343:Rivers of Hartford County, Connecticut 3330: 768:Park River Bacteria TMDL summary 2012 581:"Mark Twain's Neighborhood: Nook Farm" 505: 503: 438: 436: 48:River in the U.S. state of Connecticut 2682: 2538:Amtrak Old Saybrook – Old Lyme Bridge 945: 722: 417:"Geographic Names Information System" 3353:Tributaries of the Connecticut River 2638:Pittsburg–Clarksville Covered Bridge 932:Bushnell Park Foundation, Park River 605:""The Loveliest Home That Ever Was"" 229:The North Branch watershed includes 1387:North Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River 500: 433: 13: 3338:Geography of Hartford, Connecticut 1467:West Branch Upper Ammonoosuc River 14: 3369: 915: 756:NRCS DEEP SBPR Presentation 2016 462:The Colonial History of Hartford. 336:South Branch Park River watershed 181:North Branch Park River watershed 370: 893: 875: 854: 836: 816: 795: 774: 762: 750: 693: 669: 645: 621: 597: 573: 474:Eiseman, Alberta (1998-08-30). 2593:Hampden County Memorial Bridge 2573:Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge 824:"Trout Brook | Park Watershed" 542:North Branch subwatershed map 536: 515: 467: 454: 409: 400: 259:Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 189:Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) 91:regularly caused by increased 1: 585:www.fingerpostproductions.com 393: 388:List of rivers of Connecticut 2628:Norwottuck Rail Trail Bridge 1194:North Branch Westfield River 251:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 209:The North Branch Park River 7: 2558:Canalside Rail Trail Bridge 1422:South Branch Ashuelot River 844:"GNIS Detail - Piper Brook" 356: 267:Hartford Public High School 10: 3374: 1377:North Branch Millers River 1189:North Branch Millers River 901:"Science - Park Watershed" 883:"GNIS Detail - Bass Brook" 166:US Army Corps of Engineers 138:and Park rivers. 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Index

41°45′36.1″N 72°39′52.7″W / 41.760028°N 72.664639°W / 41.760028; -72.664639

Connecticut River
Hartford
Connecticut
Bushnell Park
buried
Army Corps of Engineers
floods
surface runoff

Connecticut River
Algonquian peoples
Wangunk
Saukiog
Podunk
Tunxis
Connecticut
fur traders
Dutch West India Company
Fort Goede Hoop
Thomas Hooker
Matthew Allyn
US Army Corps of Engineers
Connie
Diane



watershed

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