Mystic River (Connecticut)

41°20′59″N 71°58′13″W / 41.34972°N 71.97028°W / 41.34972; -71.97028

Mystic River


Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Connecticut

Mouth
• location	Long Island Sound
Length	3.4 mi (5.5 km)

The Mystic River is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km)^[1] estuary in the southeast corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its main tributary is Whitford Brook. It empties into Fishers Island Sound, dividing the village of Mystic, Connecticut between the towns of Groton and Stonington. Much of the river is tidal. The Mystic River was the location of three large shipbuilding firms during the 19th-century, and it is now the home of the Mystic Seaport maritime museum. The name Mystic is derived from the Pequot term "missi-tuk", describing a large river whose waters are driven into waves by tides or wind, according to the Mystic River Historical Society.

History

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The Pequot Indians built a village called Siccanemos overlooking the western bank of the Mystic River,^[2] but it was destroyed during the Pequot War on May 26, 1637, the day of the Mystic massacre.

References

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^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
^ Leigh Fought, A History of Mystic Connecticut: From Pequot Village to Tourist Town. Charleston, SC: www.historypress.net, 2007.

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Rivers of Connecticut by drainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Titicus River

v t e Coastal waterbodies of Connecticut
Bays	Little Narragansett Bay
Coves	Smith Cove Wequetequock Cove Wethersfield Cove Ziegler's Cove
Harbors	Black Rock Harbor Bridgeport Harbor Kidd Harbor New Haven Harbor Norwalk Harbor
River mouths	Black Hall River Byram River Connecticut River Farm River Hammonasset River Housatonic River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River Saugatuck River Thames River
Sounds	Long Island Sound

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Authority control databases
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Mystic River (Connecticut)

History

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