CWTA - Connecticut Rivers - Silvermine River



Connecticut Water Trails Association

Rivers are magnets for the imagination, for conscious pondering and subconscious dreams, thrills, fears.

- Ed Fite

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Connecticut Water Trails Program

Connecticut Rivers

Silvermine River

Site Location:

Basic Information:

Type: River

Water Type: Freshwater

Length:

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Site Contact Information:

Site Coordinates:

Longitude 73.2900 °W Latitude 41.1100 °N

Location Maps:

USGS Quadrangles:

Driving Directions:

Directions Map: Google Map

ITouch Map:

East Branch Silvermine River

Boat Launch Information:

ADA Access:

Site Description:

Environment:

Additional Info:

Paddling The Silvermine River:

Site History:

The name "Silvermine" comes from old legends of a silver mine in the area, although no silver has ever been found.