CWTA - Connecticut Rivers

Connecticut Water Trails Association

I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water . . . has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It has a thousand colors and a thousand shapes, yet it follows laws so definite that the tiniest streamlet is an exact replica of a great river.

- Roderick Haig-Brown

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Connecticut Rivers

Yantic River

Site Location:

Basic Information:

The Yantic River forms at the confluence of the Deep River, Sherman Brook, and Exeter Brook about 4 miles east of Colchester, Connecticut.

It runs for about 13 miles and flows and meets the united waters of the Quinnebaug and Shetucket at Norwich, where the waters of the three rivers fall with great rapidity, forming the Thames River.

The Yantic River is a popular whitewater paddling destination with a mix of quick water and Class I-III whitewater.

Type: River

Water Type: Freshwater

Length: 13 miles

Season:

Site Contact Information:

Site Coordinates:

Longitude 72.146553 º W Latitude 41.54871 º N

Lebanon

Norwich

Preston - Shetucket and Thames River:

Longitude: 72.07870 º W Latitude: 41.52195 º N