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North Canaan

Konkapot River

 

 

Site Location:     North Canaan, Connecticut

Basic Information:

The Konkapot River is a river in southwestern Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. It is a tributary of the Housatonic River, not to be confused with the smaller Konkapot Brook in Stockbridge (another Housatonic tributary).

The Konkapot River begins at Lake Garfield in Monterrey, and the stream from Lake Buel feeds into the Konkapot about 5 miles downstream in Hartsville. It then runs south to the Connecticut border near East Sheffield, and then primarily west to its confluence with the Housatonic in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts. About 12 of its total 14 miles are within Massachusetts, with the remainder in Connecticut.

Type: River

Water Type: Fresh

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Site Coordinates:

Longitude 73.175903 ºW   Latitude 42.021469 ºN 

Location Map:

North Canaan - Konkapot River

USGS Quadrangle: Ashley Falls

Driving Directions:

Directions Map: Google Map

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Site History:

The river powered mills in Monterey and several villages of New Marlborough, including grist and cider mills, a box factory, and three major paper mills. As many as 15 mills were built along one three-mile stretch, although they did not operate simultaneously

 

 

 


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