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The land on either side of the Connecticut River Valley is less suitable for farmlands. The eastern section holds the shallow Proto-North American Terrane while the western section contains the Iapetos and Avalonian Terranes , which still holds remnants of glacial till and lack the soft fluvial sediments so prominent in the Connecticut River ...
However, it is not the state highpoint: in the 1940s, the United States Geological Survey determined that the highest elevation in the state, at 2,380 feet (725 m), was actually on the nearby Connecticut-Massachusetts border, on the southern slope of Massachusetts’ Mount Frissell. [3] There is a stone monument on the Bear Mountain summit.
The forest's first five woodland acres were donated to the Connecticut State Park Commission by Andrew Clark in 1917 and were known as Mohawk Mountain Park until the 1920s. [5] In 1921, Alain C. White donated another 250 acres with the White Memorial Foundation contributing a total of more than 2,900 acres (1,200 ha) of land.
Cameron's Line winds southward out of New England through western Connecticut.It has been identified in western Connecticut near Ridgefield before it heads into Westchester County, New York, then the Bronx, along the East River in Manhattan, through New York Bay, Staten Island, and into New Jersey.
Open space preserve, agricultural preserve, and bio-reserve primarily located in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts and edging into Canaan, Connecticut. The preserve contains over 800 plant species including North America's greatest diversity of ferns. It is open to the public with hiking trails and a visitors center. Beckley Bog: May 1977
Excerpt of 1984 United States Geological Survey map, Dudleytown Road and Dudleytown Hill appears near bottom. Cornwall Bridge is at top left. Another 1984 USGS excerpt. Dudleytown is an abandoned settlement, located in a valley known as the Dark Entry Forest, in northwestern Connecticut in the United States, best known today as a ghost town ...
The Connecticut River carries a heavy amount of silt from as far north as Quebec, especially during the spring snow melt. This results in a large sandbar near the river's mouth which is a formidable obstacle to navigation. The Connecticut is one of the few major rivers in the United States without a major city at its mouth because of this obstacle.
Location: Warren & Washington, Connecticut: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Natural lake: Etymology: Named after Chief Waramaug: Primary inflows: Sucker Brook (Lake Waramaug Brook), groundwater: Primary outflows: East Aspetuck River: Max. length: 2.4 miles (3.9 km): Max. width: 1.75 miles (2.82 km): Surface area: 656 acres (265 ha): Average depth: 22.1 feet (6.7 m) [2]: Max. depth: 40 feet (12 m) [2 ...